By PAM HARBAUGH Michael Thompson is a familiar name in the Brevard theater scene. He has performed all over, directed, and always with integrity and, yes, intensity. Now, after being asked over and over if he was going to teach again, he’s getting ready to lead an acting class at Surfside...
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VIDEO: JAWS: The Movie, the Musical
By PAM HARBAUGH The Brevard based theater company, Theatre Dynamic, had a hit on their hands when they brought the parody “Jaws: The Movie, the Musical,” to the last Orlando Fringe Festival. Some Brevardians got a chance to see the show. Many more, though, didn’t make it to Orlando to see...
Another Theatrical Engagement: BEN & DWIGHT
From left: Benjamin Cox and Dwight Welch. Photo by Pam Harbaugh By PAM HARBAUGH A Sunday lunch is always a treat. Add a couple of lovebirds and it turns into pure delight. That’s what I experienced Sunday when I went to Pineda Crossing to meet with Benjamin Cox and Dwight Welch...
VIDEO: Ghostlight Records ‘House of David: delaria+bowie=jazz’
Lea DeLaria performs music by David Bowie in Ghostlight Records release: “House of David: delaria+bowie=jazz” By PAM HARBAUGH Jazz lovers out there, pay attention. A marvelous CD, “House of David: delaria+bowie=jazz,” has been released by Ghostlight Records today on CD and digital formats. It features Lea DeLaria, who stars as Carrie...
Mixing it up in Titusville: The ‘Creative Blender’
John Michael Foster invites artists to the Creative Blender:Networking for Artists event Friday evening at The Downtown Gallery. By PAM HARBAUGH One of the most “git-er-done” people I know in the area arts scene is Michael John Foster. He’s the man behind the delightful and beautifully sung “Into the Woods” —...
Review: ‘The Flick’ at Dr. Phillips Center
Marcellis Cutler as Avery, Daniel Cooksley as Sam and Jessica Hope Grossman as Rose in “The Flick.” Photo by Patty Wolfe By PAM HARBAUGH Watching life flicker by while living on the periphery, emotionally isolated, is at the heart of “The Flick” — Annie Baker’s three-hour award winning drama now on...
Play Read: ‘Third,’ by Wendy Wasserstein
In rehearsal for Playread Series presentation of “Third” at Melbourne Civic Theatre. By PAM HARBAUGH Melbourne Civic Theatre presents another in its acclaimed Playread Series at 2 p.m. Saturday (tomorrow, June 20) with the public reading of “Third.” “Third” was the final play written by the award-winning late playwright, Wendy Wassterstein....
Gabby Links: Cultural Amuse Bouches
By PAM HARBAUGH Here are a couple of artsy tidbits to keep you going, at least for a few minutes. First, is a very cool video where an artist uses lighting and space to puts us visually into a Bach prelude and fugue. It is playful and uplifting and soulfully inspiring....
nFOCUS: Alan Selby, scenic designer for ‘Picnic’ at MCT
By PAM HARBAUGH Anyone who’s ventured into Melbourne Civic Theatre to see the superb scenic design for “Picnic” knows that scenery sets a sublime mood for the excellent production, I sat down with Alan Selby for a chat about his work on “Picnic.” Here’s what he had to say. And, if...
VIDEO: Brevard Visits THE TONYS
Rita Moreno (Brevard’s Rita Moreno, that is) standing by the big Tony sign. By PAM HARBAUGH Four determined Brevardians — Rita Moreno, Donna Furfaro, John Kurowski and Jeff Oliver — made it to New York City last weekend to attend the 2015 Tony Awards. After the show, they headed to the...