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From Florida Theater On Stage: Number two in our six-part series: Once again, Florida Theater On Stage is reviewing cur...
12/03/2025

From Florida Theater On Stage: Number two in our six-part series: Once again, Florida Theater On Stage is reviewing current shows playing this winter on and off-Broadway, many of which will be touring locally or mounted by a local company. Today, Liberation, which closes February 3. Coming up over this month, reviews of Ragtime; Chess; Oh, Mary, and Little Bear Ridge Road. And we already reviewed Beau the Musical.)

Liberation, like most mind-expanding theater, is simultaneously a mirror and revelation. As a male critic, we’re guessing that for women, Liberation is a mirror that celebrates and reaffirms their complex challenges and triumphs dealing with the stereotypical expectations and restrictions of 20th Century society.

But for many men, such as myself, Liberation is a profoundly deep eye-widening, educational revelation -- even if, especially if you think, you already are socially-conscious and aware. Liberation is a discovery of a country some mistakenly think they already have charted.

In short, and we don’t say this often, this should be required viewing for everyone, anyone, of any sexuality.

Read at floridatheateronstage.com

From Florida Theater On Stage: “It’s Shakespeare’s most thrilling—and, in my opinion, his funniest—work,” said South Flo...
12/02/2025

From Florida Theater On Stage: “It’s Shakespeare’s most thrilling—and, in my opinion, his funniest—work,” said South Florida theater scholar and artist Nicole Stodard of Cymbeline, one of the Bard’s final plays. Thinking Cap Theatre opens the show Friday and runs fhrough Dec. 14, at the Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center.
Scholars affectionately call Cymbeline Shakespeare’s “Kitchen Sink” play because of its wildly mixed genres—history, romance, tragedy, comedy, and fairy tale. Read the advance feature at floridatheateronstage.com

Once again, Florida Theater On Stage is personally reviewing current shows playing this winter on and off-Broadway, many...
11/29/2025

Once again, Florida Theater On Stage is personally reviewing current shows playing this winter on and off-Broadway, many of which will be touring locally or mounted by a local company. Today, we start with the off-beat Beau the Musical, which closes January 4. Coming up over this month, reviews of Ragtime, Liberation, Chess, Oh Mary and Little Bear Ridge Road..)You might shake your head if someone suggested you create a musical that melds country, rock and gospel in a basement temporarily converted into a honky-tonk – all telling how a young Southern man in a damaged family comes to realize and embrace his sexuality. But off-Broadway’s Beau the Musical successfully spins from endless kick-ass energy to moving introspection and back to tongue in cheek humor. Read at floridatheateronstage.com

And one more review before the holiday from Florida Theater On Stage: The classic is precisely 60 years old, but ' Playh...
11/26/2025

And one more review before the holiday from Florida Theater On Stage: The classic is precisely 60 years old, but ' Playhouse re-re-production of Man of La Mancha resounds loudly with undeniable resonances today. In our times as troubled as Cervantes’ 16th Century Spanish Inquisition, La Mancha remains a relevant clarion call for us to remain steadfast in our integrity to the principles we hold – regardless of the cost. This third run by the Playhouse is blessed with arresting acting, adroit direction, engrossing design elements and a superb band all integrated into a powerful experience, ranging from the robust production to its effect on the audience. by David Arisco and starring Gaby Tortoledo, Jose Luaces and a wlecome return home of E.L. Losada. Read at floridatheateronstage.com -- and have a reviving Thanksgiving.

Another review at Florida Theater On Stage: Love and grief don’t have a timetable but can occur at anytime, often blinds...
11/25/2025

Another review at Florida Theater On Stage: Love and grief don’t have a timetable but can occur at anytime, often blindsiding. Love can vanish too quickly while grief can linger too long. Both emotions are in full force in the comedy-drama Left on Tenth, receiving a sweet, poignant production through Dec. 21 at the GableStage. Based on Delia Ephron’s memoir about her life following the death of her husband of 33 years, the play richly touches on love, loss, grief, illness, surviving and the resilience of the human heart. Left on Tenth is also about the power of unconditional love—both human and canine—about never giving up on love and how sometimes that love can come when one least expects it. Starring Dalia Alemán, Stephen Schnetzer, Margot Moreland, Ben Sandomir and two dogs. Directed by Bari Newport. Read at floridatheateronstage.com. Review coming of ' Playhouse's Man of La Mancha.

From Florida Theater On Stage: Two more shows are opening this weekend at GableStage and Actors' Playhouse but tonight w...
11/23/2025

From Florida Theater On Stage: Two more shows are opening this weekend at GableStage and Actors' Playhouse but tonight we print yet another set of reviews written by South Florida students of Soyuth Florida high school dramas and musicals as part of the long-term The Cappies program. These young people show more than just promise, but hope for the future of literary criticism. Check it out at https://www.floridatheateronstage.com/cappies-student-reviews-of-high-school-theater-spring-2025/.

