CL Theater Critic Mark E. Leib was floored by Jobsite Theater's production of Yellowman, saying it's "fascinating theater whatever your color, and so wrenching its cathartic. Catch it if you can." Read his full review here
As the Group Coordinator of Amnesty International's Tampa Bay area chapter (Group 240), CL theater critic has a special respect for the annual Global Write-a-Thon, which goes down on Wed., Dec. 8 in Tampa. Find out how you can help out
Creative Loafing's longtime theater critic Mark E. Leib won the top prize in Criticism this year in the Sunshine State Awards for the best of FL journalism in 2009.
Gulfport is getting its own musical, and veteran playwright Gil Perlroth is writing it just in time for the town's centennial in 2010. Theater critic Mark Leib talks to the prolific Perlroth for Creative Loafing's ArtsSpeak podcast.
A fundraiser for Studio@620 highlights the new American Stage and brings out a who's who of the local artists-and-writers scene, including St. Pete Times Pulitzer Prize winner Lane DeGregory, whose story "The Girl in the Window" was performed Living Newspaper style.
Why don't more local theaters produce plays by local playwrights? A new group is forming in Tampa Bay for playwrights seeking more hometown productions.
CL theater critic Mark E. Leib is also a playwright. This week in Backstage Tampa Bay he begins posting about the process of taking a play from page to stage.