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Pigs Do Fly Present 'FIFTY PLUS' at Empire Stage, Now thru 5/11
by Carol Kassie - May 1, 2014


The plays have been chosen and casting is complete for Pigs Do Fly Productions' very first production - Fifty Plus - A Celebration of Life... As We Know It. Producer Ellen Wacher, along with directors Marjorie O'Neill-Butler and Beverly Blanchette and a committee made up of members of the South Florida theatrical community, spent several months weeding through the 353 short plays they received in response to their call for submissions. The final seven were selected at a marathon read through at Empire Stage on March 3rd.

Pigs Do Fly to Present 'FIFTY PLUS' at Empire Stage, 5/1-11
by Carol Kassie - Apr 15, 2014


The plays have been chosen and casting is complete for Pigs Do Fly Productions' very first production - Fifty Plus - A Celebration of Life... As We Know It. Producer Ellen Wacher, along with directors Marjorie O'Neill-Butler and Beverly Blanchette and a committee made up of members of the South Florida theatrical community, spent several months weeding through the 353 short plays they received in response to their call for submissions. The final seven were selected at a marathon read through at Empire Stage on March 3rd.

Broward Stage Door Theatre Presents THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO, Now thru 12/31
by Carol Kassie - Nov 15, 2013


It's December 1939 in Atlanta, Georgia. Gone with the Wind is having its world premiere, and Hitler is invading Poland, but many of Atlanta's German Jews are much more concerned with who is going to Ballyhoo, the social event of the season. The Last Night of Ballyhoo centers around Atlanta's Freitag family - and as events take various unexpected turns, the family is pulled apart and then mended together with plenty of romance, revelations, and comedy along the way.

Broward Stage Door Theatre to Present THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO, 11/15-12/31
by Carol Kassie - Oct 29, 2013


It's December 1939 in Atlanta, Georgia. Gone with the Wind is having its world premiere, and Hitler is invading Poland, but many of Atlanta's German Jews are much more concerned with who is going to Ballyhoo, the social event of the season. The Last Night of Ballyhoo centers around Atlanta's Freitag family - and as events take various unexpected turns, the family is pulled apart and then mended together with plenty of romance, revelations, and comedy along the way.

Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of City Theatre's 2013 SUMMER SHORTS Festival, Beg. Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Aug 8, 2013


Miami's City Theatre, now in its 18th year of their renowned Summer Shorts Festival, will spread its wings in a new collaboration with Island City Stage to bring an evening of hilarious and provocative short plays. Scroll down for a sneak peek at the cast!

City Theatre's SHORTS GONE WILD Comes to Broward, Now thru 9/1
by BWW News Desk - Aug 8, 2013


Miami's City Theatre, now in its 18th year of their renowned Summer Shorts Festival, will spread its wings in a new collaboration with Island City Stage to bring an evening of hilarious and provocative short plays.

Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of City Theatre's 2013 SUMMER SHORTS Festival
by BWW News Desk - Aug 5, 2013


Miami's City Theatre, now in its 18th year of their renowned Summer Shorts Festival, will spread its wings in a new collaboration with Island City Stage to bring an evening of hilarious and provocative short plays. Scroll down for a sneak peek at the cast!

City Theatre's SHORTS GONE WILD Comes to Broward, 8/8-9/1
by Ben Peltz - Jul 9, 2013


Miami's City Theatre, now in its 18th year of their renowned Summer Shorts Festival, will spread its wings in a new collaboration with Island City Stage to bring an evening of hilarious and provocative short plays.

'The Killing Of Sister George' Award Winning Play At Rising Action Theatre
by Beau Higgins - Dec 6, 2010


'The Killing of Sister George' shocked and delighted audiences in London in 1964 and then again in 1966 on Broadway as one of the first plays about a lesbian couple. It was subsequently made into a film 'The Killing of Sister George' in 1968 and Beryl Reid was nominated for an Academy Award for her portayal of Sister George. Many people compare this play to the movie 'Whatever Happenned to Baby Jane' and say George makes Baby Jane Look Sane.

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