Photo courtesy Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre Pictured here are the trio comprising the “love triangle” in Camelot. Appearing from left are Nick Fitzer as Lancelot, Britt Michael Gordon as King Arthur, and Kayleen Seidl as Guenevere. By AARON KRAUSE CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Picture this: Community leaders and politicians sit in a circle […]
Photo courtesy of MNM Theatre Company. Thanks to technology, actors are able to look as though they’re near each other, and even holding hands, in MNM’s Closer Than Ever. By AARON KRAUSE The telling and timely stage picture appears at the end of West Palm Beach-based MNM Theatre Company’s current creative and energetic online production […]
Photo by Joan Marcus Asaka (Alex Newell, in drag) shares a laugh with Ti Moune (Hailey Kilgore) in the Broadway revival of Once On This Island. By AARON KRAUSE NEW YORK, N.Y. — Yes, that really is a live goat on stage. It’s leading its handler toward the audience in the astonishing, breathtaking, visually enthralling, […]
(Photo by Jacek Gancarz) The cast of MNM Theatre Company’s production of Avenue Q WEST PALM BEACH — As most musical theater aficionados are aware, there are plenty of words in the potty-mouthed puppet musical Avenue Q that might cause you to recoil. But in today’s economically, politically and socially-troubled times, four refreshing words in […]
Photo by Matthew Tippins Gerry (Thomas Mark) makes a grand entrance in Island City Stage’s production of Bright Colors and Bold Patterns. By AARON KRAUSE While watching Drew Droege’s delightfully comic, single-character play, Bright Colors and Bold Patterns, one might wonder: Is the horizontally big fellow at the piece’s center always so boisterous? Further, how […]
(Photo by Shannon Ouellette) Jennipher Murphy as Julia and Seth Trucks as Winston in 1984. POMPANO BEACH — There’s no question “Big Brother” is staring at us in Outre Theatre Company’s production of the disturbing, thought-provoking George Orwell classic 1984. It runs through July 30 at the Pompano Beach Cultural Arts Center. Several images on stage show an […]
by krausecriticfl | Apr 5, 2021 | GableStage, News | 0 | Photo courtesy of Magnus Stark By AARON KRAUSE During her time as associate director… Read More by krausecriticfl | Jun 24, 2019 | Comedy, Musical | 0 | Photo by Carol Kassie Here are “The Knights of the Roundtable,” in Entr’Acte… […]
Photo by Matthew Tippins Kevin Hincapie and Jonny Lee played lovers in Island City Stage’s production of an LGBTQ rewrite of The Fantasticks. By AARON KRAUSE Whether it’s between a man and a woman, two men, two women, two robots, or two animals, love is love. A modern version of the beloved classic musical The […]
Photo by Matthew Tippins Alice (Suzanne Ankrum) and Fiona/Adrian (Autumn Kioti Horne) play lovers in Jon Brittain’s touching play, Rotterdam. By AARON KRAUSE Change can be hard for anybody, especially when they least expect it. With that in mind, you may find it easy to identify with Alice, even if you disagree with her about […]
Photo by David Martinek Off to the Emerald City are: Ben Bagby (Tin Man), Darius J. Manuel… Read More Photo by George Wentzler Some of the La Cage aux folles’ girls surround Georges (Jamie… Read More (Photo courtesy of Stage Door Theater) “Victor” (Dalia Aleman) is surrounded by the… Read More MARGATE, Fla. — […]
Photo by Gregory Reed Brinie Wallace is radiant as Ti Moune By AARON KRAUSE Slow Burn Theatre Company’s stirring production of the rousing, Caribbean-flavored folktale of a musical, Once On This Island, is simply stellar. From dynamic, in-sync dancing to believable, charming performances and eye-popping costumes, this production amounts to an all-around winning effort. Performances […]
Photo by Gregory Reed Lola (Elijah Word) and Charlie (Dominique Scott) find common ground in Slow Burn Theatre Company’s production of Kinky Boots. By AARON KRAUSE If ever there were a time that we needed a show to “raise us up,” surely it is now. With a pandemic destroying lives and fierce division tearing us […]
Storytelling, social justice, and artistic transformation will occupy the limelight during… Read More Photo by Morgan Sophia Photography Arielle Goldman and Hale Appleman appear in a scene from Miami… Read More By AARON KRAUSE If South Florida’s Loxen Entertainment, Inc. does its job well… Read More Photo by Ernesto Sempoll Juson Williams […]
Photo courtesy of Actors’ Playhouse Actors’ Playhouse and Palm Beach Dramaworks present The Belle of Amherst starring Margery Lowe. By AARON KRAUSE Southeast Florida theater goers who have remained isolated during the pandemic might be able to particularly identify with Emily Dickinson when she visits the region this spring. A one-woman play based on the life of […]