If every resident of Manalapan, Florida descended on the local playhouse, Florida Stage, the theater could accommodate all but 90 of them. According to the 2004 census, Manalapan has a mere 340 citizens (up from 321 in the year 2000) while the comfortable, intimate theater holds 250. These 90 hypothetical patrons, left standing outside, would certainly be missing a brilliant show if they failed to see the current Southeast Florida premiere of Sins of the Mothers.
Read MoreAaron Carter is a playwright with skill for story, structure and character development. His latest world premiere now running at the Greenhouse Theatre produced by MPAACT, First Words, tells the story odd a family’s struggle to deal with their autistic 15 year old son, Aiden (effectively played byScott Baity Jr).
Read MoreThe light-hearted plot unfolds amid a rapid succession of characters who suddenly arrive and leave, always narrowly missing each other as they scurry behind doors – into the closet, the kitchen, or the bedroom. Timing is everything.
Read MoreDonizetti’s bouncy melodic score features bel canto (beautiful singing) arias. Nicole Cabell, as the love maidenAdina, sings her desires deftly while Gabrielle Vivani, as the blusterous Sergent Belcore, demonstrates his vocal chops. Alessandro Corbelli is the delightful Dr. Dulcamara who convinces the clueless Nemorino that he indeed has the elixir of love.
Read MoreHe (Brian Dennehy) is a world class actor at the top of his art. He moves from the fast-talking gambler in Hughie to the old recluse fearful of the man he once was in Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape. These two pieces demonstrate Dennehy’s acting range.
Read MoreThe Castle demonstrates Oracle Theatre production and staging skills (fine direction by Ben Fuchens and Justin Warren) as well as their ability to stretch the envelop of theatrical boundaries. Kudos to them for their chutzpah in mounting Barker’s weird play. This is both a provocative work and a fun theatrical experience.
Read MoreThis wonderfully presented journey is a dissertation of how a strong–always in control woman–comes to terms with drastic changes that occurs with the death of a close loved one. Fisher skillfully presents Didion’s trek through the mind games and adjustments that happens when death interrupts the status quo.
Read MoreMaster Harold story of a white teenage boy and his only two friends, Sam and Willie, adult black employees of the family restaurant. “Master Harold” …and the boys was written in 1982 as both a coming-of-age drama and an attack on racism.
Read MoreDavid H Bell’s energetic production is quickly paced, totally engaging and filled with fantastic physical humor and eloquent speech that exposes The Bard to the next generation. The players connect with the kids with asides, winks and gestures allowing their humor to win them over. The story is introduced with cute silly props that tell us the story line in an engaging manner.
Read MoreMacbeth is a psychological study that finds Macbeth (Steve Hadnagy plays the general/king marvelously) suffering from delusional and paranoid behavior with loads of guilt as he gains the Scottish throne only to be obsessed with retaining his power
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