With its moving second stage production of the Tony and Obie Award winning “Bridge & Tunnel,” a politically and socially provocative one-woman play, Riverside Theatre takes a decided stretch. And, boy, does it feel good. Written by Sarah Jones, “Bridge & Tunnel” is a pastiche of the rich multiculturalism living and...
Review: ‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum’
In the opening to “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” the prologue promises “Comedy Tonight.” And Riverside Theatre’s brilliant artistic team delivers it big time, from beginning to end in a thoroughly professional production. This is led by director James Brennan, whose credits include Broadway, Off-Broadway, Paper...
Review: “The Gin Game”
Riverside Theatre brings a rich intimacy to the stage in its eloquent production of “The Gin Game.” The Pulitzer Prize winning 1976 drama by D.L. Coburn holds a position of prestige in American drama. It was famously acted by Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy and directed by Mike Nichols. It uses...
Review: “The Drowsy Chaperone”
A big Broadway musical has bloomed on Melbourne Civic Theatre’s small stage. It’s “The Drowsy Chaperone,” and boy, is it packed with talent and entertainment. With book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar, and music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, “The Drowsy Chaperone” is a Tony Award winning,...
“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” a review
Last week, in FLORIDA TODAY, Steven Heron was quoted as saying he hoped that eventually, entertainment-hungry people throughout the county would ask what’s going on at Titusville Playhouse. That wish is closer to becoming reality with shows like “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.” TPI’s production, which...
“The Music Man” a review
Ah, to live in a world where the most dastardly thing about to spoil society is a pool table. Where people dress nicely and behave with some decorum. And where harmony is all about. You can step into that picture for at least for a couple hours or so, at Riverside...
Not a review…but an intriguing read about critics
Grab a cuppa coffee or put on a pot of tea. This is one of those reads you can sink yourself into. It comes from the highly respected Theatre Communications Group and concerns theater criticism throughout the country. The way into the story is through the eyes of 12 of the...
“The Full Monty” scores at Riverside Theatre
From the first downbeat of the excellent pit orchestra, you know you are in for a big treat with Riverside Theatre’s production of “The Full Monty.” In Terrence McNally’s stage adaptation of the 1997 movie, six out of work men decide to take a big risk and bare it all on...
In Review: “A Tuna Christmas” at Titusville Playhouse
Titusville Playhouse fires on all cylinders with its very funny, wacky and endearing production of “A Tuna Christmas.” Starring a couple of stage pros — Patrick Sullivan and Steven Heron — the shows is packed full of what you have come to expect of “A Tuna Christmas.” Written by Jaston Williams,...
Review: ‘Boeing Boeing’
Go back 50 years when playboys were appealing, flight attendants were called stewardesses and all the world was laid out like shag carpeting and you have “Boeing Boeing,” the farce currently on stage at Riverside Theatre in Vero Beach. Set on the east bank of Paris, the play opens with Bernard...