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Slow Burn Theatre Company's current production of Into The Woods is a solidly delightful and enthralling evening that should not be missed by lovers of musical theater in the region " and th…
Just how strong are the songs and jokes in the Tony-winning musical Avenue Q? So sturdy that even with shaky voices, so-so acting and laugh-killing scenery changes, the enthusiastic and ear…
The Caldwell Theatre Company, the region's second oldest professional theater still in operation, has cancelled its last show of the season and is considering every possible scenario for its…
There's a warm validation of our sensibilities in seeing a classic part of our culture fabric done right, really right.This second national tour of South Pacific at the Broward Center envelo…
The Caldwell Theatre Company, the region's second oldest professional theater still in operation, has cancelled its last show of the season and is considering every possible scenario for its…
We initiate a new feature this week: A series of podcasts interviews produced by Arts Radio Network featuring Florida Theater On Stage's Bill Hirschman interviewing region theater figures in…
The obscenity that was racism in South Africa in the mid 20th Century depicted in Master Harold…and the boys may be less virulent today, but Athol Fugard's 1982 play at Palm Beach Dramawor…
Links to videos and photos from 36th Annual Carbonell Awards The sights and sounds of the Carbonells, known to the industry as theater prom, are available at these links. http://ka.uvuvideo.…
If you think time machines are only found in science fiction, visit All Night Strut at Broward Stage Door and watch an audience of Greatest Generation grads be transported back 65 years to t…
Joy and uncertainty imbued the 36th annual Carbonell Awards on Monday night, reflecting a period marked by the greatest concentration of theatrical excellence in recent memory, yet also the …
A play championed by New Theatre, Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them, received a citation this weekend in the American Theatre Critics Association 's new plays competition. A. Rey Pamatmat'…
Michael McKeever's Moscow's in its world premiere by Zoetic Stage in the Adrienne Arsht Center's intimate Carnival Studio Theater is rich in so many ways with deep characters, dialogue that …
By choosing its own schedule, the Kravis Center has several titles in its 2012-2013 slate of musicals on national tours that you won't see at the Broward Center or the Arsht Center as the so…
In this edition, we visit with Stuart Meltzer who is currently fine-tuning the world premiere production of Michael McKeever's Moscow which opens Friday at the Arsht Center. Meltzer is both …
There's a distinctly younger, even hipper bent to the offerings for the Broadway Across America 2012-2013 season announced for the Adrienne Arsht Center -- plus some old, old reliables. The …
Hello Jerry Jerry Herman, the composer-lyricist of Hello, Dolly!, dropped in on last Friday's performance of his best-known work at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre. Herman, a University of Miami g…
Comedy. Tragedy. Absurdist farce. Subtle satire. Family drama. Sociological tract about race relations. Juan C. Sanchez's world premiere Property Line at New Theatre encompasses all these an…
Of course, any musical revue of Woody Guthrie's work must end with the anthem "This Land Is Your Land." What the musical revue Woody Sez at Arts Garage does is put that expression of patriot…
The George Abbott Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts, the most prestigious honor given by the Carbonell Awards, will be presented April 2 to producer Jay H. Harris.
Like Kane's Blasted at GableStage in 2010 and 4:48 Psychosis at Naked Stage in 2008, Cleansed defies reactions that involve verbs such as "liked" or even "appreciated." Even more than those …
Anyone who doubts the quality of South Florida should buy a ticket (as should everyone else who loves theater) to the 36th Annual Carbonell Awards set for 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 2 in the Am…
On the surface, David Michael Sirois' Off Center of Nowhere is what would result if the Neil Simon of the 1970s wrote a rollicking comedy about teen pregnancy, abortion and racism, laced wit…
There's a brand new musical comedy you've never seen before playing at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre. It's something called Hello, Dolly! and if you think you've seen it before, we'll argue with…
Palm Beach Dramawork's affinities for Edward Albee and Irish-themed plays are reflected in its upcoming 13th season for 2012-2013.
Director Marcia Milgrom Dodge and actress Vicki Lewis face that old psychology experiment: Imagine there's an elephant in the room. Now ignore the elephant in the room. In their case, the el…
