By PAM HARBAUGH Forget everything you hear about bad audience behavior at live theater. At “Deadwood Dick or A Game of Gold,” the audience is expected to get loud. Well, maybe you still should climb on stage and look for a power outlet to charge your cell phone. (That actually happened...
SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN Photo Gallery
By PAM HARBAUGH Well…wow and double wow. These photos from Dana Niemeier Photography reveal quite a stunning production of “Singin’ in the Rain” at the Henegar. In other words, don’t miss it. You’ve got this afternoon and this evening. SIDE O’ GRITS: SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN, is a production of the...
nFOCUS: ALAN SELBY and NADINE ANTAILLIA
By PAM HARBAUGH As Melbourne Civic Theatre gets ready to open its new season Aug. 11 with “A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM,” we wanted to visit with a couple who have drifted into the realm of “legendary” community theater artists: ALAN SELBY and NADINE ANTAILLIA. As...
AUDITIONS July 2017
Here’s what’s coming up. If you know of more, let me know asap. DOGFIGHT and SWEENEY TODD auditions at the Henegar Center 7 p.m. July 16 and 17. “Dogfight is scheduled to run Sept. 7 to 17. “Sweeney Todd” is scheduled to run Oct. i6 to 22. The Henegar is at...
NUNSENSE II at Cocoa Village Playhouse
By PAM HARBAUGH The comical antics and pun-tastic quips emanating from the stage-struck nuns ring familiar, but this time, it’s “Nunsense II: The Second Coming.” The comedy, written by Dan Goggin, runs through July 2 at Cocoa Village Playhouse. Nearly all the cast appeared in the first “Nunsense” last season. The...
AUDITIONS: June 2017
By PAM HARBAUGH You may want to postpone those vacation plans a bit. Some area theaters are holding auditions this month. SHREK THE MUSICAL: Titusville Playhouse will hold auditions for this delightful musical 6:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday (June 19 & 20) for adults and adolescents 15 years and older. Auditions...
SUMMER THEATER CAMPS
From a previous Summer Camp at the Henegar Center BEAUTY AND THE BEAST photo by Dana Niemeier By PAM HARBAUGH If you’re interested in sending a young person to a summer theater camp, heads up…today is the last day you can get them registered for the Cocoa Village Playhouse program at...
Review: SUPERIOR DONUTS
Allan Whitehead and Cecilia Gazzara in SUPERIOR DONUTS. Photo by Monica Mulder Photography By JOAN TADDIE Guest Critic The smell of donuts and the rhythms of 60’s music invite you into the 30-seat venue of the Theatre on the Edge’s current production of Tracy Letts’ “Superior Donuts.” Then you see it...
SUPERIOR DONUTS an American Story
Sean Philippe and Allan Whitehead in SUPERIOR DONUTS. Photo by Monica Mulder Photography By PAM HARBAUGH Four actors (Nelia Lake, Zack Roundy, Allan Whitehead and Cecilia Gazzara) plus a director (yours truly), have been hoofing it from Brevard and Vero Beach to Orlando for rehearsals and now the run of “Superior...
ALICE in WONDERLAND at Surfside Playhouse
Alice in Wonderland at Surfside Playhouse features Dorothy Wright as Queen of Hearts, Sage Parrish as Alice and Gordon Ringer as Mad Hatter. By PAM HARBAUGH When Alice falls down that rabbit hole at Surfside Playhouse, one thing is perfectly clear: She’s not in Kansas anymore. Wait. That was a different...