Although crippled by mental illness throughout much of his career, Beach Boys’ lead singer/songwriter Brian Wilson was not diagnosed as schizophrenic. Yet in the musical biopic, Love & Mercy, opening locally this weekend, he is portrayed by two very different actors — Paul Dano as the unstable, volatile Wilson in the 1960s and John Cusack as the later, near-catatonic Wilson in … [Read more...]
‘Love, Loss’ minor, but it’s Shakespeare compared to ‘Divorce Party’
Don’t men go to the theater anymore? Scan the current audiences at the Kravis Center’s Rinker Playhouse, or the Parker Playhouse in Fort Lauderdale, and you would swear the answer is a resounding “No.” Not only are there almost no men in attendance, but the shows on view -- Divorce Party The Musical and Love, Loss and What I Wore -- are so female-centric, so calculated for … [Read more...]