‘FORBIDDEN!’ A Play Banned in 1922, Now Celebrated By All. Catch this Milestone American Premiere at The Foundry.

It never ceases to amaze me how the world turns from irrational prejudice and hate to a brief 1960’s “Summer of Love” and acceptance, and then suddenly we’re jolted back to being hounded by narrow-minded authoritarians. But at least, for now, we can still shout and make our voices heard. Ironically, many of today’s arguments for sexual identity acceptance were first given voice onstage by a gifted, empathetic Dutch female novelist and playwright who specialized in early 20th  century family dramas. 

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TRIBUTE ARTIST SHARON OWENS BECOMES BARBA STREISAND IN ‘AN ENCHANTED EVENING WITH BARBRA’ ON SEPTEMBER 19 7 PM SHOW AT BOCA BLACK BOX IN BOCA RATON

Tribute artist Sharon Owens will perform 25 plus songs as Barbra Streisand  in her 90 minute two act show titled “An Enchanted Evening With Barbra” taking place on Saturday, Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. at Boca Black Box Center for the Arts in Boca Raton.

Unlike many other Streisand tribute artists, Owens transforms herself onstage as Streisand and introduces herself onstage calling herself “Barbra Streisand” in her show.

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Theatre Lab’s family-friendly ‘BAKER STREET BEGINNINGS’ features a fascinating new Sherlock Holmes-style mystery spoof starring the iconic detective’s author as a famous doctor’s apprentice

Magic, mayhem, history and mystery like you’ve never experienced is astounding audiences of all ages at Theatre Lab‘s expanded new home at the Marleen Forkas Studio One Theatre of Florida Atlantic University. That’s where our most popular, family-oriented local playwright Gina Montét (of last year’s Heebie Jeebies fame) was once again commissioned to create a new play for the Lab’s annual Heckscher Theatre for Families series. Her play would also serve as Theatre Lab’s 2026/27 inaugural season opener, marking the notable new-play destination’s 21st world premiere production!

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Island City Stage Explodes in Laughter at”EUREKA DAY” Jonathan Spector’s Tony-Winning, Zinger-Packed Cultural Comedy is as Timely as They Get!

We are living in what many might consider “the best of times and the worst of times” and once again history “rhymes.” One of our most savvy, socially aware contemporary playwrights, Jonathan Spector, premiered his lovingly sardonic satire (yes, this brilliant playwright manages to walk that fine line) about privileged progressive parents debating vaccine mandates at a high-minded “woke” elementary school in Berkeley, CA, in 2018. EUREKA DAY was first staged pre-Covid, but just after the infamous measles outbreak in California’s Disneyland. Ironically, here we are again with anti-vaccination and anti-science politics dominating the scene, and measles, which was effectively “eliminated” in 2000, coming in at 2,500 cases thus far for 2026, including several deaths.

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Come and Meet Those Dancing Feet at Delray Beach Playhouse’s Masterful, Vibrant Production of Perennial Audience Favorite, ’42ND STREET’

It’s no wonder 42ND STREET won two Tonys (for Best Musical and Best Choreography) in 1980, another for Best Revival on Broadway in 2001 and London’s Olivier Award for Best Musical in 1984 as well. The musical is based on Bradford Ropes’ 1932 Depression-era novel about what goes into developing and rehearsing a new Broadway show, and Hollywood’s 1933 musical film adaptation. Still set in 1933, the 1980 Broadway hit, featuring music by Larry Warren, lyrics by Al Dubin, and a book by Michael Stuart & Mark Bramble, ran for almost nine years (one of Broadway’s longest running shows, at the time) and hasn’t stopped entertaining us mightily ever since! 

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Theatre Lab Begins 12th Season With Annual Heckscher Theatre for Families Production in New Performance Space

Theatre Lab, the professional resident company of Florida Atlantic University’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, announced its 2026–27 season, beginning with its annual a Heckscher Theatre for Families production – the world premiere of “Baker Street Beginnings” commissioned for Theatre Lab and written by local playwright and educator Gina Montét. All performances take place at the Heckscher Stage in the Marleen Forkas Studio One Theatre in FAU’s Performing Arts Building, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton campus.

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Bridge Across The Pond Theater Company Mounts a Most Powerful Production of Pulitzer Finalist ‘OTHER DESERT CITIES’ Just Before Its First Broadway Revival

As a theater critic, there’s nothing I love more than discovering a talented new theater company who’s come to town with great enthusiasm and an original outlook that can only add to our highly rated, established drama scene. Another thing I love is when a rarely produced classic is chosen by one of our local companies … and then suddenly appears as the hottest show on Broadway. I got to see a Sondheim Merrily We Roll Along revival at Delray Beach Playhouse in the spring of 2024 … while the play was still creating a sensation on the Great White Way. And now find myself amazed and delighted to discover playwright Jon Robin Baitz (a new personal favorite) and his 2011 Broadway hit, OTHER DESERT CITIES, playing at Fort Lauderdale’s Empire Stage … just about a month before the show opens at the Hudson Theatre for its first-ever Broadway revival. Yup! Our South Florida theater community definitely has its finger on the pulse of Broadway and Off-Broadway … making sure those of us who can’t regularly travel north don’t miss out (too much)! 

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