Comic actor Don McArt, visually memorable for his short stature and prominent ears, as well as his frequent appearances with his sister Jan McArt, died Tuesday in a hospice in Boca Raton.
It's likely a goodly number of actors, directors and certainly some playwrights slept in late this morning. They earned it. Many spent 7 p.m. Sunday to 10 p.m. Monday being creative at gunpo…
The bonds of friendship and the power of art to transform lives are illustrated in The Drawer Boy by Michael Healey, now receiving a lovely production at Thinking Cap Theatre in Fort Lauderd…
Tarell Alvin McCraney, the Miami-raised playwright who has forged an international reputation, is bringing a new Haitian-flavored adaptation of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra to GableSta…
In the case of GableStage's production of the message comedy about sexual politics, Venus In Fur, the only thing to be certain of is the stunning performance by Betsy Graver.
By Bill Hirschman What will likely have people talking as they walk into the Miami Theater Center this weekend for its new adaptation of Chekhov's Three Sisters is where they'll sit: a black…
Alliance Theatre Lab's world premiere "roomies" by Mark Della Ventura is a welcome entry in the fledgling development of a South Florida theater of, by and for young adults that focuses on t…
The first hour of meta-theater in A Man Writes A Play in which students build a set, will fascinate civilians and amuse veterans and serves as the delightful curtain raiser to the more trad…
Openings Nov. 9-Dec. 2 roomies Alliance Theatre Lab at Main Street Playhouse 6766 Main Street, Miami Lakes (305) 259-0418 thealliancetheatrelab.com Mark Della Ventura's world premiere…
The roots of rock and roll are encapsulated in Million Dollar Quartet, a rollicking yet poignant musical about one historic night in Memphis when four country boys turned icons sang and play…
Well-heeled society matrons, now inmates in prison for white collar crimes, is the premise of Delval Divas, a comedy by Barbara Pease Weber, which is getting a fun and frothy treatment by Th…
Give the Arsht Center for the Performing Arts an A for effort for taking on a Herculean task of mounting an original show, and a rock musical for that matter, in times when theater audiences…
Volcanic rage at bigotry and inequities that erode dignity pour out of these characters in streams of scalding toxicity in M Ensemble's uneven but affecting production of King Hedley II. Per…
Set in a gloriously decrepit 18th century theater created in the mind of an insane old man, the Maltz Jupiter Theatre's production of Amadeus is a visually stunning and highly inventive visi…
This may be one of the busiest opening weekends in quite some time. As a result, we will have a different review posted nearly every day beginning Friday morning. We suggest checking the…
Eighteen Silver Palm Awards honoring theatrical excellence in South Florida during the 2011-2012 season will be presented Dec. 3, as well as two Remy Awards from the South Florida Theatre Le…
Broward Stage Door's production proves Rumors may be one of the funniest Neil Simon plays you've never heard of. But it also underscores what your mother warned you: an unrelieved diet of t…
Life isn't fair. That's one of the bittersweet themes in Slow Burn Theatre Company's Avenue Q. But what's really unfair is that there's only five performances left and unless you hustle this…
Backstage at rehearsals for this weekend's opening of Slow Burn Theatre Company's Avenue Q, it was not unusual to find actors offstage talking to their puppets. Michael Westrich, who portray…
Openings and Closings Opening Oct. 26-Nov. 4 Avenue Q Slow Burn Theatre Company at West Boca Performing Arts Theatre 12811 West Glades Rd., Boca Raton (954) 323-7884 www.slowburntheatre.com …
Don't call Terri Girvin's Last Call a solo piece when it returns to the Broward Center this week. She's the first to say that the precisely timed sound effects ingrained into a comic monolog…
Maltz Jupiter theatergoers need to manage their expectations of next week's run of the play Amadeus, better known for the film about the mediocre composer Salieri's rivalry with Mozart. Pe…
The most affecting moments in the Plaza Theatre's solid, entertaining production of the venerable Driving Miss Daisy are the fleeting grace notes that have no dialogue, moments that result f…
It's not encouraging when all through New Theatre's production of Educating Rita you keep thinking what a great script Willy Russell wrote. This edition sloughs listlessly in the opening 45…
Opening this week: Oct. 18-Nov. 18 Driving Miss Daisy Plaza Theatre 262 S. Ocean Blvd., Manalapan (former Florida Stage site) (561) 588-1820 www.theplazatheatre.net The Pulitzer Prize-winnin…