NEW PLAY LOOKS AT MAN BEHIND HOLLYWOOD’S LEADING MEN
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 [...]
‘VERONICA’S POSITION’ ENTERTAINS, PROVOKES THOUGHT AT ISLAND CITY STAGE
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 [...]
SPARKLING WIT SUFFUSES ISLAND CITY’S ‘VERONICA’S POSITION’
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 [...]
‘VERONICA’S POSITION’ SPARKLES LIKE FINE CUBIC ZIRCONIA AT ISLAND CITY STAGE
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 [...]
ISLAND CITY STAGE’S FROM WHITE PLAINS PACKS AN EMOTIONAL PUNCH
By Aaron Krause WILTON MANORS, Fla. — William Faulkner wrote, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” And in a devastatingly honest manner, playwright Michael Perlman’s taut, riveting, award-winning piece, From WhitePlains, demonstrates the truth [...]
FORGOTTEN CRUELTY SPARKS POWDER KEG THRILLER AT ISLAND CITY
Does time really heal old wounds? That’s the question Michael Perlman’s play, “From White Plains” attempts to answer in a new production opening March 21 at Island City Stage in Wilton Manors. Emotional sparks fly [...]