Since moving to the Broward Center 10 years ago, Slow Burn Theatre has been featuring more family-friendly mainstream fare, in contrast to the edgier, more offbeat menu that first earned the company its devoted following. So it was heartening to see the troupe return to form with its current production of Jason Robert Brown and Alfred Uhry’s Parade, as darkly dramatic and … [Read more...]
A strong ‘Last Night of Ballyhoo’ at Boca Stage
Avid theatergoers are probably familiar with Neil Simon’s Brighton Beach trilogy and also Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song Trilogy. But how about Alfred Uhry’s Atlanta Trilogy? During the late ‘80s and ‘90s, Uhry wrote three distinctly different plays, all centering on his colorful Georgian family, each Jewish in their own way. The most acclaimed on them is 1989’s Pulitzer … [Read more...]
Postcard from Broadway, No. 1: The ‘Parade’ passes by
I’m here in New York for a week of theatergoing, but it did not start well. On Saturday night, I had tickets for a designated press preview of Parade, the revival of the Alfred Uhry-Jason Robert Brown musical that got Brown his first Tony Award for best score. This production, which stars Ben Platt (of Dear Evan Hansen), began in CityCenter’s Encores series with enough … [Read more...]