Sometimes theater works even when you can't quite explain how or why or even quite what you saw. Such is the quirky, thematically fuzzy but thoroughly entertaining new musical at Arts Garage…
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Boca-based Slow Burn Theatre Company plans to expand during its sixth season this fall by producing a second series of shows in connection with the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.
Miami-born siblings Natalie and JJ Caruncho, pursuing careers in New York, have created a company whose first production will be Stephen Sondheim's musical Into The Woods as part of the Arsh…
If you missed Island City Stage's Timekeepers last October, the company plans to team up with the West Boca Theatre Company to remount the show around the end of this calendar year and run t…
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Theater Shelf, a recurring feature, reviews recently-released books, CDs and DVDs of interest to theater lovers. Some are popular titles like a new Original Cast Recording, others are works …
If you're seeking safe, predictable mainstream theater, avoid the annual Humana Festival of New Plays at the Actors Theatre of Louisville. If you seeking "thought-provoking, edgy new work," …
After nearly two decades of South Florida productions, the hilarious and poignant Over The River And Through The Woods has lost a bit of its power in this perfectly workmanlike and mildly …
This national tour of the 2012 Broadway revival of Evita is a strong fresh edition that gives the raw material a thorough makeover but does not deconstruct the piece. The experience is helpe…
See Magnolias for all of the lovely elements the Wick's production contains and its insightful direction by Mr. Joerder. Some of the thornier aspects should eventually get worked out and by…
The small, yet "can do" Island City Stage swept the Carbonell Awards for the drama The Timekeepers. Its latest comedy, Have I Got A Girl For You, has an originality that shows what this comp…
Miami playwright Christopher Demos-Brown received a prestigious citation this weekend from one of the most esteemed playwriting programs in the country, the Harold and Mimi Steinberg/America…
Outré Theater Company goes out on a limb for Mr. Marmalade and for savvy audience members who want to be challenged, it couldn't be more smartly satisfying.
The Plaza Theatre's production of Dirty Blonde, a story of the blessings and curse of celebrity as seen in the life of Mae West, is similarly a conundrum of contradiction " the cast delivers…
New Theatre's debut of the new, locally written work, Not Ready for Primetime, has a way to go before it is actually ready for prime time
Juan C. Sanchez's Paradise Motel begins in the clouds and ends in the sewer. Charting five decades in the devolution of a fictional motel on Calle Ocho"and the parade of lovers, hustlers, sh…
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…