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BWW Review: SATCHMO AT THE WALDORF A VIRTUAL STUNNING MARVEL at American Stage
Friday evening I had the pleasure of experiencing a story loosely based on fact of the wonderful Louis Armstrong celebrated Jazz trumpeter and singer. Understandably hesitant at first with the idea of a “Virtual Performance” I sat in the comfort of my home with an open mind willing and ready to ...
BWW Review: THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT, REVEALING HARD TRUTHS INSIDE ALL OF US at Stageworks Theatre
Just shy of a year ago which seems crazy to think about now, myself and other patrons sat in the familiar space surrounded by familiar faces to embark on a journey with a group of characters outside our normalcy. Think about that sentence for a minute. Almost a year later and we are still trying to ...
BWW Review: DOUBT: A PARABLE, A LONG AWAITED QUESTION OF MORALITY RELEVANT NOW MORE THAN EVER at JOBSITE THEATER AT THE STRAZ CENTER
Webster defines DOUBT as; “to call into question the truth of: to be uncertain of or in doubt about.” Webster further applies the following definitions for DOUBT as, “ a lack of confidence, an inclination not to believe or accept, as uncertainty of belief or opinion that often interferes with...
BWW Review: Vivid Theatre's Outdoor Production of Joshua Harmon's BAD JEWS at the JCC on the Cohn Campus
An enjoyable show in less-than-ideal circumstances (thanks to the pandemic)....
BWW Review: Jobsite Theater's Production of John Patrick Shanley's DOUBT: A PARABLE at the Jaeb Is Worth the Wait
It's the fastest 85-minutes that you'll experience in the theater....
BWW Review: LIZ CALLAWAY PERFORMS VIRTUAL HOLIDAY CONCERT IN YOUR HOME from The Straz Center
From the Bedford Playhouse stage in New York, back curtains bathed in red and green light, and beautifully decorated with poinsettias and a Christmas tree, one of Broadway's most celebrated songstresses welcomed in the holiday season. Liz Callaway performed a delightful mixture of classic carols, an...
BWW Review: MAS Community Theater's IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE Radio Play at Carrollwood Cultural Center
Expertly directed by Aaron Washington, MAS Theatre’s staged radio play, an adaption of It’s a Wonderful Life, the trials and tribulations of George Bailey came wonderfully to life on stage and virtually, online....
BWW Review: JANIS STEVENS IS RIVETING AS KATHARINE HEPBURN at American Stage
In Rick Foster's play, Kate: The Unexamined Life of Katharine Hepburn at American Stage, actress Janis Stevens simply is Kate. She channeled the spirit of 92-year-old Katharine and wore her as easily as one puts on a sweater. From the warble in her speech to the essential tremor, wheelchair-bound in...
BWW Review: LIES HIDES PAINFUL TRUTH at LAB TheatreProject
If you’re told a lie long enough, you begin to believe it, says the riveting Katherine Stenzel as federal prisoner up for a second parole hearing, Lorelei Beatrice Beckmann. Along with her inexperienced public defender, Benny, expertly brought to life by William Statzer, we fall prey to her exploi...
BWW Review: TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES 1992 At Straz Center
27 Characters, 1 performer, allow me to say it again…27 DIFFERENT CHARACTERS, 1 PERFORMER. Over the course of a 2 Hour span, 1 Performer has the daunting task of honing in on 27 different perspectives, different accounts of a real event. A real event that happened in 1992 but hits just as hard at ...
BWW Review: I Fall to Pieces Over the Wonderful Heather Krueger and Diana Rogers in ALWAYS...PATSY CLINE at the Straz Center's Jaeb Theater
A love letter to Patsy Cline with goosebump-inducing vocals by Heather Krueger....
BWW Review: The Royal Knight Stage Company of River Ridge High School Presents the Cool and Disturbing NEIGHBORHOOD 3: REQUISITION OF DOOM
Director David O'Hara does it again with this very entertaining streaming event!...
