From left, Darrick Penny, Ann Marie Olson, Alexandria Lugo, Anthony Massarotto and Jason Plourde in Putting It Together at the Broward Stage Door Theatre. (Photo by George Wentzler) By Dale King Music is the medium that has carried most of the shows at the Broward Stage Door Theatre in Margate during the 2015-2016 season. And we’ve got the stats to prove it. Putting It … [Read more...]
Talented cast makes for fine ‘Fantasticks’ at Broward Stage Door
By Dale King Broward Stage Door Theatre in Margate opens its 2015-2016 season with the musical, The Fantasticks, a touching and tender tale mixed with comic touches and some whimsical characters. Overall, the show is fun and entertaining, featuring talented players with excellent voices. They seem to revel in the occasional silliness and a scene of mystical reverie that … [Read more...]
Excellent cast ably fills out ‘Proof’ family drama
As virtually everyone who has ever produced the play has taken pains to point out, David Auburn’s Pulitzer Prize winner Proof is about mathematics, but it takes no particular understanding of that subject to enjoy this family drama. It does help if you appreciate good writing and performances, which the Palm Beach Dramaworks production has in abundance. Like Arthur Miller’s … [Read more...]
Principals make FGO’s ‘Rigoletto’ do justice to Verdi
Florida Grand Opera’s third production of the season, Verdi’s Rigoletto, closes tonight at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, and if you can catch it before it leaves, you’ll catch a really fine operatic evening, and see a young soprano on her way up. FGO produced this 1851 Verdi classic only six years ago, and the current mounting is the ninth in the company’s … [Read more...]
Second cast excellent in PB Opera’s original, stimulating ‘Giovanni’
Like it or not, the cutting edge of European set and stage design came hurtling into Palm Beach Opera for its production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni. Stefano Poda’s creation arrived simultaneously with a cold blast of fresh air. It is visually stimulating and wholly original. The company took a chance on hiring this gifted young Italian director, 39, whose splendid costumes … [Read more...]