From left, Joey Ginel and Zack Roundy in TAPE at Theater on the Edge. Photo by Monica Mulder. By JOAN TADDIE Guest Critic Written by Stephen Belber, “Tape” is a dark comedy which made its professional debut at The Actors Theatre of Louisville as part of the 2000 Humana Festival of...
AUDITIONS March 2017
By PAM HARBAUGH The 2016/2017 theater season, we hardly knew ye. Really, this is it, folks. If you’ve been putting off auditioning, now is your chance. The theater season is winding down so buck up and go audition! Theaters are always looking for new faces. Here’s the list of this month’s...
TAPE at Theater on the Edge
From left: Joey Ginel and Zack Roundy in TAPE at Theater on the Edge. Photo by Monica Mulder Photography. By PAM HARBAUGH For those adventurous souls who like discovering artsy corners in unlikely places, I urge you to consider THEATER ON THE EDGE in Orlando’s Edgewood neighborhood. It’s a 30-ish seat...
COMING UP AT RIVERSIDE
By PAM HARBAUGH Riverside Theatre has brought to its stage a new play that provokes plenty of questions. It’s Lucas Hnath’s award winning drama “The Christians.” It runs through April 9. I saw the original production when it was directed by Les Waters at the Humana Festival. Later it went to...
Review: LADY DAY at the Henegar
By JOAN TADDIE Guest Critic You can feel it when you step through the door of the intimate Upstairs@The Henegar. Josh Huss’s superb lighting design envelopes you as you enter and draws you into another place in time, the historic Emerson’s Tavern in 1959 South Philadelphia, created by set designer Brighid...
A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE is Brilliant Entertainment
National Touring Company. The cast with John Rapson as Lord Adalbert D’Ysquith (red) in a scene from “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder.” Photo credit: Joan Marcus. By PAM HARBAUGH Well no wonder it reaped all those awards and all that acclaim. The winner of the 2014 Tony for best...
Review: PRIVATE LIVES at Riverside
Jason Louglin and Catherine Gowl in PRIVATE LIVES at Riverside Theatre. By PAM HARBAUGH Take Noel Coward’s sophisticated wit, add exquisite direction and elegant acting, then tie it up with visuals you could plotz for, and it’s no wonder that Riverside Theatre’s production of “Private Lives” is, simply, a study in...
COMING UP AT RIVERSIDE
By PAM HARBAUGH Riverside Theatre continues to be one of the busiest professional theaters around. It just finished a successful CHICAGO, is mid-way through its run of AN EMPTY PLATE IN THE CAFE DU GRAND BOEUF but it’s already opening a new show. This time its Noel Coward’s witty PRIVATE LIVES....
Review: CALENDAR GIRLS at MCT
By GLENN “KRAZ” KRASNY Guest Critic The sunflower’s name is often mistakenly attributed to its appearance resembling the sun. However, its name comes from the fact that the flower follows the sun as it tracks in the sky and always finds the light. This theme permeates the Melbourne Civic Theater’s production...