Gabriella Marchion can be seen in the center of this photograph, wearing a flower garland and standing over the left shoulder of the woman in chartreuse. Photo credit: : The Company of the MAMMA MIA! Farewell Tour, Kevin Thomas Garcia, 2016. By PAM HARBAUGH The ABBA juke-box musical that has swept...
Review: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at TPI
By GEORGETTE SPELVIN Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. I can’t remember how long it has been since my last confession. I fully admit to having detested “Jesus Christ Superstar,” the play/film, for decades. Perhaps it was because I was so sick of the music. If you’re a person of...
AUDITIONS Spring 2017
By PAM HARBAUGH These are the final auditions for shows in the current season. Go audition. Get cast (or not). Then relax during the summer months because for sure the 2017/2018 season will be here before you know it. In the meantime: Surfside Players will hold auditions 7 p.m. April 23...
3 BREVARD ACTORS cast in Orlando production
From left: Allan Whitehead, Nelia Lake and Zack Roundy By GEORGETTE SPELVIN Three Brevard actors — NELIA LAKE, ZACK ROUNDY and ALLAN WHITEHEAD — have been cast in “Superior Donuts,” the final play of the season for Orlando’s newly formed Theater on the Edge. Additionally, CECiLIA GAZZARA of Vero Beach, has...
MICHAEL DORN on stage at ORLANDO SHAKES
Michael Dorn as Antony and Caralyn Kozlowski as Cleopatra star in Orlando Shakespeare Theater’s production of Antony and Cleopatra. Photo by Tony Firriolo. By PAM HARBAUGH He of that great, rich voice and commanding stage presence — MICHAEL DORN — stars in Orlando Shakes’ ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. The show opens tonight...
Additional performances of hit show RUMORS
Bob Campbell and Sally Contess in RUMORS at Melbourne Civic Theatre. Photo by Max Thornton. By PAM HARBAUGH You asked…no, you DEMANDED…and Melbourne Civic Theatre peeps have responded. Three performances have been added to its riotously popular, nearly sold out run of the Neil Simon farce, RUMORS. Those dates are: Thursdays,...
SNEAK PEEK at New Seasons
One of the upcoming shows of the 2017/2018 season: “Something Rotten” which comes to the Dr. Phillips Center next year. This photo from the St. James Theatre production features Josh Grisetti, Leslie Kritzer, Will Chase, Rob McClure, Brad Oscar, Catherine Brunell, Edward Hibbert, David Beach. Photo by Joan Marcus By PAM...
Commentary: HUNCHBACK at Henegar
Dillon Giles as Quasimodo in THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME at the Henegar. Detail of photo by Dana Niemeier. By PAM HARBAUGH Spectacle, glorious voices and heartfelt performances add up to a thrilling theater experience. It’s the Henegar Center’s production of THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME and it is sensational. A...
REVIEW: Mame at Riverside
Michele Ragusa in MAME at Riverside Theatre. By PAM HARBAUGH Although Jerry Herman’s music and lyrics come alive again in Riverside Theatre’s production of “Mame,” there’s something missing. For sure, those vaulting, gorgeous drops tickling the fancies of art history majors, and that sweeping grand staircase rising up and up, urge...
Henegar High Tech Season Announcement
By PAM HARBAUGH Nestle into some good Wifi zone and fire up Facebook, because the Henegar is going to hit the radio waves 7:30 p.m. this evening in a most unusual announcement of its next season. Artistic director Hank Rion will go live on Facebook to take you behind the scenes...