PPTOPA’s ‘Putting it Together’ is engaging
Photo by Ron Pollack Erica Gouldthorpe and Elijah Pearson-Martinez play young characters in love in Putting it Together. By AARON KRAUSE With skill, elegance, and humor, Pembroke Pines Theatre of the Performing Arts (PPTOPA) is paying tribute to late musical theater great Stephen Sondheim by staging the engaging musical...
Thinking Cap Theatre announces new season, home
Thinking Cap Theatre’s (TCT) new residency is a win not only for the professional nonprofit theater company, but the city of Hollywood, says the company’s founding artistic director. The Art and Culture Center/Hollywood (ACCH) is TCT’s new home. “For so many reasons, we are thrilled to make this...
These ‘Steel Magnolias’ will win you over at Empire Stage
Photo courtesy of Art Buzz Theatrics and Florida Theatrical Events Shelby (Alexandra Van Hasselt, front) and Clairee (Elissa D. Solomon) laugh during an upbeat scene from a South Florida co-production of the Robert Harling comedy-drama, Steel Magnolias. By AARON KRAUSE In the script for his funny and moving 1980’s-set...
Carbonell finalists announced
Less than two months before the 2023-24 Carbonell Awards ceremony, the board has announced the finalists. For the past South Florida theatrical season, Las Aventuras de Juan Planchard at Miami New Drama garnered the most individual Carbonell nominations (12), followed by Slow Burn Theatre Company picking up 11 for The...
Upcoming short play festival aims to invest in South Florida playwrights
New City Players (NCP) will feature top works by South Florida playwrights in an upcoming event titled Short Plays: Lauder Made. NCP has scheduled the festival for 8 p.m. Sept. 27 and 28, as well as 3 p.m. on the 28th. The venue will be the theatrical space at...
Island City Stage’s ‘Die, Mommie, Die’ offers laughs aplenty
Photo by Matthew Tippins Tony Parker (Clay Cartland) tries to calm Edith Sussman (Susanna Ninomiya) in Island City Stage’s production of Die, Mommie, Die! By AARON KRAUSE While summer camp is over for kids, a different kind of camp is in session for adults at Island City Stage (ICS)....
‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ opens Loxen’s season
By AARON KRAUSE If South Florida’s Loxen Entertainment, Inc. does its job well during the nonprofit company’s season-opening show, the actors will seem inept. Indeed, appearing incompetent is the goal for the season opener…and no, that’s not a misprint. “The whole show needs to look like a disaster,...
‘A Shonda’ uplifts, celebrates love
Photo courtesy of The Foundry Clay (Jackson Goad) and Duvid (Brandon Campbell) are in a forbidden relationship in A Shonda. By AARON KRAUSE The term “collision” usually carries a negative connotation. After all, serious injuries or worse can result when people or vehicles collide. But a potentially healing collision...
New City Players presents a sizzling ‘Streetcar’
Photo by Morgan Sophia Stella (Casey Sacco, left), and Blanche (Elizabeth Price) act out a scene from New City Players’ production of A Streetcar Named Desire. By AARON KRAUSE “Bigger isn’t better.” So go the lyrics to a Cy Coleman and Michael Stewart song from the musical “Barnum.” At...
New City Players, Tennessee Williams’ paths to cross again with upcoming ‘Streetcar’
Photo by Ryan Arnst Stella Kowalski (Casey Sacco, center) is torn between devotion to her husband, Stanley (Timothy Mark Davis, right) and her sister, Blanche (Elizabeth Price). By AARON KRAUSE “South Florida is going to really sink its teeth into something that is going to be magical, musical, and...