Audrey II (center) is flanked by Sergio Cannata (left) and Jim Tyminski in Little Shop of Horrors at the Delray Beach Playhouse. By Dale King The comedy rock musical Little Shop of Horrors has a way of growing on you, especially the production now being staged at the Delray Beach Playhouse. Veteran director and artistic boss at DBP, Randolph DelLago, has drafted a talented … [Read more...]
PBO’s ‘Ariadne,’ ‘B’ cast: Wagner, Young Artists stand out
Jeffrey Hartman and Amber Wagner in Ariadne auf Naxos. Palm Beach Opera’s last opera this season, Ariadne auf Naxos, was a singing triumph. The company brought together some of the freshest and best voices — all 16 of them — that ply their trade in the opera world today. I heard the second-cast stars on Saturday evening, sitting among a very new but appreciative audience. … [Read more...]
PBO’s ‘Ariadne’; ‘A’ cast: Top-to-bottom vocal strength lifts Strauss confection
Wendy Bryn Harmer and Brian Jagde in Ariadne auf Naxos. The audience response Sunday afternoon to Palm Beach Opera’s final presentation of Richard Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos wasn’t the kind of enthusiastic ovation a more familiar opera from the Italian repertory would have won. But if they weren’t crazy about the opera itself, the troupe deserved all the warm approbation … [Read more...]
Talented cast makes most of weak score in Wick’s ‘Curtains’
Angie Radosh in Curtains. (Photo by Amy Pasquantonio) There are multiple murders in the backstage mystery musical Curtains, yet it is one of the most light-hearted shows ever written by the long-running collaboration between composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb. The team that gave us such milestone, dark-toned materials as Cabaret, Chicago and Kiss of the Spider Woman … [Read more...]