BWW Review: LETTERS TO KAMALA Challenges Racial Divide at American Stage
Commissioned by the theatre, the play posed the question, 'how do you mend a country with a broken heart?'...
BWW Review: Giles Davies Brings Local Theater Back to Life in Jobsite's FRANKENSTEIN: THE MODERN PROMETHEUS at the Jaeb
I needed this; we needed this; and if you are reading this, I know that you need this right now too....
BWW Review: IN A TORNADO'S DESTRUCTIVE PATH at Innovocative Theatre
Nerve-racking.
That's the word that comes to mind when reviewing Innovocative Theatre's virtual production of Lauren Gunderson's Natural Shocks. Artfully directed by Staci Sabarsky, it is a powerful one-woman performance with the talent of Marie-Claude Tremblay as Angela, a woman hiding in the b...
BWW Review: Playwright Pens Incredible New Musical Genre, Steampop With MELINA: A STEAMPUNK MUSICAL TR at Carrollwood Cultural Center The Studio
Melina: A Steampunk Musical is a dash of Shakespeare, a dollop of Jules Verne, a pinch of Sherlock Holmes, a smidgen of Phantom of the Opera, and a splash of Greek tragedy mixed with an utterly original pop opera. It is something that you'll definitely want to support to get to future theatre festiv...
BWW Review: Richey Suncoast Theatre Presents Kander & Ebb's Iconic CABARET
There is much to offer in this unusual take on the musical, but just as many questionable choices. ...
BWW Review: Like An Old Vinyl Record, Or A Jukebox; There Is Something For Everyone With SHOUT:THE MOD MUSICAL at Straz Center For The Performing Arts
Whether you grew up in the 1960s, an adult in the 1960s, or a child of any decade after; you have probably heard most of the music that was popular in yesteryear. Whether you grew up listening to the songs in the car, on the radio, or raced home to catch your favorite TV personality singing on TV, t...
BWW Review: SHOTS OF WHISKEY, AND HARD LESSONS LINGER ON THE PALATE IN THIS HUMOROUS BUT INSIGHTFUL GHOST STORY WITH LONE STAR SPIRITS at FreeFall Theatre
Imagine for a minute going home... moving away, and coming back to the town you once knew. The town you grew up in, fell in and out of love, and yet something still calls you back home. This ideal and the centralized themes that lessons from our past will continue to haunt our futures is the heart o...
BWW Review: Kadime Kanyinda Gives a Star Turn in the Carrollwood Players' Hit and Miss Production of Elton John and Tim Rice's AIDA
It's fun at times and messy, but the mega-talented Ms. Kanyinda takes it to completely higher level....
BWW Review: Eight O'Clock Theatre's Production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's SUNSET BOULEVARD Is a Technical Marvel
Great voices and incredible sets and lighting cannot hide the weaknesses of the musical....
BWW Review: Family Matters, Matters Of The Heart, And Deep Southern Pride Extends No Matter How Far You May Go With MORNINGSIDE at Stageworks Theatre
Topher Payne's witty, smart, and sharply fine-tuned work Morningside gives an ingenious glimpse into the lives of eight women some friends, but mostly family. Grounded deep in Southern Pride, heartfelt lessons, and the idea that above all family is what matters most proves to be the heart of this si...
BWW Review: WORKING WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY MUSICAL OF THE WORKING CLASS at Powerstories Theatre
With stage direction and an ensemble that was nothing short of perfection, a live band that complimented and didn't overpower the vocals, costumes, choreography, sound and lighting and a set that, despite being in a small area, felt huge, this was a spectacular start to the professional theatre's 20...
BWW Review: MEAN GIRLS Explodes With Power, Sass, And Class And Proves There's More Than Fashion In Girl World At Straz Center
Anyone with connections to any form of Pop Culture within the last two decades is sure to have come into contact with the 2004 smash-hit Mean Girls the film of the same name, which was written by Tina Fey and Mark Waters. From the moment Queen-Bee Regina George portrayed in the film by Rachel McAdam...
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