Student critics included Kasie Cabral of Spanish River High School, Avia Collymore of Coral Glades High School , Jared Robaina of Somerset Arts Conservatory , Abigail Bejarano of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School , Bailee Seraphine of Saint Thomas Aquinas High School , By Gabriella (Ella) Scott of American Heritage Broward , Hadley Mantell of NSU University School, Franceska Escobar of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Mia Pagan of JP Taravella High School , Brooklyn Bhim of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Avery Garfinkel of Cooper City High School , Alexis Adler of Cooper City High School , Juliana Priddy of AW Dreyfoos School of the Arts , Emily Wang of Cooper City High School, Gavin MacArthur of Cooper City High School, Alexis Adler of Cooper City High School , Gabriel Cadet of Somerset Arts Conservatory, Eesha Mahabir of JP Taravella High School, Maggie Starr of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Daniel Font-Wilets of American Heritage Broward, Max Shashaty of Cooper City High School, Ilia Peck of The Benjamin School, Cody Straka of Saint Thomas Aquinas High School, Alyvia Rigg of JP Taravella High School

Encore Encore From Florida Theater On Stage: The rate of arrival of theater here is overwhelming this month. Here's a r...
11/20/2025

Encore Encore From Florida Theater On Stage: The rate of arrival of theater here is overwhelming this month. Here's a rave review for Gulfshore Playhouse's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf plus recent reviews of Island City Stage's Ruthless, Pigs Do Fly Productions' Better Late, Broward Center for the Performing Arts' visiting Water For Elephants, Curtain Call Playhouse's California Suite and our coverage of the annual Carbonell Awards, Inc. this week. Whew! And more to come. Read at floridatheateronstage.com.

Florida Theater On Stage review: Produced by Curtain Call Playhouse, and written by the late great Neil Simon, Californi...
11/19/2025

Florida Theater On Stage review: Produced by Curtain Call Playhouse, and written by the late great Neil Simon, California Suite is not a traditional play, but a series of four playlets revolving around guests in Suite 203/204 at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Three of these vignettes are disappointments that don’t land at all, but one is the proverbial “diamond in the rough” that is worth the visit. Read the review at floridatheateronstage.com. Also read our report on this year's Carbonell Awards, Inc.. recipients and the gala.

From Florida Theater On Stage: Many of this year’s Carbonell Awards, Inc.. recipients were familiar names with acclaimed...
11/18/2025

From Florida Theater On Stage: Many of this year’s Carbonell Awards, Inc.. recipients were familiar names with acclaimed artistry, but the gala itself Monday was filled with changes and a few surprises. From a new location at Florida Atlantic University to changes in hosting duties to an 11-piece orchestra, the wryly nicknamed “theater prom” had a new look. The 48th annual awards akin to a local Tony Awards honored excellence in 20 competitive categories, three scholarships, eight special awards to major contributors to the theater community plus a new one the Christine Dolen Award for Outstanding Debut. Check out the whole story including clips from the production numbers at floridatheateronstage.com

From Florida Theater On Stage: Finding your place in this world, loving what you do and never giving up your dreams, no ...
11/15/2025

From Florida Theater On Stage: Finding your place in this world, loving what you do and never giving up your dreams, no matter how young or old you are, reverberate throughout the entertaining musical Water for Elephants that revolves around a down at luck circus, people who’ve made it their home cris-crossing the country and the animals that inhabit it, currently at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Read at floridatheateronstage.com/

And *another* review from Florida Theater On Stage: An actress dealing with guilt from of her first marriage as she cope...
11/15/2025

And *another* review from Florida Theater On Stage: An actress dealing with guilt from of her first marriage as she copes with her second marriage is the core of Better Late, a present-day dramady from Pigs Do Fly Productions. With Patti Gardner, Peter Wayne Galman and Gregg Freitag,and directed by Deborah Kondelik. More reviews coming this weekend.

From Florida Theater On Stage: Another review: Island City Stage’s Ruthless! The Musical fires on all cylinders, literal...
11/13/2025

From Florida Theater On Stage: Another review: Island City Stage’s Ruthless! The Musical fires on all cylinders, literally everything about Ruthless! clicks, be it the cast, the direction, the design, the music, the choreography, or the costumes. This is theatrical excess in the best, and worst, way. Ruthless! The Musical is a perfectly choreographed train wreck, and that’s a compliment. Read the review at floridatheateronstage.com. Plus read other reviews of Zoetic Stage's The Mother, Pompano Players' Steel Magnolias, Theatre Lab's The City in the City in the City, Andrew Kato, Maltz Jupiter Theatre's Misery -- and coming Pigs Do Fly Productions Better Late.

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