Jason Edelstein and Rick Pena in Blood Brothers.Theater: In only two seasons, Boca Raton’s Slow Burn Theatre Company has forged a reputation for producing edgy musicals outside the mainstream. The show that got its co-founders, Matthew Korinko and Patrick Fitzwater, interested in creating and running their own troupe is Blood Brothers, the cult hit that opened in … [Read more...]
Theater roundup: A quality ‘Spider Woman’; ‘Frankenstein’ well-cast but weak
Renata Eastlick as Aurora in Kiss of the Spider Woman.By Hap ErsteinWest Boca’s Slow Burn Theatre Co. hascarved out a niche for itself that no other area stage troupe seems interested in filling. Its stated mission is to tackle “daring, contemporary and intelligent” musicals, which certainly describes its current production of Kiss of the Spider Woman.This … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Jan. 28-30
Bust of an Angel (c. 1304), by Giotto di Bondone.(Courtesy The Reverenda Fabbrica of St. Peter, Vatican City State)Art: As it did a few years back, the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art is host this weekend to a major show of Catholic artwork, this one called Vatican Splendors: A Journey Through Faith and Art. Fort Lauderdale is one of only three cities … [Read more...]
Theater roundup: A fine ‘Candida,’ an incomplete ‘Desire’
John Leonard Thompson and Kim Cozort in Candida.Candida(Palm Beach Dramaworks; through Nov. 21)Palm Beach Dramaworks, which recently announced plans to move into the vacant Cuillo Centre space a block away from its Banyan Boulevard playhouse in West Palm Beach, continues to take the high road of offering up the towering writers for the stage that other South Florida … [Read more...]
Theater reviews in brief: ‘Bat Boy,’ ‘Tintypes,’ ‘Magical Thinking’
Matthew Korinko, Stephanie Simon, Rick Penaand Anne Chamberlainin Slow Burn Theatre's Bat Boy.By Hap Erstein'Bat Boy' charms, but new company needs smaller spaceMaking its area debut, Slow Burn Theatre Company certainly fulfills its stated mission by selecting Bat Boy: The Musical, a quirky, cult show about, yes, a kid who is half-bat, half-human, based on the character … [Read more...]
Theater feature: New West Boca troupe to bow with ‘Bat Boy’
The cast of Slow Burn Theatre Company's Bat Boy.By Hap ErsteinWelcome to the area the Slow Burn Theatre Company, a new professional troupe that is the passion project of Patrick Fitzwater and Matthew Korinko, two former St. Louis performers-directors who moved here in 2008 and have wanted to start their own stage operation ever since.They will be the first to acknowledge that … [Read more...]