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Roy Berko
(Member, American Theatre Critics Association, Cleveland Critics Circle)
On the surface, Horton Foote’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, THE YOUNG MAN FROM ATLANTA, now in production at Beck Center, tells the tale of the Kidders (Will and Lily Dale), a Houston, Texas couple who, in 1950, take different paths in coping with the death of Bill, their only son.
Beyond the surface tale, the script probes into the consequences of false dreams, misguided …more…
Jan McArt hosts the legendary Marilyn Maye, who will close out this season’s Live at Lynn Cabaret series on Sunday, June 7th, at 4:00 PM in the Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center of Lynn University. For the past 70 years Maye has been thrilling nightclub audiences and critics throughout the United States, and in London (as recently as October of 2014.) Last month she filmed her one-hour PBS …more…
They sold over 75 million records, nine of them gold. They had more Top Ten hits than the Beatles or Elvis. Until the advent of The Supremes, The Andrews Sisters – Patty, Maxene, and Laverne – were the most imitated of all female singing groups; they are still one of the best-selling female vocal groups of all time. Sisters of Swing, which will run from June 5ththrough July 12th at …more…
Into the Woods, the multi-award-winning musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, skillfully interweaves several classic fairy tales into one epic story that shows what happens when things get real in the fairy-tale world. Entr’Acte Theatrix’ upcoming production of this acclaimed Broadway musical will run at the Delray Beach Center for the Arts’ Crest Theatre from June 18 through June 28th.
Sondheim and Lapine’s tale involves a baker and his …more…
Roy Berko
(Member, American Theatre Critics Association & Cleveland Critics Circle)
About fifteen years ago, an African American student on a Semester at Sea around the world educational cruise jumped overboard. The ship was sailing toward the Suez Canal, with Africa on the port side. The ship turned in the Gulf of Suez, and miraculously found the college student. The young man, after arriving back, stated that he had jumped overboard because …more…
Little Shop of Horrors, Slow Burn Theatre Company’s final production in the West Boca High Performing Arts Theatre before moving to their new home at the Broward Center, is a devilishly delicious mash up of sci-fi and Broadway, fertilizer and Faust, and of rock, doo-wop, and Motown. This ‘horror and rock-n-roll musical comedy’ has delighted audiences of all ages for over thirty years; and includes several well-known songs, including the …more…
Roy Berko
(Member, American Theatre Critics Association & Cleveland Critics Circle)
Did you know that Shakespeare was an arrogant fop? That he stole the ideas, as well as much of the text from his plays from others? Are you aware that some of those who worked with Will actually hated him? What about the fact that even he spouted about how hard it was to be the Bard. Did you know that …more…
Fresh off their critically acclaimed production of Vita and Virginia, The Vanguard, Fort Lauderdale’s exciting new cultural venue, will present Amy and David Sedaris’ The Book of Liz from June 12th through June 28th at The Vanguard. Amy and David Sedaris individually are two of America’s premier comic geniuses. Together they are responsible for such witty, clever, and often downright hilarious productions as Stitches, One Woman Shoe, Stump the Host, …more…
Roy Berko
(Member, American Theatre Critics Association & Cleveland Critics Circle)
Tyrone is evil. Tyrone, he of big, vacant eyes is both disturbing and funny. Tyrone is vile, violent and demonic. Tyrone is raunchy. Tyrone is foul-mouthed.
Tyrone is a sock puppet who is the anti-hero of Robert Askins’ HAND TO GOD, a Broadway play that causes convulsive laughter while terrifying.
HAND TO GOD centers on Jason, who lives with his mother in Cypress, …more…
Roy Berko
(Member, American Theatre Critics Association & Cleveland Critics Circle)
Tyrone is evil. Tyrone, he of big, vacant eyes is both disturbing and funny. Tyrone is vile, violent and demonic. Tyrone is raunchy. Tyrone is foul-mouthed.
Tyrone is a sock puppet who is the anti-hero of Robert Askins’ HAND TO GOD, a Broadway play that causes convulsive laughter while terrifying.
