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.
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.”
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 concept, at least, of I Hate Hamlet is a refreshingly original one. After moving into the former home of deceased legendary actor John Barrymore, TV soap star Andrew Rally is resisting efforts by his girlfriend and agent to persuade him to take the title role of Hamlet in a Shakespeare In The Park production.
When tallying the shows that I’ve been to as a critic that I probably never would have gone to see otherwise, Cats definitely has to top the list. In fact, I don’t think I was even aware that Cats was still on tour until I received an invite to the production currently playing at the Kravis Center.
There is certainly something to be commended in Slow Burn Theatre Company’s selection of Once On This Islandfor this slot in its season, a musical that, despite being written by a white composer and lyricist, calls for an entirely non-white cast.
Just when you start to worry that Be More Chillmight be shaping up to be a conventional coming of age comedy, it instead takes a turn for the gloriously insane. This is Area Stage Company’s first show as a tenant of the Adrienne Arsht Center, and the partnership is definitely getting off to a smashing start with this high-strung high school musical.
If the Lake Worth Playhouse is already something of a hidden gem compared to the mainstream SFL theatre scene, its Black Box series is an even smaller and lesser known but arguably more intriguing offering than its mainstage counterpart. Trafficking in plays “whose subjects or themes are both thought provoking and relevant to today’s world,” the series is offering one more weekend of its current production of God Of Carnage.
