Island City Stage Delivers a Precise, Potent ‘Dying Gaul’

Island City Stage Delivers a Precise, Potent ‘Dying Gaul’

Photo by Dennis Dean A complicated romantic triangle develops between (from left) Jeffrey (Amir Darvish), Elaine (Autumn Kioti) and Robert (Jorge Amador) in Island City Stage’s impressive production of Craig Lucas’s play, The Dying Gaul.   By AARON KRAUSE The set design for Island City Stage’s (ICS) intense, believable, and...

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Fornés’s ‘Mud’ Dares to Show Us the Brutality Beneath Poverty

Fornés’s ‘Mud’ Dares to Show Us the Brutality Beneath Poverty

  Photo by Nat Ordonez Juan Gamero and Calia Katz in Latine Theater Lab’s inaugural production of Maria Irene Fornes’s powerful play, Mud. By AARON KRAUSE Launching a new theater company with a live production can be frightening. But Latine Theater Lab founding artistic director Alex Gonzalez shows courage by...

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‘Dangerous Instruments’ is a harrowing, human story we cannot afford to ignore

‘Dangerous Instruments’ is a harrowing, human story we cannot afford to ignore

Photo by Curtis Brown Photography “Cool Mr. P” (Matt Stabile) comforts single mother Laura Hammond in Palm Beach Dramaworks’ world premiere production of Dangerous Instruments by Gina Montet.    By AARON KRAUSE The determined and desperate mom in playwright and educator Gina Montet’s new play, Dangerous Instruments, shakes with despair....

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A camping trip well worth taking at Palm Beach Dramaworks

A camping trip well worth taking at Palm Beach Dramaworks

Photo by Curtis Brown Photography Henry Ford (John Leonard Thompson), Thomas Edison (Rob Donohoe), and President Warren Harding (Tom Wahl) discuss issues in Mark St. Germain’s funny and thought-provoking play, Camping with Henry and Tom.   By AARON KRAUSE A U.S. president, a famous inventor, and a powerful business magnate...

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Acting amazes in Miami New Drama’s world premiere of imperfect ‘Birthright’

Acting amazes in Miami New Drama’s world premiere of imperfect ‘Birthright’

Photo by Morgan Sophia Photography Arielle Goldman and Hale Appleman appear in a scene from Miami New Drama’s world premiere production of Jonathan Spector’s Birthright.   By AARON KRAUSE Multiple times, the lights go out in a room with a hot tub in Miami New Drama’s (MIND) impressively naturalistic professional...

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New City Players imbues ‘All My Sons’ with skill, heart

New City Players imbues ‘All My Sons’ with skill, heart

Photo by Ryan Arnst Timothy Mark Davis, Laura Turnbull, and Michael Gioia appear in a scene from New City Players’ production of All My Sons.   By AARON KRAUSE The opening scene of New City Players’ (NCP) first-rate professional production of Arthur Miller’s tragic masterpiece, All My Sons, is appropriately...

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‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ heats things up in South Florida co-production

‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ heats things up in South Florida co-production

Photo courtesy of Empire Stage Tension exists between Williamson (Matthew Schenk) and Levene (Michael H. Small) in a South Florida co-production of David Mamet’s powerful play Glengarry Glen Ross.    By AARON KRAUSE If Matthew Schenk’s eyes grew any wider and icier, they might unleash daggers. I mean that as...

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Palm Beach Dramaworks’ remount of ‘The Dresser’ is stirring entertainment

Palm Beach Dramaworks’ remount of ‘The Dresser’ is stirring entertainment

Photo by Curtis Brown Colin McPhillamy, as Sir (front) and Bill Hayes as Norman (back, left) lead the cast of Palm Beach Dramaworks’ remount of ‘The Dresser’   By AARON KRAUSE In Ronald Harwood’s touching 1980 backstage drama, The Dresser, the familiar and perhaps unfamiliar merge to form a humorous,...

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Theatre Lab’s ‘The Last Yiddish Speaker’ is haunting

Theatre Lab’s ‘The Last Yiddish Speaker’ is haunting

Photo by Morgan Sophia Photography Chava (Patti Gardner) and Sarah (Gemma Berg) enjoy an easy rapport in The Last Yiddish Speaker.” Looking on is Sarah’s father, Paul (Stephen Schnetzer).    By AARON KRAUSE Forget ghosts and goblins. Deborah Zoe Laufer’s frightening and moving drama, The Last Yiddish Speaker, centers on...

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New City Players presents a sizzling ‘Streetcar’

New City Players presents a sizzling ‘Streetcar’

Photo by Morgan Sophia Stella (Casey Sacco, left), and Blanche (Elizabeth Price) act out a scene from New City Players’ production of A Streetcar Named Desire.   By AARON KRAUSE “Bigger isn’t better.” So go the lyrics to a Cy Coleman and Michael Stewart song from the musical “Barnum.” At...

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