notice Archives – Theatrical Musings

Photo by Curtis Brown Photography Henry Ford (John Leonard Thompson), Thomas Edison (Rob Donohoe), and President Warren Harding (Tom Wahl) discuss issues in Mark St. Germain’s funny and thought-provoking play, Camping with Henry and Tom.   By AARON KRAUSE A U.S. president, a famous inventor, and a powerful business magnate…

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Photo by Morgan Sophia Photography Arielle Goldman and Hale Appleman appear in a scene from Miami New Drama’s world premiere production of Jonathan Spector’s Birthright.   By AARON KRAUSE Multiple times, the lights go out in a room with a hot tub in Miami New Drama’s (MIND) impressively naturalistic professional…

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Photo by Sefanja Galon Kenneth (Malik Archibald) gets overly dramatic with his sister, Jules (Elizabeth Chavez) in Main Street Players’ fine world premiere professional production of A New Newer Normal.    By AARON KRAUSE More than once, a character proposes a toast in John Mabey’s sweet, smart, funny, and invigorating…

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Photo by Morgan Sophia Photography J (Kimmie Harvey) and C (Abbie Fricke) appear in a scene from the world premiere production of two of us on the run at Theatre Lab.   By AARON KRAUSE Steve McMahon’s promising new play, two of us on the run, is like a map…

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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…

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Photo by Amy Pasquantonio The cast of The Wick Theatre’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat performs on the production’s functional set.   By AARON KRAUSE The titular garment is hardly the only impressive aspect of The Wick Theatre and Museum Club’s admirable professional production of the unforgettable classic musical…

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Photo by Matthew Tippins Tony Parker (Clay Cartland) tries to calm Edith Sussman (Susanna Ninomiya) in Island City Stage’s production of Die, Mommie, Die!   By AARON KRAUSE While summer camp is over for kids, a different kind of camp is in session for adults at Island City Stage (ICS)….

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