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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Fitzgerald wrote, “The rich are different than you and me,” and if he was writing today, he’d probably amend it to “Celebrities are different than you and me.” Jonathan Tolins’ 2013 satirical comedy Buyer & [...]

A voiceover introduces the opening of Bette & Barry: From Bathhouse to Broadway. “Island City Stage is proud to present Bette Midler and Barry Manilow.” At the piano, ready to start the cabaret act, is [...]