Playwright Carter Lewis uses a light touch to address heavy issues. In such past works as Women Who Steal, Ordinary Nation and The Cha-Cha of a Camel Spider — all produced by Florida Stage — he has gathered current social ills and shaped his observations about them into entertaining, and often challenging, theater. Certainly that is the case with his latest play, The … [Read more...]
A challenging ‘Ballyhoo’ at Broward Stage Door
By Dale King The Last Night of Ballyhoo is something of an enigma. Though labeled as a comedy, it isn’t particularly funny. While its main characters focus exclusively on a popular cotillion, they generally ignore an impending world crisis, as well as discord among their fellow Jews derived simply from where they were born. Certainly, Ballyhoo, written by Alfred Uhry (who … [Read more...]
Adams classic leads challenging Firebird program
There are at this point only a relatively small number of 20th-century American compositions that have entered the repertory on any kind of permanent basis. But two of them were on an all-American program presented by the Firebird Chamber Orchestra on Thursday night at St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church in Boca Raton. And the third piece on the program is attractive enough to … [Read more...]
Dramaworks’ challenging ‘Copenhagen’ deserves to be seen
C Theatergoers who feel they know playwright Michael Frayn from the evidence of his most successful stage work, the backstage farce Noises Off! -- or even from his thoughtful drama on the architecture of relationships, Benefactors, which Palm Beach Dramaworks produced in 2008 -- are bound to be taken aback by his most cerebral script, the 2000 Tony Award-winning best play … [Read more...]