By Dale King Delray Beach Playhouse has set up its main stage for “one singular sensation” — the musical A Chorus Line — which has returned to South Florida for a three-week summer run that already packed DBP’s audience space and drew standing ovations at opening shows in its first weekend. The production — conceived and originally directed and choreographed by esteemed … [Read more...]
Delray Playhouse’s ‘She Loves Me’ shines with stellar cast
By Dale King A lyric in theme song for the 1970s TV comedy The Mary Tyler Moore Show tells us that “Love is all around.” That short, but sweet and sentimental, assertion could easily apply to the Hungarian perfume store where She Loves Me, the serene and romantic musical that packages amour in various situations, takes place. The production, now being presented on the … [Read more...]
MNM’s ‘La Cage’ falls short, but packs a relevant punch
A few years ago, as same-sex marriage was becoming legal all across the nation thanks to the evolved support of the president, the once daring 1983 musical La Cage aux Folles – which features two gay main characters and Broadway’s first male-male kiss – was looking a little dated. But as MNM Productions correctly points out in its program notes for the show, its message of … [Read more...]
Wick’s ‘Sister Act’ offers escapism with a heart
Ask Patrece Bloomfield, who is making her Wick Theatre debut in Sister Act as Delores Van Cartier – a/k/a the Whoopi Goldberg character in the 1992 movie – how she got the role and she will answer in two words, “Divine intervention.” How appropriate for a musical that takes place largely in a convent. Bloomfield was appearing in a theme park show at Universal Studios in … [Read more...]
McArdle, Clow winning in Wick’s charming ‘Playing Our Song’
As veteran director Norb Joerder readily concedes, The Wick Theatre was looking for a small musical to open its season, concerned about ticket sales before the snow bird audience arrives. In that sense, the company chose well with 1979’s They’re Playing Our Song, a two-character, on-and-off romantic comedy based on the quirky – and doomed – relationship between composer Marvin … [Read more...]