Comedy depends on the element of surprise. And the most surprising thing about Ben Butler, Richard Strand’s Civil War tug-of-war over a runaway slave who seeks asylum at a Union army post, is that the dire situation is played for laughs. The play is full of verbal wit, delivered with verve by a capable four-member cast at Boca Stage, under the crafty direction of the … [Read more...]
‘Rx’: Boca Stage’s gentle skewering of Big Pharma delivered with dispatch
Workplace depression is not an officially recognized medical condition, but that does not stop Schmidt Pharma from trying to develop a lucrative cure for what ails so many of us. That includes Meena Pierotti, managing editor of American Cattle and Swine magazine, a trade publication so dreary that depression seems the logical response to employment there. Meena is the … [Read more...]
Sol’s ‘Christmas Carol’ sharp retelling of familiar tale
By Dale King Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, the author’s famous tale of a wretched skinflint who finds lifesaving redemption with help from some ghostly apparitions who mess with him on a fateful Christmas Eve in mid-19th century London, is back in Palm Beach County for a run at the Sol Theatre in Boca Raton. Director Christopher Mitchell has assembled a delightful … [Read more...]