Posted inArts & Entertainment
Seven Guitars at American Stage: Life itself
Character is all in August Wilson’s revelatory, deeply humane play.
Mark E. Leib
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Live and let die: ’Night Mother
Extraordinary performances in a troubling play about a woman determined to commit suicide.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Spring Arts 2012: Theater
Seven Guitars, Becky Shaw and more hit Bay area stages this spring.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Uncommon Cold
Tampa Rep gets serious with an adaptation of Cold Storage.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
The 39 Steps: Driven to excess
A stage version of a Hitchcock thriller is over the top and finally way too much.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
The sins and virtues of Seven Deadly Plays
Confessions of mixed feelings about the latest of Stephen Riordan’s play series.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Matt Lunsford takes 39 Steps forward with Jobsite
Forging full speed ahead into new acting territory with a classic noir thriller.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Acting authorities: The top 10 performances of 2011
The best of local stages, from a mad Marquis to a wounded wife.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
freeFall’s musical Christmas Carol
The tuneful classic uplifts without the shadows of Dickensian darkness.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Signs of Intelligent Life… a one-woman showcase at Gorilla
A show made famous by Lily Tomlin might be better with only one act.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
And so to bed
Two fine actors, 10 hookups, on-stage nudity … so why is Blue Room a bit of a snooze?
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Going Wilde: An Ideal Husband at American Stage
Splendid performances in an early play by Oscar Wilde.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Raw talent
From a savage Puck to a naked Marquis, actor Giles Davies has quickly established himself as one of Tampa Bay’s best.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Double your pleasure at freeFall’s Comedy of Errors
The company scores again with Shakespeare, this time with two pairs of twins.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Marquis attraction
Fine performances highlight Jobsite’s take on the unsatisfying Quills.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Capable of anything
An extraordinary cast in a superb slugfest of an American play. Go!
Posted inArts & Entertainment
August: Osage County a superbly acted slugfest
American Stage assembles a brilliant cast for a hilarious, devastating play.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Ann Landers at American Stage: Good advice
A beautifully performed one-woman show recalls an era when an advice columnist could shock the world.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Red Pepper: New play recalls the campaign against FL Sen. Claude Pepper
Anti-Communist scare tactics and the power of big bucks.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Lark Eden: Among friends
A local playwright’s loving portrayal of three women in a decades-long friendship.
