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...
“Boca Stage’s ‘Dry Powder’ Offers a Timely, Sharp Critique of Capitalism’s Costs
Photo by Amy Pasquantonio (From left) Wayne LeGette as Rick, Autumn Kioti Horne as Jenny, Christopher Dreeson as Jeff, and Michael Scott Ross as Seth. By AARON KRAUSE When GableStage mounted a fine production of Sarah Burgess’s brutally honest play Dry Powder in 2017, it felt like a serious...
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...
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...
‘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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
‘Legally Blonde’ will win you over at the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center
Photo by Jerahmeel James All eyes are on Elle Woods (Ariela Pizza) in ACM Theatricals’ production of Legally Blond, part of the Broadway at LPAC series. By AARON KRAUSE Omigod you guys and gals! Elle Woods is so much more than a stereotypical blonde in Broadway at LPAC’s dynamic...