HAND TO GOD centers on Jason, who lives with his mother in Cypress, …more…
Roy Berko
(Member, American Theatre Critics Association, Cleveland Critics Circle)
The 1951 film AN AMERICAN IN PARIS, with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin, is considered by many to be one of the most successful movie musicals ever made. It starred Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron and Oscar Levant. The winner of six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, it was designated in 1993 for presentation in the United States National …more…
Located in the heart of Pompano Beach’s new Creative Arts District, we encourage you to visit Bailey Contemporary Arts located one block north of Atlantic Boulevard. At the BaCA in Pompano Beach, Fla., emerging artists work with innovative art thinkers from across the globe to create cutting-edge art. Children and their parents take workshops on playing musical instruments and learning to make contemporary art of their own, all just a few …more…
The Persian Room welcomes cabaret & jazz singer John Lariviere on Tuesday June 2nd in his tribute to Johnny Mercer entitled Moon River. John Lariviere regularly headlines throughout Southeast Florida performing at local theatres and clubs. He has sung live on the radio on WXEL (91.3FM) and on TV on the Live With Iris Acker Show, and his voice can be heard in leading roles in the original cast albums of Fun and …more…
Roy Berko
(Member, American Theatre Critics Association, Cleveland Critics Circle)
Steve Yockey’s WOLVES: AN URBAN FABLE, now on stage at convergence-continuum, centers on three people, Ben and Jack, ex-lovers who still live in the same apartment, and Wolf, a trick that Jack picks up one night at a bar.
Ben, who comes from a small town is xenophobic, agoraphobic and jealous. He is afraid of strangers and everything that is foreign. He fears …more…
At the end of each year, the Cleveland Critics Circle meets to select the winners of that year’s performance awards as well as to deal with matters of importance to area theatres. At the session which brought to a close the 2014 season, I mentioned that Fran Heller, who was a member of CCC at the time, had proposed several years ago that the group nominate the Cleveland Play House …more…
Roy Berko
(Member, American Theatre Critics Association, Cleveland Critics Circle)
Cleveland Heights School Board member, Eric Coble, has an inside track on understanding the way schools work. In his play, FAIRFIELD, he starts with the premise of an elementary school whose motto is, “Peace. Love. Respect for all.” And then asks, “What could possibly go wrong?”
Fairfield Elementary, a public school located in a liberal suburb (locally, think Solon or Beachwood) has everything …more…
The Theatre at Arts Garage raises the curtain on a provocative new season as Keith Garsson of Primal Forces takes the helm to explore dark, controversial themes. Theatre Arts Garage is taking new risks with the 2015-2016 season. Building upon its critically acclaimed foundation, the theatre program will now explore new emotional territory. Alyona Ushe has tapped Primal Forces’ Keith Garsson as Producing Director who will be joined by Genie …more…
Gillian Holroyd is a witch. She can cast spells and perform feats of magic, but she can’t fall in love. And when she casts a spell over her attractive neighbor – partly to keep him away from an old rival, and partly because she is attracted to him – this slight ‘imperfection’ leads to a number of unintended and somewhat tricky situations. Although when John Van Druten’s supernatural hit, Bell, …more…
The first half of Evening Star Productions’ second season concluded on May 3rd after a sold out weekend of The Addams Family – A New Musical Comedy at Sol Theatre in Boca Raton. Their production of The Last Five Years will run at Sol from July 16 – August 2nd, and Bug by Tracy Letts will run from August 12th – 29th at Infinite Abyss in Ft. Lauderdale. Sol Children …more…
Palm Beach Dramaworks concludes its fifteenth anniversary season with Lanie Robertson’s Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, a moving and surprisingly joyous look back at the too-short, turbulent life of the legendary Billie Holiday. Lady Day opens at the Don & Ann Brown Theatre on May 15 – June 7, 2015 with specially priced previews on May 13th and 14th.
April 7th marked the centennial of Holiday’s birth; she died at the age of 44 in …more…
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