There are many ways to look back on the past year in local theater, and with The Hapster Awards, now in their 28th year, we have chosen the (mostly) snide route. The envelopes, please. Remember Blues in the Night? You know, that critically acclaimed musical revue starring Avery Sommers and Laura Hodos? Of course you don’t remember, because the management of Delray’s … [Read more...]
The Hapsters: A look at 2016’s theater low lights
We didn’t plan it this way, but this year’s Hapster Awards for (mostly dubious) achievement in South Florida theater has a running theme of companies closing their doors or curtailing operations. And you thought we only had the presidency of Donald Trump to depress us. WE’D BETTER BE REALLY PATIENT Sign posted over the water fountain at The Palm Beaches Theatre in … [Read more...]