Photo by Amy Mahon Lily Harrison (Lory Reyes) is clearly not pleased as Michael Minetti (Larry Buzzeo) is comically over-the-top. By AARON KRAUSE Since its Los Angeles premiere and Broadway opening, Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks has undergone translations into 14 languages and traversed the globe with productions in 24 countries. In fact, it […]
Posted by krausecriticfl | Sep 22, 2025 | Comedy, Horror, Theatre Lab | Morgan Sophia Photography Cast members execute campy acting in Theatre Lab’s world premiere… Read More Posted by krausecriticfl | Sep 19, 2025 | News, theatre | From immersive outdoor theater to epic dramas on traditional stages, the nominees for the 48th… Read […]
Photo courtesy of Empire Stage Tension exists between Williamson (Matthew Schenk) and Levene… Read More by krausecriticfl | Apr 7, 2018 | Comedy-Drama, New City Players | 0 | (Photo courtesy of New City Players) Pleasantness doesn’t last long in Clybourne… Read More
By AARON KRAUSE A fresh adaptation of Frankenstein, a Stephen Sondheim classic, and a new twist on a Charles Dickens classic are among the shows comprising the 10th annual Theater Up Close series in Miami. The series, a collaboration between the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, City Theatre, and Zoetic […]
NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. — The central figures are puppets in The Life and Times of Lee Harvey Oswald, yet it’s a human actor who proves most effective. Oswald in custody: Jeffrey Roth, Ben Watts, Michelle Beshaw. Photo by Jonathan Slaff. In a well-rounded, vivid performance, a riveting Jeffrey Roth shines as the supposed JFK killer. […]
Photo by Clifford Spulock Emile de Becque (Christopher Sanders) and Ensign Nellie Forbush (Casey… Read More by krausecriticfl | Mar 11, 2025 | Comedy, Musical, musical | 0 | Photo courtesy of Plays of Wilton Lourelene Snedeker performs as Pseudolus in POW in the… Read More Photo by Jerahmeel James All eyes are on Elle […]
Photo by Matthew Murphy Anya (Lila Coogan) basks in the glow of lights in one of the stunningly vivid projections. By AARON KRAUSE FT. LAUDERDALE — Dramamine is not one of the products for sale in the theater lobbies where the Broadway musical adaptation of Anastasia plays. But if you are prone to motion sickness or equilibrium […]
Photo by Dennis Lyzniak A crazed Austin (Tyler Grimes) chokes Lee (Christopher Millan) in Main Street Players’ production of “True West.” By AARON KRAUSE MIAMI LAKES — The aroma of freshly toasted bread wafts throughout the Main Street Playhouse’s intimate theater space. If you didn’t know better, you’d swear the sweet lady of the place […]
(Photo courtesy of Area Stage Company) Shrek (Ryan Bauta) gives fair warning to anyone daring to enter his territory. CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Can audience members believe in a world onstage even if the theatrical magic is simple and visible? After witnessing Area Stage Company’s (ASC) exhilarating production of Shrek the Musical, there can be […]
Photo by carol Rosegg But the condition can prove fertile ground for someone looking to create an original, unique work of art. Just ask composer and lyricist Jeff Bowen and librettist Hunter Bell. Their proof is the musical “{title of show}.” The name of the musical might raise eyebrows and cause English teachers fits, but it won […]
PHOTO BY MATTHEW MURPHY The titular character comes flying in for the rescue in a new non-equity national touring production of Peter Pan. By AARON KRAUSE Before intermission of a new production of Peter Pan, the titular character and Tiger Lily, among others, run together toward the audience and enthusiastically thrust their arms into the air […]
Jul 21, 2017 | Actors Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre, Comedy, Historical (Photo courtesy of Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre) CORAL GABLES, Fla. — You… read more Jul 8, 2017 | Comedy, New City Players, Reviews By Theater Ernesto Gonzalez as Sebastian (Photo by Ryan Arnst) FT. LAUDERDALE — Shakespeare’s… read more Jul 3, […]
by krausecriticfl | May 7, 2021 | News | 0 | Five play finalists are in the running for a national prize which a theater critics… Read More Photo courtesy of Actors’ Playhouse Actors’ Playhouse and Palm Beach Dramaworks present The… Read More Photo by Chris Whitaker Jefferson Mays, as Ebenezer Scrooge, appears in […]
(NBC via wikimedia commons) Diana Rigg Actress Dame Diana Rigg, a renowned English performer who played roles such as Emma Peel in The Avengers and Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones, has died at age 82. In addition to these roles, the late stage and screen actress (July 20, 1938-Sept. 10, 2020) portrayed James Bond’s […]