By AARON KRAUSE CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Even if everything’s calm and orderly “behind the scenes,” moments before a bride and groom walk down the aisle, you never know what drama might be unfolding among the guests. Aunt Delores might be a wreck in a happy kind of way, crying profusely as she recalls her […]
By HARRY DUKE It’s 1648 and the splendiferous Taj Mahal awaits its opening. Humayun and Babur, the two lowliest members of Emperor Shah Jahan’s royal guards, are assigned the lowliest duty at the worst post. They are stationed at the gate and forbidden to look in. Humayan dreams of being reassigned to the Emperor’s harem. […]
By ALAN SMASON, Theatre Critic, WYES-TV (“Steppin’ Out“) Channeling the great jazz singer Billie Holiday has proven to be Sharon Martin’s forte. When she last performed the title role in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill five years ago, Martin garnered raves for her performance as the beaten-down and drug-addled singer. The setting of […]
By AARON KRAUSE MARGATE, Fla. — There’s a moment during the Tony-Award-winning musical Nine when a cacophony of voices drifts through the air, belonging to women speaking, or even shouting, on top of one another. The resulting noise vividly symbolizes the chaos racing through the mind of renown but struggling Italian filmmaker Guido Contini, an […]
By ALAN SMASON, Theatre Critic, WYES-TV (“Steppin’ Out“) Like his American contemporary counterpart, author L. Frank Baum, James M. Barrie was a London playwright, who spun a tale that enchanted children so much that his creation is still a part of the popular lexicon of children’s fare. In the case of Barrie, his creation had […]
By AARON KRAUSE MIAMI — “The King and I,” to borrow King Mongkut’s words, is a puzzlement. How can two people who’ve irritated each other so much, two people who seemingly have nothing in common, have such a profound effect on each other? That surprisingly strong, life-changing effect is at the heart of Richard Rodgers […]
By HARRY DUKE If you are a younger person who avoids theater because you think it doesn’t speak to you in a language of music or movement or story that you speak in, there’s a show you should see. If you are an older person who finds it difficult to appreciate the language of music […]
By AARON KRAUSE MIAMI, FL. — It’s not every day that famed magician and escape artist Harry Houdini flings playing cards at you, interacts with you and even calls you up as a volunteer to participate in one of his tricks. Then again, it’s not every day that you witness a play as unique and […]
The nominations for the 2017 American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards® presented by The Broadway League were announced on May 2, 2017: Best Play A Doll’s House, Part 2 Author: Lucas Hnath Producers: Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Barry Diller, Universal Stage Productions, The John Gore Organization, James L. Nederlander, Ambassador Theatre Group, Peter May, Seth A. […]
By AARON KRAUSE FT. LAUDERDALE — “Love Transcends Death” is a poem by Naoimh Spence, but it’s also a powerful premise in several theatrical shows, including Elton John and Tim Rice’s “Aida,” a heartfelt, touching tale of honor, loyalty and forbidden love which is receiving a remarkable production by the Carbonell Award-winning, Ft. Lauderdale-based Slow […]