National award-winning play shows “How the Light Gets In.”
By AARON KRAUSE “It’s about finding the courage to reach each other during the darkest and most difficult times,” said the winner of a national new play award for her piece, How the Light Gets In. From her description, it sounds like playwright E.M. Lewis penned her award-winning play...
‘It’s theater in your living room’ — and it’s live
Photo by Brian Love Jason Weiss, founder and artistic director of No Pants Theatre Company. By AARON KRAUSE “Shhhhhh! It’s about to start!,” someone commented in eager anticipation of No Pants Theatre Company’s production of Samuel Garza Bernstein’s drama, If You Are Reading This. Most likely,...
The show goes on with the Drama Desk Awards
While the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing have yet to announce a new date for the Tony Awards, the Drama Desk Awards will air at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 31. However, due to the pandemic, this year’s edition will not feature a traditional ceremony. Instead, the public will...
Theater is continuing through the pandemic
While theaters are opening back up, there are still ample opportunities to watch plays and musicals virtually. Here is a list of such opportunities, as well as live, in-person productions with COVID safety measures in place. The Irish Repertory Theatre in New York City will virtually present George M. Cohan...
Which new plays will receive top national awards?
By AARON KRAUSE Six finalists for a prestigious national new play award share in common at least one timely theme, according to a new plays committee chairman. Specifically, The American Theatre Critics Association’s Lou Harry said that “a yearning for connectivity — and astute awareness of the challenges to forging...
Creating scenes of intimacy safely, seamlessly and convincingly on stage
Photo by Kiaa Janell Spencer Landis as Usnavi and Lauren Horgan as Vanessa appear in a scene from Measure for Measure’s production of In the Heights. Obviously, the scene required a moment of intimacy, which Intimacy Choreographer Nicole Perry staged. By AARON KRAUSE Even before the current strain...
Fund allows folks to support South Florida’s theater community
By AARON KRAUSE If you wish to support unemployed local theater artists and others left jobless due to COVID-19, the South Florida Theatre League can help you help them. The league established The South Florida Theatre League Relief Fund. It will allow theater companies to compensate artists and...
Tony Awards to be rescheduled
By AARON KRAUSE Organizers of the annual Tony Awards ceremony have postponed this year’s event due to the coronavirus pandemic. The American Theatre Wing and the Broadway League announced the postponement in a joint statement. The annual event, which honors top achievements on Broadway, was to air live on June...
Renowned playwright Terrence McNally dies at 81
By AARON KRAUSE SARASOTA, Fla. — Five-time Tony Award recipient Terrence McNally, the world-renowned playwright who received the Tony Awards’ Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre honor last year, died March 24 in Sarasota. He was 81 . Photo via Wikimedia McNally succumbed to complications from COVID-19, the disease caused by...
‘A Chorus Line’ can make us reflect on unheralded heroes
Photo by Amy Pasquantonio Cast members appear in one of the iconic scenes from A Chorus Line. By AARON KRAUSE BOCA RATON — Hopefully, sooner rather than later, Coronavirus will disappear. Then, the media may choose to highlight “unsung heroes” in the battle against the virus. Specifically, these...
