Photo by Alicia Donelan Audrey Batten (Elizabeth Dimon) and Audrey’s daughter, Emma (Caitlin… Read More by krausecriticfl | Jul 22, 2021 | News, theater | 0 | Two Broadway legends on Aug. 3 will discuss a new book and the Pulitzer Prize-winning… Read More Photo by Philicia Endelman Jenna Hunterson (Christine Dwyer) appears contemplative […]
by krausecriticfl | Sep 22, 2022 | feature story, music | 0 | Photo by Sally Olson Ned Mills and Sally Olson will perform as Karen and Richard Carpenter… Read More Photo from www.soundsofbroadway.com Stuart Brown has no shortage of material when it comes… Read More Photo by Brian Love […]
by krausecriticfl | Sep 22, 2025 | Comedy, Horror, Theatre Lab | 0 | Morgan Sophia Photography Cast members execute campy acting in Theatre Lab’s world premiere… Read More Photo by Sefanja Richard Galon, courtesy of Main Street Players Cheryl Ross as Marianne Angelle… Read More by krausecriticfl | Mar 27, 2025 | News, stage, […]
Photo by Matthew Tippins Victor (Steven Guez) and Eli (Timothy Mark Davis) try to keep a wedding… Read More Ma (Lourelene Snedeker), Arnold Beckoff (Alex Martinez) and David (Jackson Goddard) in an upbeat… Read More Photo by Kevin Ondarza Sara (Nai Fairweather) is unafraid of battle in Dominique Morisseau’s… Read More by krausecriticfl | Jun […]
(Photo by Carol Kassie) Here are some of the actors playing major characters in Lightning Bolt Production’s mounting of Into the Woods. BOCA RATON — Into the Woods’ disturbing second act occurs in a boy’s nightmare in Lightning Bolt Production’s riveting, pulse-quickening production of James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim’s 1987 classic. It runs Friday through […]
Sarah Morsey and Kathy McCafferty appear in a scene from Palm Beach Dramaworks’ upcoming production of August: Osage County. By AARON KRAUSE The last time Nikki Fridh performed in front of an audience, she did so on Palm Beach Dramaworks’ (PBD) stage, or more specifically, in the dead of a Maine winter. After taking a […]
Photo courtesy of Magnus Stark By AARON KRAUSE During her time as associate director of Florida Repertory Theatre in Ft. Myers, Bari Newport heard about another theater company down south. It was a company that was consistently doing work that everyone else admired, Newport recalled hearing. “What was this place, and how can I be […]
From immersive outdoor theater to epic dramas on traditional stages, the nominees for the 48th annual Carbonell Awards highlight the breadth of South Florida theater over the past year. Carbonell Awards Board President Gary Schweikhart announced 129 finalists in 20 competitive categories, representing 19 professional theater companies across Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach counties. A […]
Logo taken from https://www.shakespearemiami.com. By AARON KRAUSE PINECREST, Fla. — While Florida Shakespeare Theater’s current production of Romeo and Juliet offers strong moments, the production mostly fails to touch – and break – one’s heart. Any successful mounting of this play requires heartfelt, passionate chemistry between the title characters. Unfortunately, there’s practically no sense of genuine, pure, innocent […]
Photo by Samantha Mighdoll Bananas (Elena Maria Garcia) and Artie (Bruce Linser) pray during Pope Paul VI’s televised broadcast from Yankee Stadium in The House of Blue Leaves. By AARON KRAUSE WEST PALM BEACH — As anyone familiar with John Guare’s The House of Blue Leaves knows, Hollywood songwriter wannabe Artie Shaughnessy poses a question […]
Photo by Marjorie Vitalherne Cast members Heather Jane Rolff, Timothy Michael Quinn, Darius J…. Read More by krausecriticfl | Mar 10, 2021 | News, theater | 0 | Here are Benjamin Scheuer, Melissa Li, and Kit Yan. Melissa Li, Benjamin Scheuer, and Kit… Read More
Photo by George Schiavone Victor Franz (Gregg Weiner, seated), Esther Franz (Patti Gardner), and Walter Franz (Michael McKenzie) appear in a tense scene from GableStage’s production of The Price, by Arthur Miller. By AARON KRAUSE These days, witnessing a theater company staging a live, in-person production with as much skill and heart as GableStage demonstrates […]
by krausecriticfl | Dec 10, 2021 | City Theatre, Comedy-Drama | 0 | Photo courtesy of Justin Namon Jacob Marley’s ghost (Colin McPhillamy) prepares to scare… Read More Photo by Chris Whitaker Jefferson Mays, as Ebenezer Scrooge, appears in A Christmas Carol. … Read More
Photo by Chris Whitaker Jefferson Mays, as Ebenezer Scrooge, appears in A Christmas Carol. … Read More by krausecriticfl | Dec 19, 2018 | feature story, Reviews By Theater | 0 | Larsen (Photo by Christian Caroll) By AARON KRAUSE For renowned theater artist… Read More