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BWW Review: ON GOLDEN POND at PALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS
by John Lariviere - Feb 4, 2018


When playwright Ernest Thompson was growing up, he and his family summered at a lakefront cabin in Maine. That special place was the inspiration for On Golden Pond, his lots extraordinarily popular, bittersweet play about love and aging, recrimination and reconciliation.

Photo Flash: Palm Beach Dramaworks presents ON GOLDEN POND
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 29, 2018


When playwright Ernest Thompson was growing up, he and his family summered at a lakefront cabin in Maine. That special place was the inspiration for On Golden Pond, his extraordinarily popular, bittersweet play about love and aging, recrimination and reconciliation. Since its Broadway premiere in 1979, the play has been seen in more than 40 countries, and performed in some 30 languages. On Golden Pond opens at Palm Beach Dramaworks onFebruary 2 and continues through February 25, with specially priced previews on January 31 and February 1.

Nominations for the 42nd Annual Carbonell Awards Have Been Announced
by Stephi Wild - Jan 10, 2018


For the first time in the awards history, the nomination are being announced live simultaneously by The Morning Lounge with Jill and Rich on Legends Radio100.3FM along with the Carbonell Awards FacebookLive simulcast from 6am-10am today.

Palm Beach Dramaworks Presents ON GOLDEN POND
by Julie Musbach - Jan 5, 2018


When playwright Ernest Thompson was growing up, he and his family summered at a lakefront cabin in Maine. That special place was the inspiration for On Golden Pond, his extraordinarily popular, bittersweet play about love and aging, recrimination and reconciliation. Since its Broadway premiere in 1979, the play has been seen in more than 40 countries, and performed in some 30 languages. On Golden Pond opens at Palm Beach Dramaworks onFebruary 2 and continues through February 25, with specially priced previews on January 31 and February 1.

BWW Reviews: MNM's LITTLE SHOP a Star-Studded Suppertime
by Trevor Durham - Dec 5, 2017


Bruce Lisner pulls together a star-studded cast of performers, each bringing their own personal blends onto the classic expectations. Despite some technical stumbles, MNM's Little Shop is a toe-tapping, smile-inducing injection for theatre-goers of any age.

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Opens Friday At The Kravis Center's Rinker Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - Nov 29, 2017


Marcie Gorman-Althof and Michael Lifshitz, the producing partners behind MNM Productions, one of South Florida's hottest theatre companies, today confirmed that their fourth production this year, the comedy rock musical LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, will open this Friday at the Kravis Center's Rinker Playhouse.

MNM Productions Reveals Cast For LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS At Kravis Center's Rinker Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - Oct 26, 2017


Marcie Gorman-Althof and Michael Lifshitz, the producing partners behind MNM Productions, one of South Florida's hottest theatre companies, today announced the cast of its fourth production this year, the comedy rock musical LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, which will run December 1-17 at the Kravis Center's Rinker Playhouse.

Review Roundup: JOHNNY MANHATTAN at The Meadow Brook Theatre
by Alan Henry - Sep 22, 2017


An exciting new musical, JOHNNY MANHATTAN is set in a New York City nightclub when places like the Copacabana, The Latin Quarter and El Morcoco were filled with socialites and glamorous showgirls. This is it's world premiere at The Meadow Brook Theatre, and the critics are weighing in!

BWW Review: JOHNNY MANHATTAN at Meadow Brook Theatre is a new musical filled with heart and soul headed for Broadway!
by Katie Laban - Sep 15, 2017


Meadow Brook Theatre kicked off their 2017-2018 season with the Broadway preview of Johnny Manhattan, a new musical, that brings audiences back to a nightclub in New York City in 1958 filled with socialites and glamourous showgirls. The musical world premiere is a nightclub owner throwing a party with his close friends as the drinks are poured and secrets are uncovered.

Dan Goggin and Robert Lorick's JOHNNY MANHATTAN Musical Premieres Tonight in Michigan
by BWW News Desk - Sep 6, 2017


More than 40 years after its creation, Dan Goggin and Robert Lorick's musical, Johnny Manhattan, will have its world premiere at the Meadow Brook Theatre (378 Meadow Brook Road) in Rochester, Michigan.

