By Dale King Producer/choreographer Kevin Black is rapidly becoming a master at cranking out jukebox musical theatre shows and Cirque-style acrobatic productions. Owner of Kevin Black Productions, a global entertainment company, he is responsible for devising such song-dominated presentations as: What’s New Pussycat? On the Radio, Pompadour, Tickling the Ivories, Imagine, … [Read more...]
Stage Door unloads a powerhouse ‘Dreamgirls’
Broward Stage Door is rapidly becoming a theater company to reckon with. Over the years, its resources and artistic output have been nothing if not erratic, but the Coral Springs troupe keeps setting the bar higher, announcing its intention to do complex shows that seem way over its head and then flooring us with its achievement. Earlier this year, it mounted a miraculous … [Read more...]
‘Saturday Night Fever’ at Broward Stage Door revives 1970s classic in superlative style
By Dale King Disco isn’t dead. At least not at the Broward Stage Door Theater in Margate, where increasing numbers of disco divas and down-to-earth denizens are flocking to experience Saturday Night Fever, the musical that turned normal 1970s evenings into disco nights and sent millions to apparel stores to buy satin shirts and boogie shoes. The musical adaptation based … [Read more...]
‘Vegas’ another strong revue entry from Broward Stage Door
By Dale King Bounding from soul to swing, with an energetic side jaunt through jazz, entertainment entrepreneur Kevin Black’s two recent productions at Broward Stage Door Theatre in Margate have taken audiences through the formative years of Motown (The Soul of Motor City), then back through the pedigrees of swing and jive (Swing, Swing, Swing) to illustrate tunefully how … [Read more...]
Stage Door’s ‘Swing’ is its best jukebox show yet
By Dale King Broward Stage Door Theatre has boosted the jukebox musical genre to new heights. Once thought of as the unloved stepchild of traditional music-and-dialogue performances, jukebox-style productions are drawing larger and more exuberant crowds, at least at the Margate venue. Swing, Swing, Swing, now playing at Broward Stage, is the fourth all-melody production … [Read more...]
‘Motor City’ gives Broward Stage Door an unforgettable groove
Gabrielle Graham, Alexandria Lugo, Mimi J., Joshua Graham, Jar'Davion Brown and Elijah Word in The Soul of Motor City at Broward Stage Door Theatre. (Photo by George Wentzler) By Dale King Musicals have reigned supreme this year at the Broward Stage Door Theatre in Margate. Not just the traditional ones, with actors, dialogue, songs and fancy sets. No, the powers-that-be … [Read more...]