When two-time Tony Award winner Christine Ebersole (42nd Street, Grey Gardens) steps out on the Maltz Jupiter Theatre stage Saturday night, it should feel a little familiar to her. Told that the venue used to be the Burt Reynolds Dinner Theatre, she perks up on the telephone. “Oh, well, that’s where I worked,” says Ebersole in a flat Midwestern voice that suggests her … [Read more...]
Fun staging, excellent singing mark Miami Summer Music Festival’s closing ‘Don Giovanni’
The Miami Summer Music Festival closed its second season on Sunday afternoon with a remarkable performance of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, epic and uncut, and featuring several standout singers in the festival’s Opera Institute program. Smartly and snarkily staged by Jeffrey Marc Buchman, who updated the opera to contemporary times in a gambling resort, this Don Giovanni lost only … [Read more...]
BodyVox gives Duncan audience fun, engaging evening
By Tara Mitton Catao In the third installment of its popular modern dance series, the Duncan Theatre veered away from the companies of iconic modern dance makers and presented BodyVox. The eight-member troupe from Portland, Ore., is the creation of the husband-and-wife team of Jamey Hampton and Ashley Roland and showcases their choreography. Both share the same professional … [Read more...]