Not every theatrical troupe can handle the bold presentments, sexualized nuances and provocative, cutting-edge themes characteristic of a Tennessee Williams play.
After around a month out of town, the first show I hit now that I’ve finally landed back in good old South Florida was the Pembroke Pines Theatre Of Performing Arts’ production of Something Rotten, which is nowhere near as distasteful as its name implies.This 2015 musical is one that I don’t think has been seen too often in the area, if indeed at all, making it a worthier excursion for the curious than PPTOPA’s last pick, which was the more well-traveled Cabaret.
A couple of familiar stars from ‘70s and ‘80s TV comedy series bring their talents to Pompano Beach this weekend for two stage performances of James Graham Bronson’s whimsical play, Willie & Esther.
Many so-called “oldies” shows that come crammed with nostalgic songs from the 1950s and ‘60s, but which offer little diversity otherwise, run a pretty tight gamut – from “so-so” to “just OK.”
Movie mogul and author Oliver Stone is one of four writers scheduled to appear Saturday, March 12, at Florida Atlantic University’s fifth Palm Beach Book Festival. The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the University Theatre, 777 Glades Road on the Boca Raton campus.
Attorney-turned-author and playwright Norman Shabel, a resident of Morristown, N.J. who resides more than half the year in Aventura, South Florida, has spent a half-century as a trial and class action lawyer.
The deeply moving drama, Luna Gale, now being performed at Boca Stage, has a plenitude of plot threads, not all of which are tied off in the two-hour performance with a single intermission.
MNM Theater Company is continuing its musical comedy reign at its new home at the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center with a production of the show Sister Act. Based on a popular movie, which I have still never seen despite having seen a different production of this 2006 musical adaptation.
The 16th Annual Festival of the Arts Boca begins Friday evening with a series of live concerts, lectures and other performances at the Mizner Park Amphitheater.
To swing or not to swing… that is the question. Broadway claims that swings are the most in-demand performers in the industry, yet there seems to be a lack of them. Why is the most in-demand role in theater struggling to find actors to fill them? The answer is intimidation. This job is not for the weak, it is made for those looking for a thrilling challenge.
