Steven Heron and Doug Lebo stand in front of the Henegar Center. Photo by Niko Stamos Here’s the copy of a press release from Titusville Playhouse and the Henegar Center JOINT STATEMENT BY TITUSVILLE PLAYHOUSE AND HENEGAR CENTER REGARDING COVID-19 The Titusville Playhouse and Henegar Center in Melbourne today announced they...
Review: TALK RADIO at Theater on the Edge
Marco DiGeorge in TALK RADIO By JOAN TADDIE Theatre On The Edge could not have found a more controversial, provocative, timely play to produce as this country currently struggles with hopelessness and false gods, and is enflamed by information overload easily obtained by present day technology. “Talk Radio” takes us back...
Review: Captivating CINDERELLA at CVP
From CINDERELLA at Cocoa Village Playhouse. Photo by Goforth Photography. By KRISTIN SPRINGER Executive Director Anastacia Hawkins-Smith opens the Cocoa Village Playhouse’s 30th season with a classic tale made new again. You will want to catch this splendid production of “Cinderella,” based off the updated Broadway revival (with a new book...
Review: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at the Henegar
By KRISTIN SPRINGER Brevard Culture Theatre Critic Despite surrendering their tech week to Hurricane Dorian, the cast & team of “Beauty and the Beast” magically opened a glistening show in a renovated theater, where Disney tunes, glittery cocktails, and character-driven desserts offered to release the prince or princess in us all....
39 STEPS at 2019 Tony Award Winning TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
39 STEPS at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. From left: Ron Campbell, Cassidy Brown, Lance Gardner and Annie Abrams. Photo by Kevin Berne By PAM HARBAUGH Palo Alto, California For regular theater patrons, oft-produced plays can sometimes be a groaner to sit through, yet again. After all, you think, how many more laughs...
Review: MATILDA the Musical at Titusville Playhouse
Chloe Kennedy in MATILDA at Titusville Playhouse. Photo by Niko Stamos. By KRISTIN SPRINGER BREVARD CULTURE Guest Critic Steven J. Heron opens the Titusville Playhouse’s 55th Season with the magical family-friendly musical “Matilda.” As the first theater in Brevard County to obtain the rights to “Matilda”, TPI moved mountains to obtain...
MATILDA at Titusville
Chloe Kennedy in MATILDA at Titusville Playhouse. Photo by Niko Stamos. By PAM HARBAUGH Move over Snow White, take a hike Annie, cool it, Cindy. Something fresh is on the horizon: “Matilda, the Musical,” opening Friday at Titusville Playhouse. Based on the 1988 children’s novel by Charlie and the Chocolate Factory...
REVIEW: CARRIE the MUSICAL at the Henegar Center
CARRIE THE MUSICAL at the Henegar. Photo by Niko Stamos. By KRISTIN SPRINGER Guest Critic, BREVARD CULTURE “Carrie the Musical” would never be everyone’s cup of tea (er, pail of pig blood, in this case). The Henegar’s recent Feller to Broadway production raised many questions about teenage relationships and violent revenge....
Review: PUTTING IT TOGETHER at MCT
From PUTTING IT TOGETHER at Melbourne Civic Theatre. Photo by Max Thornton. By KRISTIN SPRINGER Guest Critic for BREVARD CULTURE Director Peg Girard offers Brevard County “Putting It Together,” a sensual and dynamic cabaret to exhibit Stephen Sondheim’s bountiful repertoire at the Melbourne Civic Theatre. Sondheim is hailed by many as...
AUDITIONS August and September 2019
Get on your marks…it’s starting up again. Here’s a list of upcoming auditions for area theaters. I HATE HAMLET at Melbourne Civic Theatre. Auditions are 7 p.m. Aug. 4 and 5. The show is scheduled to run Oct. 4 – Nov. 10. Needed are three men ages 30 to 60 and...