Broward Stage Door is rapidly becoming a theater company to reckon with. Over the years, its resources and artistic output have been nothing if not erratic, but the Coral Springs troupe keeps setting the bar higher, announcing its intention to do complex shows that seem way over its head and then flooring us with its achievement. Earlier this year, it mounted a miraculous … [Read more...]
Wick’s ‘Sister Act’ offers escapism with a heart
Ask Patrece Bloomfield, who is making her Wick Theatre debut in Sister Act as Delores Van Cartier – a/k/a the Whoopi Goldberg character in the 1992 movie – how she got the role and she will answer in two words, “Divine intervention.” How appropriate for a musical that takes place largely in a convent. Bloomfield was appearing in a theme park show at Universal Studios in … [Read more...]
Stage Door’s ‘Swing’ is its best jukebox show yet
By Dale King Broward Stage Door Theatre has boosted the jukebox musical genre to new heights. Once thought of as the unloved stepchild of traditional music-and-dialogue performances, jukebox-style productions are drawing larger and more exuberant crowds, at least at the Margate venue. Swing, Swing, Swing, now playing at Broward Stage, is the fourth all-melody production … [Read more...]