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If every performer's thought bubble were visible above their heads, onlookers would see a mixture of angst, tension, joy, insecurity, overconfidence and a host of other thoughts. "A Chorus Line" at Monticello Opera House puts all of those thoughts into motion.

"She" and "He" never quite get to the truth the audience may be hoping for, but they navigate to a real and candid place.

The Long Goodbye is a show for an audience member with the ability to empathize with the pain of losing someone dear, an appreciation for strong community ties, and a willingness to suspend a bit of disbelief in support of a mother who is having trouble letting go. 

Theatre Tallahassee's production of August: Osage County has what every dysfunctional family needs: multiple intermissions.

Watching New Stage Theatreworks' production of American Idiot is the equivalent of a theatrical energy drink. So much energy, so much angst, so much intensity.

The program for the Leon Performing Arts production of Les Miserables (School Edition) stipulates 'performed entirely by students,' but the 'student' part becomes an afterthought as the show proceeds. These performers brought a caliber of professionalism and expertise to the production that belies their years.

How can a marriage go from newlywed infatuation to conflicted misery in just four days? The viewer finds out in Theatre Tallahassee's production of Neil Simon's "Barefoot in the Park."

This play inspired by Argentinian poet Jorge Luis Borges explores how time can constrict, expand and confuse. Five characters grapple with the outcomes of choices and why relationships matter.

With curtains billowing so gently our eyes almost felt tricked, Forever Yours, Julita lured a small but enthusiastic audience into the story of Puerto Rican poets Luis Llor?ns Torres and Julia de Burgos at the play's Tallahassee premiere on January 25.

This show draws us in to the women's lives, but does not buttonhole itself into being a women's issues play. It would be easy to default to a caricature of southern women being southern, but this production doesn't do that, to its credit.

Theatre Tallahassee's version of It's Only a Play, directed by Matthew Watson, gives us as audience members the opportunity to observe the angst, ecstasy, exhaustion, and a multitude of other emotions of a group of people with various motives to care about the production's outcome.

'Bella' portrays the story of a kidnapped family imprisoned in a basement. The family members have to escape before their tormentor, Michael, feeds them to his man-eating dog, Bella. As time goes by, the family members wonder if it's Bella they really need to worry about.

Theatre Tallahassee's Studio Theatre is kicking off the 2017-18 season with its production of Constellations, a play written by Nick Payne.

As a 9 to 5 the Musical audience member at Theatre Tallahassee, I was kind of grateful to be a 'mid-life' individual. References to carbon paper, white-out and other uniquely 80s (and prior) items were not at all lost on me. I could relate to a secretary's joy over the wonder of self-regulating left margins on typewriters.

I would love to have been a fly on the wall as Stephen Sondheim and Hal Prince collaborated on Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Maybe one of them said, "what's the darkest topic we could tackle that will allow us to incorporate gorgeous musicality?"

The Florida Gateway College Entertainment Series brought Beauty and the Beast - The Broadway Musical - to life on stage beautifully.

Leon High Performing Arts' The Hunchback of Notre Dame transports audiences to the 1400s while creating timeless appeal.

This New Stage Theatreworks production of In the Heights takes viewers far beyond Tallahassee, puts us squarely in Washington Heights, and gets us bailando.

Theatre Tallahassee's A Streetcar Named Desire closes out the 2016-17 season with classic Tennessee Williams.

In its Summer Series opener, Quincy Music Theatre presents Once on This Island. Can love weather the storm of poverty vs wealth?