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The Timekeepers, a harrowing drama mounted on a tiny stage by a company only in its second season, swept six of its six nominations including best play at the 38th Carbonell Awards Monday ni…
Complete lists of winners and nominees for the Carbonell Awards 2013
David R. Torres, the electrical engineer, florist and entrepreneur who saw an arts venue in a deserted movie house and co-founded Broward Stage Door Theatre, died Sunday at age 54.
One advantage of Florida Grand Opera mounting a beloved classic is the audience knows when it's being done well, and the audience opening night certainly recognized the current revival of th…
Plenty of laughter greets every witticism and absurdity in Palm Beach Dramaworks' production of Dividing The Estate, Horton Foote's acidic depiction of greed, jealousy and family. But throug…
Earth, fire and blood mix with resentments, loyalties, betrayals, secrets and love in M Ensemble's Brothers of the Dust. The production and performances veer from moving to stilted. But noth…
If the 38th annual Carbonell Awards honoring theatrical excellence in South Florida are considered a mirror by some, the nominations provide some interesting material for observers to chew o…
Buried under the profligate volume and frequently unintelligible lyrics, American Idiot remains entertaining for the unflagging energy of its performance and the power of its raw material, a…
In addition to the two major productions still running that opened earlier this month and the four productions that opened last week, there will be 10 " count 'em 10 " productions opening th…
The Book of Mormon was unveiled Monday as the headliner in the 2014-2015 Kravis on Broadway season. It's joined on the schedule by Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, Flashdance, Anything …
Slow Burn Theatre Company has once again tackled a difficult show in Chess that few if any Florida companies would attempt. And once again, it has come out the victor, at least as victorious…
Death, drug overdose, murder, lies, hypocrisy, soulless creatures willing to do absolutely anything for greed and glamour " you really shouldn't be laughing this much or this hard. But after…
Not taking a thing away from Sondheim or anyone else who followed them, but the Maltz Jupiter Theatre's glorious production of The King and I reminds you that when it's done right, nobody ca…
Jews honor a direct bond with their forebears stretching across 6,000 years. That cornerstone of Passover also underlies James Sherman's The God of Isaac, enjoying an enthusiastic and effect…
A pre-holiday foray to a snow-struck Broadway delivered a master class of insights that last beyond a temporary season, whether it was Macbeth or Matilda, The Glass Menagerie or A Gentleman'…
When it came time to cast the roles of the King's children for its production of The King and I, the Maltz Jupiter Theatre did more than just a casting call. They consulted data, sent more …
Certainly, The Mountaintop is about Martin Luther King's place in the civil rights struggle, but the superb production at GableStage examines a more universal issue of how ever-present morta…
Not every show is a home run. But that doesn't deprive the audience of an interesting night when talented actresses make a flawed script land as well as can be hoped. Patti Gardner and Jacqu…
Three of Broadway's most popular hits come to the Arsht Center next season through the Broadway Across Miami series: the irreverent satire The Book of Mormon, the exuberant Disney's Newsies …
A delightfully demented cast enhanced by the inventive imagination of chief jester/director David Arisco and choreographer Ron Hutchins make Actors' Playhouse's Spamalot a satisfying pleasur…
Entirely well-acted, thoughtfully directed, in a evolved play about past loves we can't leave behind, Fighting Over Beverley by Israel Horovitz has its way way off Broadway tryout at Theatre…
It is wonderful to see creativity in approaching a work that isn't usually staged; the bad news is, when it doesn't come together, all of the inventiveness is lost. Such is the case with The…
Among the reasons to see The Women's Theatre Project's Red Hot Patriot are Carbonell Award-winner Barbara Bradshaw as she holds court for 68 minutes in a one-woman show about Texas journalis…
With its ingenious, acrobatic score, and exceptional singers who could handle both the drama and the demands, FGO's No Exit may have been a depiction of hell, but the production was hot damn…
Christopher Demos-Brown is among six finalists for one of the most esteemed playwriting honors in the country, the Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Awa…
