New Normal Rep. scores a hit with ‘Jericho.’

New Normal Rep. scores a hit with ‘Jericho.’

  Photo courtesy of New Normal Rep. Beth (Eleanor Handley) talks to the ghost of her husband, Alec (C.K. Allen) in New Normal Rep.’s inaugural online production of Jericho.   By AARON KRAUSE A problem with online theater, especially a taped production, is that performers cannot take bows. In addition,...

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Watch the world premieres of five short musicals

Watch the world premieres of five short musicals

  Could the next Hamilton or Dear Evan Hansen emerge from a musical theater partnership in the Cleveland area? A collaboration between the Beck Center for the Arts and the Baldwin Wallace University Music Theatre Program has existed for 10 years. And this month, the collaborating partners will present five...

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Have a whale of a time with this Irish theater festival

Have a whale of a time with this Irish theater festival

  If you haven’t seen all nine original digital productions that the Irish Repertory Theatre (IRT) created during the COVID-19 shutdown, you’re in luck. That’s because the New York City-based theater company will show all nine productions for its Theatre @ Home Winter Festival. It will start on Jan. 26...

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Temptation to linger on Lincoln Road

Temptation to linger on Lincoln Road

Photo courtesy of Ernesto Sempoll Mia Matthews and Gerald McCullouch play sparring siblings in a play about greed, All I Want is Everything, part of Miami New Drama’s Seven Deadly Sins.   Miami Beach’s Lincoln Road will remain sinful for at least 15 more days. After weeks of sold-out performances, Miami...

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Don your thinking caps for these theater programs

Don your thinking caps for these theater programs

    By AARON KRAUSE An African American gravedigger who loves, resembles, and impersonates Abraham Lincoln. A therapy session called “Antebellum Sexual Performance Therapy.” These are among the topics, individuals, and situations within three “groundbreaking, thought-provoking plays” that Ft. Lauderdale-based Thinking Cap Theatre (TCT) will use for “Race on the...

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Palm Beach Dramaworks to present a virtual holiday season of plays

Palm Beach Dramaworks to present a virtual holiday season of plays

          By AARON KRAUSE WEST PALM BEACH — While the pandemic has forced theater companies worldwide to go dark, at least one in South Florida hopes to bring light into people’s homes for the holiday season. Specifically, Palm Beach Dramaworks (PBD) in West Palm Beach will...

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A sinful theatrical experience awaits theatergoers in Miami Beach

A sinful theatrical experience awaits theatergoers in Miami Beach

  By AARON KRAUSE For this theatrical experience, even the seven deadly sins will stand safely apart. Beginning later this month, and continuing through early January, Miami New Drama in Miami Beach will present seven short plays. Each features a story centered on one of the seven deadly sins. Specifically,...

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Nominations announced for 74th annual Tony Awards

Nominations announced for 74th annual Tony Awards

  While we still do not know when the 2020 virtual Tony Awards broadcast will take place, we at least now know the nominees. The Tony Awards’ presenters, The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, announced the nominees on Thursday. Alanis Morissette’s musical, Jagged Little Pill, leads the way...

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Thinking Cap Theatre’s upcoming shows reflect the present, honor history

Thinking Cap Theatre’s upcoming shows reflect the present, honor history

FT. LAUDERDALE — This month, when Thinking Cap Theatre (TCT) mounts Samantha Mueller’s play, Laced, the effort will amount to more than a production. In fact, TCT’s leaders are calling the project a “Get-Out-The-Vote Theatre initiative.” “The play’s resonances with the disturbing state of the nation and the imminent election...

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Broadway to remain closed through the end of May

Broadway to remain closed through the end of May

    Shubert organization Broadway theaters will remain closed during much of the first half of 2021   Broadway will now remain closed through at least nearly half of 2021 due to the pandemic, officials announced. Ticket sales for Broadway performances in New York City are now suspended through May...

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