Neil Patrick Harris in Company.Film: Can’t decide whether to go to the theater or to the movies this weekend? Do both, with the high-definition video of the recent concert version of Stephen Sondheim’s Company, which was shamelessly promoted on last Sunday’s Tony Awards broadcast. It stars Neil Patrick Harris as marriage-challenged Bobby, which should restart the … [Read more...]
Theater review: Summer Shorts No. 16 leaner, shorter and funnier than ever
Top: Ceci Fernandez, Stephen Trovillion and Jai Rodriguez; bottom: Finnerty Steeves and Gregg Weiner, in Mickey Herman Saves The $#&@ World. (Photo by George Schiavone)By Hap ErsteinThere was every reason to be worried about this year’s Summer Shorts, the 16th annual collection of stage vignettes that has become a much-anticipated seasonal fixture in … [Read more...]
Theater review: At Summer Shorts, the players are the thing
From left: Steve Trovillion, Laura Turnbull,John Manzelli and Stephen G. Anthony inSodom and Gomorrah: Priced to Sell, by Ken Brisbois.(Photo by George Schiavone)By Hap ErsteinIf they had to write the perennial “How I Spent My Summer Vacation,” some of South Florida’s best, most versatile actors could wax enthusiastically about immersing themselves in City Theatre’s Summer … [Read more...]
Theater feature: Actor McConnell moves into director’s chair
Actor/director Gordon McConnell.By Hap ErsteinCarbonell Award-winning actor Gordon McConnell of Lake Worth likes a juicy role to sink his teeth into, but -- as the cliché goes -- “what he really wants to do is direct.”“I’m trying to branch out a little bit,” he says by cellphone, on his way to Miami for rehearsals of this year’s Summer Shorts. “I love theater, but I’d like to … [Read more...]