By Dale King Suppose you could write a great musical with songs a couple of other guys already composed? And suppose those other guys just happened to be George and Ira Gershwin? Creating a laugh-laden production from such enviable grist would be nice work if you could get it. But some other folks already got it. As a result, a “brand-new” Gershwin musical production hit … [Read more...]
Fathers and sons, Jewish-style, in ‘The Bris’ at Broward Stage Door
By Dale King Most theater-goers understand the phrase, “willing suspension of disbelief.” It’s the capacity to suspend one's critical faculties and believe the unbelievable for the sake of entertainment. It’s how audiences can watch five guys playing cards at a table on a stage and believe they are in Oscar Madison’s New York apartment circa 1962, for example. The Bris, … [Read more...]
Vampire two-hander ‘Cuddles’ leaves us without much to feed on
Pale-skinned teen Eve not only believes in vampires, she in convinced that she is one. After all, her parental older sister Tabby has told her so, keeping her confined in a dark, dank, cave-like room, away from the deadly rays of sunlight. The two women inhabit a contemporary play by Joseph Wilde with the ironically benign title of Cuddles, the latest kinky theater piece … [Read more...]
FAU’s ‘Mattress’ is raucous, delightful
Connor Padilla, Emily Freeman and Eytan Deray in Once Upon a Mattress at Florida Atlantic University. (Photo by Viviana Puga) By Dale King Those adventurous and sometimes crazy student actors at Florida Atlantic University have spent a lot of time this year taking theatrical journeys into centuries past. They plumbed the psyche of 17th-century English playwright … [Read more...]