Current Productions for the week of May 28, 2012

Finito: The Dream Is Real At The Red Barn Theatre Until June 2 What would happen if some of your favorite on screen characters arrived at the Red Barn for a night of uproarious song and dance? Scenes from Flashdance, to Japanese Anime and characters from Ziggy Stardust to Patrick Swayze will light up the stage with nothing short of the spectacular. Marky Pierson directs the cast and crew of Key West Burlesque in this stew of has beens, icons, and legendary songs on this wild ride into the depths of TV and movie-land. Time Stands Still by Donald...

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Small Membership by Mark Della Ventura

The Alliance Theatre Lab presents Small Membership Book by Mark Della Ventura June 1 - June 2...

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Summer Shorts

The Adrienne Arsht Center and City Theatre Presents Summer Shorts June 1 – June ...

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Current Productions for the week of May 21, 2012

HomeExchange by Hy Conrad Waterfront Playhouse Until May 26 What happens when you trade houses with total strangers and think you’ve discovered a murder plot? A producer of TV crime shows exchanges her Manhattan apartment with a couple from England. Once in the English cottage, she and her brother (her traveling companion) grow suspicious that something is about to happen to the British husband. A suspenseful comedy in the mold of Deathtrap but with a bit of Rear Window thrown in for fun. Love Burns by Cherie Margulies At Thinking Cap Theatre...

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Proof by David Auburn

Palm Beach Dramaworks PresentsProof Book by David Auburn May 25 – June ...

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How could technology change theatre criticism for good?

The Theater Blog over at The Guardian in the UK asks the question:  How could technology change theatre criticism for good? Discussions about the future of theatre criticism seem to be evergreen. It is a debate that continues to impassion bloggers, and one that arose again at the latest instalment of Devoted and Disgruntled back in February, in a session challenging the barrier traditionally erected between theatremakers and critics. One linked but relatively neglected aspect of the conversation, however, is how criticism might fully...

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The Past Week In Theatre History (May 14 – 18)

PLAYBILL VAULT'S Today in Theatre History: MAY 14–18 By Ernio Hernandez, Anne Bradley Doug Nevins, and Robert Viagas 1894     Birthday of Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981), orchestrator of Broadway classics including the original Sunny; Show Boat; Anything Goes; Oklahoma!; Annie Get Your Gun; Kiss Me, Kate; The King and I, My Fair Lady, Camelot and The Sound of Music. He was honored with a special Tony Award on the anniversary of his birthday in 2008. 1907     The new Hippodrome Theatre opens in Portsmouth,...

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Show reviews for the week of May 14, 2012

Thinking Cap Theatre presents Love Burns by Cherie Vogelstein.  Directed by Nicole Stodard and featuring: David Michael Sirois, Ashley Price, Mark Della Ventura, and Shira Abergel . Design Team: Lighting Design – Christopher Michaels;  Sound Design – David Hart; Set Design - Chastity Collins. Christine Dolen reviewed the show for the The Miami Herald: ‘Love Burns’ is coffee house comedy with an edge Choosing two short relationship plays by Cherie Vogelstein, Stodard creates an environmental evening that gets its own...

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Finito: The Dream is Real

The Red Barn Theatre presentsTheFinito: The Dream is RealComedy – Variety – Burlesque MusicalMay 16 - June 2 ...

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Disney's The Lion King

The Adrienne Arsht Center Presents Disney's The Lion King May 15 – June 1...

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tick, tick…Boom!

The Outre Theatre Company presents tick, tick…Boom! Book by Jonathan Larson Monday, May 1...

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Show reviews for the week of May 7, 2012

The Miami Stage Door Theatre presents Six Dance Lessons In six Weeks by Richard Alfieri.  Directed by Dan Kelley and features: Larry Buzzeo and Phyllis Spear. Bill Hirschman reviewed the show for Florida Theater On Stage Stage Door’s Six Dance Lessons Needs Evenly Matched Partners Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks is a gentle message comedy about lonely people reaching out somewhat obliquely for human contact. But this occasionally charming pas de deux at Stage Door’s Miami Beach venue is thrown out of step because one partner is far...

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