By Dale King Guys in tuxes and glittery vests. Gals with long evening gowns strewn with sparkles. All this, set against a stark, black-and-white Art Deco stage setting. Sophisticated Ladies, a 32-year-old revue of the tunes, dress and dance steps most associated with Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington, is the latest offering at Broward Stage Door Theatre, and it brings us back … [Read more...]
Broward Stage Door cast does well with disturbing ‘Twilight of the Golds’
By Dale King The morality drama The Twilight of the Golds asks a question that some might not want to answer: If parents knew their child would be born gay, would they allow the birth or choose abortion? Broward Stage Door Theatre in Coral Springs takes a bold step by opening the 2013-14 season for Theatre II with this taut and tense tragicomedy, which demands responses to … [Read more...]
Broward Stage Door’s ‘Moon Over Buffalo’ gives light farce an edge
By Dale King Broward Stage Door Theatre in Coral Springs kicks off the 2013-2014 season with a show that encourages yelling, running, door slamming, drinking, occasional sexual innuendos, mayhem and general chaos. The play, Moon over Buffalo, written by slapstick playwright Ken Ludwig, drew iconic comedienne Carol Burnett back to the Broadway stage when it debuted in 1995. … [Read more...]
‘Beau Jest’ delights at Broward Stage Door
By Dale King If you’re planning to see Beau Jest at the Broward Stage Door Theater, there are a few things worth knowing right off the bat. First, don’t confuse this show with Beau Geste, the 1924 adventure novel by P.C. Wren that has been adapted for the screen several times and also parodied on a few occasions. Second, if you see the name Michael Leeds listed as director, … [Read more...]
Season Preview 2012-13: The Broward-Miami art scene
The visual arts season in Broward and Miami-Dade Counties is as contradictory as ever, refusing to be slotted into any tidy categories. The art soon pouring into museums and galleries gives as much attention to the natural world as it does to the imagined and synthetic realms, and shows by venerable artists open concurrently with exhibits introducing the newly minted and … [Read more...]
Tonight, Carbonells honor best in South Florida theater
Tonight, the South Florida theater community gets together for the 35th annual Carbonell Awards, the citations for excellence among area professional theaters that has been shrouded in controversy in recent years. Last year, as you may recall, the awards board of directors announced the program would be suspended to study and fix the perceived deficiencies in the system. … [Read more...]
‘Mack and Mabel’ at Broward Stage Door offers a lot to like
After first-rate productions of A Little Night Music and The Drowsy Chaperone, and now a very credible mounting of the problematic Mack and Mabel, we are going to have to stop being so surprised when the Broward Stage Door Theatre delivers satisfying entertainment. The formerly erratic company has been coming through with the goods more and more, giving us hope for such … [Read more...]