Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ ‘Purpose,’ Rob Ulin’s ‘Judgement Day’ earn top honors from critics

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ ‘Purpose,’ Rob Ulin’s ‘Judgement Day’ earn top honors from critics

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins                                   Rob Ulin   Playwrights Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Rob Ulin are among this year’s recipients of major national awards presented annually by theater critics. Jacobs’ play, Purpose, has received the 2025 Pulitzer Prize...

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It’s showtime: ‘Beetlejuice’ blends weirdness, whimsy, and a whole lot of heart

It’s showtime: ‘Beetlejuice’ blends weirdness, whimsy, and a whole lot of heart

Photo by Matthew Murphy The titular character (Justin Collete) appears in a scene from an equity national touring production of Beetlejuice the Musical.      By AARON KRAUSE Beetlejuice the Musical may resemble a freaky carnival or haunted house, but at its core, the show is about a lonely, grieving...

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Aging, memory, art collide in Pigs Do Fly’s ‘Painting Churches’

Aging, memory, art collide in Pigs Do Fly’s ‘Painting Churches’

  Photo by Carol Kassie Mags (Ana Marie Calise), Gardner (William Mahone) and Fanny (Laura Turnbull) in Pigs Do Fly Productions’ staging of Tina Howe’s poetic play Painting Churches.   By AARON KRAUSE Like an eager child, a septuagenarian gazes in wonder at a paper airplane in Pigs Do Fly...

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‘South Pacific’ enchants at Lauderhill Performing Arts Center

‘South Pacific’ enchants at Lauderhill Performing Arts Center

Photo by Clifford Spulock Emile de Becque (Christopher Sanders) and Ensign Nellie Forbush (Casey Sacco) admire each other.     By AARON KRAUSE “Don’t die Emile!” Nellie Forbush pleads toward the end of the Pulitzer Prize winning classic 1949 musical, South Pacific. And in a heartfelt and enchanting current professional co-production...

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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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Play reading, new play awards upcoming

Play reading, new play awards upcoming

        “It’s a play about the fog of war and sweet potato pie.” That is what South Florida theater artist and educator Lowell Williams says about Thanks for Your Service. The public can experience it, perhaps for the first time, later this month. More specifically, Thanks for...

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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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‘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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New City Players preparing to stage Arthur Miller masterpiece

New City Players preparing to stage Arthur Miller masterpiece

  By AARON KRAUSE It is safe to say that South Florida theater artist and educator Jason Peck knows Arthur Miller’s classic masterpiece, All My Sons. “Oh, my gosh, I’ve read the play close to 100 times by now,” Peck notes. “All My Sons is a text I know intimately....

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Island City Stage’s ‘A Delicate Balance’ is great theater

Island City Stage’s ‘A Delicate Balance’ is great theater

f Photo by Matthew Tippins Although they are touching each other, you sense tension between Agnes (Patti Gardner) and Tobias (Tom Wahl) in Island City Stage’s first-rate production of Edward Albee’s Pulitzer Prize winning play, A Delicate Balance.     By AARON KRAUSE Unless you have been hiding in a...

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