“Kinky Boots” National Touring Company. Photo: Matthew Murphy. By PAM HARBAUGH ORLANDO–It’s all about fun, love, acceptance and the color red in “Kinky Boots,” the mile-a-minute award winning musical which opened Tuesday at the Dr. Phillips Center in Orlando. And it’s also about a couple of bigger than life performers who...
Review: ‘VANYA and SONIA and MASHA and SPIKE’ at Riverside
Susan Cella and Warren Kelly in Riverside Theatre’s production of “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.” Photo by Riverside Theatre. By PAM HARBAUGH You’ll laugh wild at the pumped up, absurd comic antics in Riverside Theatre’s brilliant production of Christopher Durang’s award winning “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.”...
‘VENUS IN FUR’ Steaming Up the Henegar
Shanise Jordan and Zack Roundy in the Henegar’s studio theater production of “Venus in Fur.” Photos by Dana Niemeier Photography. By PAM HARBAUGH Okay…right out front…disclaimer: This post is filled to the brim with conflict of interest. But now that I got that out of the way, I hope you see...
REVIEW: ‘Over the River and Through the Woods’ at Riverside Theatre
From Left: Sid Solomon, Kate Konigisor and John LaGioia in Riverside Theatre’s “Over the River and Through the Woods” photo by Riverside Theatre. By PAM HARBAUGH It might drip with sentimentality, but Riverside Theatre’s “Over the River and Through the Woods” will nudge out a few tears and win you over,...
MCT Play Reading ‘MURDERERS’
From a previous MCT public reading — “Third” by Wendy Wasserstein. By PAM HARBAUGH Melbourne Civic Theatre presents its next play reading at 2 p.m. Saturday with Jeffrey Hatchers’ dark comedy “Murderers.” The play comprises three vignettes, all set in a Florida golfing retirement community, where diabolical plans result in three...
REVIEW: ‘CATS’ at Cocoa Village Playhouse
“Cats” at Cocoa Village Playhouse. Photo by Goforth Photography By PAM HARBAUGH Cocoa Village Playhouse fills its stage to the brim and beyond with a thoroughly entertaining production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s groundbreaking show, “Cats.” Rather than a musical with storyline, conflict, plot-driven music et al, “Cats” is more of a...
REVIEW: ‘Guys and Dolls’ at Surfside
Becky Behl-Hill and Jack Maloney as Adelaide and Nathan Detroit in Surfside Players’ production of “Guys and Dolls” By PAM HARBAUGH Surfside Playhouse’s production of “Guys and Dolls,” reminds us why this wonderful show deserves to be one of American musical theater’s classics…and it also reminds us why Brevard community theater...
REVIEW: ‘THE UNDERPANTS’ showing at MCT
Above, from left Doug Sontag, Tori Terhune; below, from left, Pete Jacobsen, Glenn ‘Kraz’ Krasny in Melbourne Civic Theatre’s “The Underpants.” BREAKING NEWS — MCT has just added a performance 2 p.m. Feb. 13. The show is close to selling out completely. By PAM HARBAUGH Director Peg Girard and a cast...
AUDITIONS Jan/Feb 2016
By PAM HARBAUGH Here’s the list of upcoming auditions in calendar order. Be sure to do those voice and diction exercises before you arrive, speak loudly and face the audience, or, in this case, the director! MELBOURNE CIVIC THEATRE will hold auditions for an adaptation of Moliere’s restoration comedy, “Tartuffe,” at...
GO WEST for Orlando Theater
By PAM HARBAUGH There are a few buzz-generating productions either already on or in the works for Orlando stages right now. Here’s a quick hit: MAD COW THEATRE: “Art,” Yasmina Reza’s smart comedy about three friends who muse over a white painting, runs through Feb. 21. Talkbacks are held after each...