Angie Radosh in Curtains. (Photo by Amy Pasquantonio) There are multiple murders in the backstage mystery musical Curtains, yet it is one of the most light-hearted shows ever written by the long-running collaboration between composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb. The team that gave us such milestone, dark-toned materials as Cabaret, Chicago and Kiss of the Spider Woman … [Read more...]
At Delray Playhouse, Russell winningly summons sass of Hattie McDaniel
By Dale King Hattie McDaniel packed a lot of living into 57 years. She wrote songs, sang on stage, radio and TV, performed in movies and on television, and is perhaps best known as the first African-American to win an Academy Award, for her stellar supporting role as “Mammy” in Gone with the Wind. Singer-actress Evelyn Russell assumes the heart, soul and voice of the smart, … [Read more...]
Talented cast makes for fine ‘Fantasticks’ at Broward Stage Door
By Dale King Broward Stage Door Theatre in Margate opens its 2015-2016 season with the musical, The Fantasticks, a touching and tender tale mixed with comic touches and some whimsical characters. Overall, the show is fun and entertaining, featuring talented players with excellent voices. They seem to revel in the occasional silliness and a scene of mystical reverie that … [Read more...]
New Miami chamber music group makes an important debut
It could be that the audience at the University of Miami’s Gusman Hall on Sunday afternoon was witness to the birth of a musical organization that will take South Florida into the kind of direction only the New World Symphony has gone heretofore. And it may be too early to tell. But the event, ostensibly the closing day of the 20th Mainly Mozart Festival, inaugurated a concert … [Read more...]