Photo by Kelly Johnson Abuela (Sophia Molfetas) and Usnavi (Spencer Landis) perform in… Read More (Photo by Tall Glass Photography) Michael (Christopher Alvarez) and Sara (Sabrina Lynn… Read More Photo by Clifford Spulock Allyson Nicole Ryan is a terror of a little girl to Ernest… Read More Photo by Fernando Barron II (From […]
And the winner is — Webster’s Bitch. More specifically, it is the winning short play in Miami-based City Theatre’s annual National Short Playwrighting Contest. City Theatre staff chose Webster’s Bitch, and 24 finalists, from more than 750 writers. “The list comprises playwrights new to the company, alongside several writers who are previously produced at City […]
Photo by Matthew Tippins Nicodemus Underwood (Larry Buzzeo, back) startles Jane Twisden (Bruce Linser) in Island City Stage’s production of The Mystery of Irma Vep. By AARON KRAUSE Comic brilliance is on display at Island City Stage (ICS). There, a side-splitting production of the hilarious 1984 spoof, The Mystery of Irma Vep, is offering a […]
(Photo by George Schiavone) MIAMI SHORES — A “hurricane party” hardly refers to a celebration involving University of Miami sports teams in the new, clever, satirical comedy Firemen are Rarely Necessary, set partly in Miami in a not-too-distant future. Normally when a mammoth hurricane is about to make landfall in a state, you’d expect to […]
by krausecriticfl | May 2, 2025 | Reviews By Theater | 0 | Photo by Matthew Murphy The titular character (Justin Collete) appears in a scene from an equity… Read More by krausecriticfl | Mar 6, 2024 | theater, touring | 0 | If you live in South Florida and fear that you won’t be […]
Photo by Lindsey Walters Isabel Lee Roden as Juliet, Angela Iannone as Friar Lawrence, and Nick… Read More Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Rob Ulin Playwrights Branden… Read More By AARON KRAUSE If South Florida’s Loxen Entertainment, Inc. does […]
Photo by Deen van Meer As any journalist knows, a few tweaks to a story can mean the difference between an ordinary article and a truly memorable one. The same holds true for a playwright and that’s proven by Harvey Fierstein revision of the 1992 Disney film “Newsies,” which critics derided and fared miserably at the […]
Larry Kramer Photo by David Shankbone via Wikimedia Commons Larry Kramer, a fiercely passionate playwright, screenwriter, and advocate whom many credited with jump-starting the response to the HIV/AIDS crisis in America, has died in Manhattan. He was 84 and less than a month from his 85th birthday. His husband, David Webster, said pneumonia caused Kramer’s […]
Photo courtesy of New City Players Tami (Arlette Del Torro) comforts her 18-year-old severely autistic son, Josh (Timothy Davis) in New City Players’ production of Falling. By AARON KRAUSE FT. LAUDERDALE — Characters either prepare sweet foods or eat them in Falling, Deanna Jent’s heartfelt, empathy-building and beautifully-written play. But Jent hardly sugar-coats what the […]
Jun 11, 2025 | Drama, Island City Stage, Reviews By Theater Photo by Dennis Dean A complicated romantic triangle develops between (from left)… read more Feb 5, 2025 | Comedy-Drama, Island City Stage f Photo by Matthew Tippins Although they are touching each other, you sense tension… read more Nov 28, 2024 | Island City […]
Photo by Amy Pasquantonio The cast of The Wick Theatre’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor… Read More While the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing have yet to announce a new date for the… Read More by krausecriticfl | Oct 12, 2017 | Reviews By Theater | 0 | Maria (Jill-Christine Wiley) is at […]
Sep 3, 2025 | Comedy-Drama, Island City Stage, Reviews By Theater Photo by Matthew Tippins Victor (Steven Guez) and Eli (Timothy Mark Davis) try to keep a… read more Aug 18, 2025 | Comedy-Drama, Reviews By Theater, Ronnie Larsen Ma (Lourelene Snedeker), Arnold Beckoff (Alex Martinez) and David (Jackson Goddard) in… read more Jul 16, […]
by krausecriticfl | Aug 17, 2022 | Comedy-Drama, Island City Stage | 0 | Photo by Matthew Tippins The cast of Island City Stage’s production of “One in… Read More Photo courtesy of New City Players Tami (Arlette Del Torro) comforts her 18-year-old severely… Read More Photo by Fernando Barron II (From left) Christopher Alvarez […]
Photo from www.soundsofbroadway.com Stuart Brown has no shortage of material when it comes… Read More NBT founder Dr. Barbara Ann Teer NBT Artistic Director Jonathan McCrory NBT CEO Sade… Read More While the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing have yet to announce a new date for the… Read More by […]