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Roy Berko
(Member, American Theatre Critics Association, Cleveland Critics Circle)
Liz Duffy Adams, whose play, “The Reckless Ruthless Brutal Charge Of It, or The Train Play” is now on stage at convergence continuum is noted for being an American abstract writer. The word “abstract” may be the key to confronting “The Train Play.”
The play may well represent “the derailment of American dreams and apocalyptic nightmares,” as it was described by a San …more…
Evening Star Productions will follow their sold out production of The Addams Family with The Last Five Years, Jason Robert Brown’s look at love and marriage from an unusual and innovative ‘his and hers’ perspective. The musical will open on July 17th and run through August 2nd at Sol Theatre in Boca Raton.
The Last Five Years is an emotionally powerful and intimate musical about two young New Yorkers who fall …more…
BaCA presents the free event Text “M” For Murder by Carole White on Monday July 22, 2015. Presented by the South Florida Theatre League as part of their Summer Theatre Fest. Playwrights range from established local favorites, including local award winners and nominees, to emerging talents, with plays vastly ranging in subject matter and style.
The Theatre League’s Summer Theatre Fest has become an integral part of South Florida’s cultural landscape, and …more…
The Wick Theatre celebrates July as a cast of 20 brings to life the remarkable story of one of greatest showmen of all time, George M. Cohan. This fully-costumed concert version of George M! will be narrated by Susan Powell, Miss America 1981, and will feature toe-tapping tunes including “You’re a Grand Old Flag”, “Yankee Doodle” and “Give My Regards to Broadway”.
“We are kicking off our first summer season with …more…
The Outré Theatre Company’s Artistic Director Skye Whitcomb and Managing Director Sabrina Lynn Gore are honored to announce that Outré will be presenting the Southeastern premiere of Polly Pen and Laurence Klavan’s “silent movie opera,” Bed and Sofa. Winner of the 1996 Obie Award for Best Music, and nominated for seven Drama Desk Awards including Best Musical.
Based on Avram Room’s 1926 silent film masterpiece Tretya meshchanskaya, Bed and Sofa focuses …more…
Roy Berko
(Member, American Theatre Critics Association, Cleveland Critics Circle)
As I sat shaking my head in disbelief of what I was seeing and hearing on the Blank Canvas Theatre stage, those around me were howling with uncontrollable laughter. What I was seeing was ridiculous, unbelievable, and basically poorly performed. I’m not sure what was making my audience-mates laugh so hard, but I heard one of the young ladies behind me confide …more…
Roy Berko
(Member, American Theatre Critics Association, Cleveland Critics Circle)
The story goes that in 1970, while attending college in Pittsburgh, John-Michael Tebelak went to church on Easter Sunday. A theology student before he decided he wanted to be a theatrical director, he found the service to be devoid of feeling.
Afterward, the long-haired Tebelak was stopped by a policeman and searched for drugs. (Remember, this was the era of student protests, hippies, …more…
Roy Berko
Member, American Theatre Critics Association, Cleveland Critics Circle
In her book, “Dress Codes: of three girlhoods—my mother’s, my father’s and mine,” Noelle Howey writes, “I have a dad who is a woman much like me, but with better legs. And when he was still male, I had a dad possibly like yours: sullen, sporadically hostile, frequently vacant. I had a dad who became a woman in order to be nice.” …more…
Main Street Players presents Reefer Madness, The Musical. The musical features a book and lyrics by Kevin Murphy, and music by Dan Studney. Reefer Madness is a satire of the 1936 American exploitation film of the same name. The 1936 film (originally titled Tell Your Children) was financed by a church group, who intended it to be shown to parents as a morality tale warning them about the dangers of …more…
Old love is rekindled, young love is awakened, and foolish romantic escapades intertwine in Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s A Little Night Music In Concert, opening Friday, July 10th (8pm) at Palm Beach Dramaworks. This concert presentation, which runs through July 19th at the Don & Ann Brown Theatre, is directed by Lynnette Barkley, with musical direction by Kevin David Thomas.
A Little Night Music, suggested by the Ingmar Bergman film …more…
Empire Stage presents a world premiere comedy starring Brooks Braselman (Mommie Queerest, The Facts of Life: The Lost Episode, & Silver Balls). Reflection of Evil: Die Sister Twin, Die! the world premiere comedy by New York City playwright, Stacey Bean, is the hilarious story of twins, Ann and Bettie, who rival each other for the affection of the town’s local grease jockey. After a fatal sailing trip, only one twin survives, but which …more…
Roy Berko
Member, American Theatre Critics Association, Cleveland Critics Circle
ALWAYS…PATSY CLINE, now on stage at Actors’ Summit, is a well formed musical review in which a Patsy Cline-imitator wails away Cline’s signature songs, including “Walkin’ After Midnight,” “I Fall to Pieces,” “She’s Got You,” “Anytime,” “Stupid Cupid,” “Lovesick Blues, “Faded Love,” and “Crazy.” The songs are interspersed with comments by a Cline fan and Cline, “herself.”
Born Virginia Patterson Hensley in 1932, …more…
STAR TREK: The Ultimate Voyage goes where no production has gone before, bringing five decades of Star Trek to concert halls for the first time in this galaxy or any other. This celestial show includes a live symphony orchestra and solo instruments as the most iconic Star Trek film and TV footage is beamed up simultaneously in high definition to a supersized screen.
Conducted by Justin Freer, the concert will feature some of the greatest music written for the …more…
Arts Garage announces their Radio Theatre series. This scoop of nostalgia is a unique combination of classic radio drama, and the excitement of a live theatrical performance. Come see the golden age of radio brought gloriously back to life, featuring some of South Florida’s finest actors! It’s a trip to the past with a modern twist. The Arts Garage is located at 180 N.E. First St. in Delray Beach. To purchase tickets …more…
The Venice Theatre will present the acclaimed 2015 Cabaret Festival from July 9th – August 30th in beautiful Venice, Florida. Now in its third year “This festival goes back to the basics with a variety of music and comedy in a nightclub setting,” festival director Allan Kollar said. “We found that our audiences loved the format and the performers did, too”. Kollar has designed a festival that brings together simply the …more…
The Broward Center for the Performing Arts is pleased to congratulate the fifth graduating class of the Broward Center Teen Ambassador Program consisting of 24 participants from 15 high schools. Since its inception in 2010, the Teen Ambassador Program has given more than 100 students tickets to performances and provided behind-the-scenes knowledge of the arts at the Broward Center, which is consistently ranked as one of the top 10 theaters …more…
MNM Productions today announced the talented and experienced cast for the upcoming production of the award-winning musical SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM, which will run for 10 performances July 30 through August 9 at the Crest Theatre in Delray Beach, and for five performances August 13-16 at the Kravis Center’s Rinker Playhouse in West Palm Beach.
The musical tribute to legendary Broadway composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim is being produced by MNM’s co-founders Marcie Gorman and Michael Lifshitz, with Bruce …more…
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