A stage needs its actors. At the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., photo by Pam Harbaugh By PAM HARBAUGH They’re here — auditions for Melbourne Civic Theatre’s production of “Our Leading Lady” 7 p.m. Sunday and Monday, Dec. 7 and 8. The play is written by Charles Busch, known...
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Review: ‘A Christmas Story: The Musical’ at Titusville Playhouse
By PAM HARBAUGH Yesterday’s innocence rings out loud and tickles the funny bone in Titusville Playhouse’s endearing and entertaining production of “A Christmas Story: The Musical.” Based on the 1983 movie, “A Christmas Story” (itself based on Jean Shepherd’s semi-autobiographical novel In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash), this musical...
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Orlando Shakespeare Theater’s ‘A Christmas Carol.’ L to R: Danielle Renee, Steven Patterson (standing), Parker Sims-Chin, & Steven Lane. Photo by Landon St. Gordon. By PAM HARBAUGH This is one you can’t refuse…plus it makes a terrific holiday gift for your favorite culture vulture: You can pick up half-priced tickets 9...
Review: Cocoa Village Playhouse ‘Shrek: The Musical’
James Spiva, Felander Stevenson and Ashley Willsey in “Shrek: The Musical” at Cocoa Village Playhouse. Photo by Jonathan Goforth. By PAM HARBAUGH Fun, tenderness, courage and redemption are tickling the ribs of all ages in Cocoa Village Playhouse’s most excellent production of “Shrek: The Musical.” And, yes, this is for everyone,...
Review: Titusville Playhouse ‘Doubt: A Parable’
By PAM HARBAUGH Titusville Playhouse’s 2nd Stage becomes the intimate spot for looming questions in its eloquent production of “Doubt: A Parable.” Indeed, as set in this small space and brought to life by a stellar cast, there is no escaping the disquieting confrontation in John Patrick Shanley’s drama. Set in...
Review: ‘Best of Enemies’ at Orlando Shakespeare Theatre
Orlando Shakespeare Center’s ‘Best of Enemies’ l to r: Avis-Marie Barnes, Corey Allen and Richard B. Watson, photo by Tony Firriolo By PAM HARBAUGH Orlando — During the Vietnam War, Pres. Lyndon Baines Johnson often said the goal was to “win over the hearts and minds” of those who would be...
Review: MCT’s ‘The Game’s Afoot, or Holmes for the Holidays’
By PAM HARBAUGH High-style repartee, theater, murder and wit blend into Ken Ludwig’s glorious concoction called “The Game’s Afoot or Holmes for the Holidays.” And in the hands of Melbourne Civic Theatre talent, this farcical souffle rises to the comic sublime. Like he did in previous theatrical comedies, (“Lend Me a...
Review: ‘Miss Saigon’ at Cocoa Village Playhouse
By PAM HARBAUGH Big spectacle and big voices tell an epic story in Cocoa Village Playhouse’s potent and precise production of “Miss Saigon.” With music by Claude-Michel Schonberg and lyrics by Alain Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr. (Schonberg and Boublil created “Les Miserables”), this remake of Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” tells the...
Review: Henegar Center’s ‘Proof’
Rachel Greshes as ‘Catherine’ in the Henegar Center’s production of ‘Proof.’ Photo by Dana Niemeier. By PAM HARBAUGH How far will a brilliant mind wander before it leaves sanity behind? That’s one of the resonating questions explored in the Henegar Center’s terrific second stage production of “Proof.” The play won playwright...