By Dale King Delray Beach Playhouse certainly loves a mystery. The venerable showhouse on the shore of Lake Ida opens its 76th season with a production of Villainous Company, a show whose title literally screams that something illicit is afoot. And it certainly is, as the audience gradually, but, in the end, surely finds out in this 90-minute production played with no … [Read more...]
Delray Playhouse’s ‘Same Time, Next Year’ ends season with sweet accomplishment
By Dale King Delray Beach Playhouse is wrapping up its 75th anniversary season with a gem of a show, a production so nicely packaged and executed that it may remain on the minds of audience members until autumn brings a new roster of main stage performances. The showhouse on the east shore of Lake Ida is currently presenting Bernard Slade’s romantic comedy, Same Time, … [Read more...]
Sharp Delray Playhouse cast sizzles in ‘Stage Struck’
By Dale King The Delray Beach Playhouse has historically done a very good job producing mystery thrillers. Wait Until Dark comes to mind immediately. So does Agatha Christie’s A Murder Is Announced, which opened the 2018-2019 season. And folks with a longer theatrical memory may recall Blackout, an original work that premiered at the DBP in 1988 and encored just a few … [Read more...]
Community theater: Fine cast delivers strong ‘Carnage’ at Delray Playhouse
By Dale King Delray Beach Playhouse drops the curtain on its 2018-2019 theatrical season with the comedy God of Carnage, a 90-minute one-act that has entertained audiences around the world and received both the Tony Award and London’s Olivier Award as Best Play of the Year. The performance slowly but steadily morphs from a sophisticated discussion between two upwardly … [Read more...]
Community theater: 30 years later, ‘Blackout’ still delivers the whodunit goods
By Dale King The stage production of Rick Harlowe’s mystery thriller, Blackoutis back where it all began three decades ago – at the Delray Beach Playhouse. Harlowe’s whodunit – which meanders into who-might-do-it-again territory – will conclude its three-week run Sunday at the theatrical center on the east shore of Lake Ida. The play actually made its world premiere in … [Read more...]
Community theater: ‘Amorous Ambassador’ launches Delray Playhouse season in excellent style
By Dale King Delray Beach Playhouse kicks off its 71st season on a farcically comic note as it brings The Amorous Ambassador to the main stage in the spiffed-up venue on the east shore of Lake Ida. Those who caught last year’s season opener shouldn’t worry if they suffer an intense feeling of déjà vu. The Amorous Ambassador is, in fact, the sequel to The Sensuous Senator, … [Read more...]
Community theater: ‘Odd Couple’ still works at Delray Playhouse
By Dale King Just Google “The Odd Couple” and you’ll find that Neil Simon’s 1965 comedy is still being produced for television. It’s the seventh screen incarnation for Simon’s 52-year-old Broadway baby, an assemblage that includes a 1968 movie, a cartoon adaption and a reunion film — not to mention a female-version stage play. The current CBS sitcom stars Matthew Perry … [Read more...]
Community theater: Delray Playhouse’s ‘Senator’ offers amusing electoral dysfunction
By Dale King Talk about art imitating life. The Delray Beach Playhouse is opening its 70th theatrical season with The Sensuous Senator, a rollicking romp about a presidential candidate who staunchly stands for morality, family and the sanctity of marriage. But when the wife isn’t around, he’s ready to bed down his sexy secretary or spend a lusty night with a … [Read more...]