Comedy depends on the element of surprise. And the most surprising thing about Ben Butler, Richard Strand’s Civil War tug-of-war over a runaway slave who seeks asylum at a Union army post, is that the dire situation is played for laughs. The play is full of verbal wit, delivered with verve by a capable four-member cast at Boca Stage, under the crafty direction of the … [Read more...]
Stage Door’s ‘Victor/Victoria’ quirky and fun
By Dale King At times during the run of the gender-befuddling musical, Victor/Victoria, the audience at the Broward Stage Door Theatre in Margate may feel they are getting a special bargain. Viewers are actually getting two stars – a male lead and a female lead character – in one person. In a nutshell, Victor/Victoria is the tale of a woman disguised as a man who dresses … [Read more...]