REVIEW: MUST SEE THEATRE
by Mindy Leaf for Around Town Magazine Sometimes, rare times, a piece of theater grabs you, shakes you up (even punches you in the [...]
REVIEW: ISLAND CITY STAGE’S “THE NICETIES” PROVOCATIVELY CAPTURES THE ZEITGEIST
By John Thomason for Boca Magazine Like David Mamet’s university-set “Oleanna” some 30 years earlier, Eleanor Burgess’ stimulating two-character drama “The Niceties” encapsulates the college [...]
REVIEW: “ISLAND CITY’S SATIRICAL MUSICAL ALTAR BOYZ IS A GRIN-FEST HOOT”
By Bill Hirschman for Florida Theatre Onstage Franklin Graham, the homophobic alt-right son of Billy Graham, just finished a revival tour of Florida this weekend. Too [...]
STARMAKER PREMIERE AT ISLAND CITY STAGE BRINGS BACK OLD HOLLYWOOD
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 [...]
THE MANY FACES OF ROCK HUDSON
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 [...]
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. [...]
‘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 [...]
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 – [...]
‘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 [...]
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, [...]