By Michelle F. Solomon  for FLORIDA THEATRE ONSTAGE Michael Leeds’ world premiere play, Starmaker, ten years in the making, is getting its debut at Island City Stage. Early last year, it was featured as part of [...]

by Mindy Leaf for Around Town Island City Stage, about to celebrate its seventh season of great and perceptive theater, has raised the bar yet again in world premiere presentations. This time, it's a play written [...]

Playwright and director Michael Leeds, right, rehearses actors for the world premiere of his new play, “Starmaker,” at Island City Stage. Credit: Island City Stage. Years ago, a producer approached Tony-nominated playwright and director Michael [...]

By AARON KRAUSE - Theatrical Musings WILTON MANORS, Fla. — The senator proclaims his vision for America in a sunny, hopeful voice. However, the audience’s reaction is shades darker. In fact, the groans sound like [...]

By Bill Hirschman for Florida Theatre Onstage Photo credit: Wentzler Photography One thing theater does better than any other art form – even film – is comedy that portrays flawed all-too-human characters with a propensity [...]

By Christine Dolen for the Sun-Sentinel Rich Orloff’s “Veronica’s Position,” which had its premiere at Sarasota’s Florida Studio Theatre in 1994, is an original work that nonetheless owes plenty to Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Robert [...]