The savage lurking beneath polite society bares its teeth in “God of Carnage,” performing now in a tantalizing production at the Orlando Shakespeare Theatre. As she did in 1998 “Art,” playwright Yasmina Reza continues her study of the brittleness in the social veneer. In “Art,” it was three friends who tore...
‘Year of Magical Thinking,’ in review
Joan Didion’s artful, introspective journey through a life-changing year unfolds in memoir form through Sunday on the intimate Upstairs @ the Henegar stage. Performed by professional actress Anne Kraft, the two-act, one person monologue is an etude on letting go. The memoir begins at the moment when Didion’s husband, John Gregory...
Shadow cast and Rocky
Wow…this thing really has legs. It’s the “Rocky Horror Picture Show” and shadow cast at Surfside Playhouse. Their 10th annual presentation is onstage through Oct. 29. Time to rip those net stockings and get your Time Warp on. But don’t bring your own props. You can buy a bag o’ props...
Titusville Playhouse grows up with “The Graduate” a review
There’s no going back. Titusville Playhouse takes a giant step into contemporary American theater with it’s funny, sweet, endearing production of “The Graduate.” And really, the nudity (both frontal and backal) is only a minor part. What’s that? Nudity you say? Why, yes. Right here in the city by the river....
Orlando Shakes’ “Importance of Being Earnest” in review
What is it about a man playing a grande dame, especially Lady Bracknell in Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest?” Do we believe that only a man can put on the spelunking gear and plumb the depth of a social snob’s biting comments about life, the universe, and everything? Or...
Groupon deal for Orlando Shakespeare Theater
Orlando Shakespeare Theater is known for its high-quality productions of not just the Bard’s works, but contemporary American plays, classics, and comedies. Today Groupon has a great Orlando deal for Orlando Shakes, as they like to call themselves: two tickets and two drinks for $35. Total steal, and there’s a limited...
“The Woman from the Sea,” in review
TITUSVILLE — There’s something rare in the small Emma’s Attic, Titusville Playhouse’s alternative space. It comes in the form of “The Woman from the Sea,” written by Spence Porter and based heavily on Henrik Ibsen’s 1888 “The Lady from the Sea.” Here, Porter places the story in the late 1950s, when...
“Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” in review
Before the action begins in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” the sounds of children set a tonal backdrop to this theatrical lament about birth and death, love and hate and all points of emotion in between. It also serves as springboard for the entrance of childless Maggie, the so-called “cat”...
Auditions for “Compleat Wrks…”
Gotta funny bone? Love the silly stuff? Are you utterly uninhibited, but still loud enough for the little old deaf lady in the last row to hear you? Surfside Players will hold auditions 7 p.m. Sunday and Monday for “The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged).” Needed are three actors from...
Keep Orlando Shakes on your radar
It may be an hour’s drive, or more for some of you, but a trip to Orlando to take in productions by the Orlando Shakespeare Theatre is so worth the time and cost. The professional theater company opens its next season with…what else…”The Importance of Being Earnest.” Yes, you may be...