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VIDEO: Humorist Steve Solomon at King Center

By PAM HARBAUGH The King Center invites you to put aside current events and slip into some comedy with “Cannoli, Latkes & Guilt…the therapy continues.” It opens tonight and runs through Sunday in the King Center’s Studio Theater. The show is basically a two-hour stand up routine by Steve Solomon. It’s...

VIDEO: Melbourne Civic Theatre’s ‘Curious Savage’

'The Curious Savage' at Melbourne Civic Theatre. Photo by Max Thornton

By PAM HARBAUGH Here’s a quick glimpse of Melbourne Civic Theatre’s winning, warm and witty production of “The Curious Savage.” Be sure to read below the video window. And, to read Brevard Culture’s review, click here. ……. SIDE O’ GRITS: “The Curious Savage” runs through Nov. 8 at Melbourne Civic Theatre,...

VIDEO: ‘NOT QUITE RIGHT’ is quite fun

Not Quite Right Comedy Improv Troupe

An improvisation set in a barber shop by the ‘Not Quite Right Comedy Improv Troupe.’ Photo by Pam Harbaugh. By PAM HARBAUGH As Monty Python once said “And now for something completely different.” That’s what you get with the Not Quite Right Comedy Improv Troupe. For sure, there’s a whole lotta...

Video: MCT’s Comic Timing in ‘Fox on Fairway’

Jessica Foix in rehearsal for ‘The Fox on the Fairway” By PAM HARBAUGH It’s been said that when it comes to comedy, timing is everything. That theatrical truism rang loud and clear at a recent rehearsal for “The Fox on the Fairway,” the comedy opening Friday, Aug. 7, at Melbourne Civic...

John Cleese & Eric Idle coming to Dr. Phillips

Left to right: Eric Idle, a cartoon rendering of Eric Idle and John Cleese which had wrong dimensions for major “art” in this post hence the smooshed together graphic, John Cleese By PAM HARBAUGH Two comic legends — John Cleese and Eric Idle — are coming across the pond to tour...

Review: ‘The Explorers Club’ at Mad Cow Theatre

(L to R) Simon Needham, Heather Leonardi and Eric G. Pinder in Mad Cow Theatre's 'The Explorers Club.' Photo by Tom Hurst.

(L to R) Simon Needham, Heather Leonardi and Eric G. Pinder in Mad Cow Theatre’s ‘The Explorers Club.’ Photo by Tom Hurst. By PAM HARBAUGH For witty new comedy well done, you don’t get any better than Mad Cow Theatre’s exhilarating production of “The Explorers Club” — from scrumptious visual design...

Review: ‘It Runs in the Family’ at MCT

'It Runs in the Family' at Melbourne Civic Theatre

By PAM HARBAUGH A London hospital turns into a place for madcap antics in Ray Cooney’s farce “It Runs in the Family,” currently reaping laughs at Melbourne Civic Theatre. The ever-accelerating action in this farce revolves around Dr. David Mortimore (Gordon Ringer) as he is about to deliver an important speech...