Dan Goggin and Robert Lorick's JOHNNY MANHATTAN Musical to Premiere in Michigan
by BWW News Desk - Aug 22, 2017


More than 40 years after its creation, Dan Goggin and Robert Lorick's musical, Johnny Manhattan, will have its world premiere at the Meadow Brook Theatre (378 Meadow Brook Road) in Rochester, Michigan.

BWW Reviews: Fresh SWEENEY TODD Reinvents Darkness
by Trevor Durham - Jul 17, 2017


Clive Cholerton takes the demon barber's ballads into new dimensions of cruelty and possibility.

SWEENEY TODD Opens 7/14 at Palm Beach Dramaworks
by BWW News Desk - Jul 14, 2017


There's a new tonsorial parlor setting up shop at Palm Beach Dramaworks this summer, and the proprietor possesses skills that can best be described as cutthroat. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, the brilliant Tony Award-winning musical thriller by Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) and Hugh Wheeler (book), opens at the Don & Ann Brown Theatre on July 14, following a specially priced preview on July 13. This deliciously macabre and witty tale of a throat-slitting barber and his enterprising accomplice, Mrs. Lovett, who grinds his victims into meat pies, runs through August 6. Clive Cholerton directs and Emmanuel Schvartzman, making his PBD debut, is the musical director.

SWEENEY TODD Opens 7/14 at Palm Beach Dramaworks
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 19, 2017


There's a new tonsorial parlor setting up shop at Palm Beach Dramaworks this summer, and the proprietor possesses skills that can best be described as cutthroat. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, the brilliant Tony Award-winning musical thriller by Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) and Hugh Wheeler (book), opens at the Don & Ann Brown Theatre on July 14, following a specially priced preview on July 13. This deliciously macabre and witty tale of a throat-slitting barber and his enterprising accomplice, Mrs. Lovett, who grinds his victims into meat pies, runs through August 6. Clive Cholerton directs and Emmanuel Schvartzman, making his PBD debut, is the musical director.

BWW Reviews: CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN an Irresistibly Sublime Black Comedy
by Trevor Durham - May 20, 2017


The destitute society J. Barry Lewis delivers from his cloudy Inishmaan general store is sadistic comedy in highest form.

Palm Beach Dramaworks Presents THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN by Martin McDonagh
by A.A. Cristi - May 1, 2017


Dreams are in short supply on the desolate island of Inishmaan, particularly for the sensitive, physically challenged Billy Claven in Martin McDonagh's The Cripple of Inishmaan. So when word arrives that an American filmmaker is coming to the neighboring island of Inishmore to make a motion picture, Billy goes after a part in the movie, hoping for a trip to Hollywood and escape from the cruelty and bleakness that engulf him. McDonagh's darkly comic work opens at Palm Beach Dramaworks on May19 and continues through June 4, with specially priced previews on May 17 and 18.  

Palm Beach Dramaworks Welcomes Bruce Linser as Manager of The Dramaworkshop
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 17, 2017


Palm Beach Dramaworks is pleased to announce that educator, director, and actor Bruce Linser has joined the staff as Manager of The Dramaworkshop, the company's lab for developing new plays.

BWW Review: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET at Actors' Playhouse
by Roger Martin - Oct 26, 2016


Take a second mortgage on the dog, whatever you have to do, to get tickets to Million Dollar Quartet.

Photo Flash: First Look at MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET at Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Oct 25, 2016


Actors' Playhouse kicks off its 2016-17 Mainstage Season with the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Million Dollar Quartet playing now through January 1, 2017 in the intimate 300-seat Balcony Theatre. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET to Launch Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre's 2016-17 Season
by BWW News Desk - Oct 21, 2016


Actors' Playhouse will kick off its 2016-17 Mainstage Season with the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Million Dollar Quartet, on stage October 19, 2016 through January 1, 2017 in the intimate 300-seat Balcony Theatre.

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