‘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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Inaugural ‘Owl’ New Play Festival approaching

Inaugural ‘Owl’ New Play Festival approaching

  By AARON KRAUSE For a decade, Florida Atlantic University’s Theatre Lab in Boca Raton has offered a weekend-long series of new play readings. Now, the university’s professional resident theater company dedicated solely to new work has turned the annual event into a three-week festival featuring two full productions and...

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Humor abounds in POW in the Park’s inaugural production of ‘Forum’

Humor abounds in POW in the Park’s inaugural production of ‘Forum’

Photo courtesy of Plays of Wilton Lourelene Snedeker performs as Pseudolus in POW in the Park’s inaugural production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.   By AARON KRAUSE These days, many of us can probably identify a “lecherous, lewd, lascivious, loathsome, lying, lazy, dirty old...

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‘A New Newer Normal’ delivers laughs at MSP

‘A New Newer Normal’ delivers laughs at MSP

Photo by Sefanja Galon Kenneth (Malik Archibald) gets overly dramatic with his sister, Jules (Elizabeth Chavez) in Main Street Players’ fine world premiere professional production of A New Newer Normal.    By AARON KRAUSE More than once, a character proposes a toast in John Mabey’s sweet, smart, funny, and invigorating...

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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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Free outdoor theater begins soon in Wilton Manors

Free outdoor theater begins soon in Wilton Manors

  By AARON KRAUSE For years, Plays of Wilton (POW) has wanted to produce free outdoor theater for South Florida residents and visitors. That dream by POW, a Wilton Manors-based nonprofit organization, has become a reality thanks to funding from the Warten Foundation and support from the City of Wilton...

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‘two of us on the run’ begins its journey at Theatre Lab in Boca Raton

‘two of us on the run’ begins its journey at Theatre Lab in Boca Raton

Photo by Morgan Sophia Photography J (Kimmie Harvey) and C (Abbie Fricke) appear in a scene from the world premiere production of two of us on the run at Theatre Lab.   By AARON KRAUSE Steve McMahon’s promising new play, two of us on the run, is like a map...

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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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