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- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Apr 18, 2011
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Theater Review: Rent at American Stage in the Park
Jonathan Larson was a prescient book-writer, an impressive lyricist, and a drab, drab composer.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Apr 12, 2011
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A Lesson Before Dying at Stageworks
There's no lesson in "Lesson" — the promised epiphany never appears, and the attitudes conveyed to our falsely-convicted hero come to little more than “Keep your head up.”
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Mar 26, 2011
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Theater Review: Sex and class rule in freeFall's Miss Julie
The freeFall Theatre version of "Miss Julie" is first-class in every way: acting, directing, set and costume design, but the play itself can feel windy and overlong to contemporary audiences.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Mar 21, 2011
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Theater Review: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at American Stage is vicious and vibrant
If Virginia Woolf is a great play – and I think it is – then its greatness comes from its pitiless illumination of the evil beneath our best intentions, an evil which doesn’t cease to hunger for its moment.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Mar 14, 2011
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Theater review: Jobsite's excellent Yellowman is blisteringly honest theater
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 it’s cathartic. Catch it if you can." Read his full review here …
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Mar 8, 2011
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Theater Review: Silver Meteor's Disco Pigs is superb, startling
Think James Joyce and Anthony Burgess meet Quentin Tarantino and The Three Stooges.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Mar 2, 2011
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Theater Review: Gorilla's Sweet Storm is too brief a shower
It's not often that plays seem too short, but critic Mark Leib says this one is in dire need of a second act.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Feb 22, 2011
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Theater Review: Stageworks' MOMologues long on honesty, short on insight
If you’re a mother and you want validation of your experiences, this is your show. But don't expect anything you didn’t know already.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Feb 16, 2011
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Theater Review: Jobsite's The Odd Couple moves from marvelous to monotonous
Jobsite's production of the Neil Simon comedy is perfectly cast, but the script doesn't hold up.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Feb 9, 2011
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Theater Review: Joy and unexpected resonance in Billy Elliot: The Musical at the Straz Center
The production occasionally soars into show-biz fantasy, but the performances always feel grounded and specific, right down to the youngest ensemble members.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Feb 8, 2011
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Theater Review: freeFall's Frogs doesn't take off till the second act, but the company's new space is a hit all the way
I haven’t been so impressed by a theater space since American Stage opened its new digs in downtown St. Pete. Something very, very good has just opened for business on Central Avenue.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Jan 31, 2011
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Theater Review: Revolve Theatre Company's Here's to You, Harold Pinter mysterious and beguiling
Three provocative, rewarding one-acts by the Master of Pause-and-Effect.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Jan 23, 2011
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Theater Review: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson at American Stage
See it for Sharon E. Scott's performance as imperious blues singer Ma Rainey, and for the power of August Wilson's language.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Jan 22, 2011
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Theater Review: The Lion in Winter at Gorilla Theatre
The royals roar entertainingly, but it's never quite clear what all the yelling's about.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Jan 21, 2011
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M.A.D. Theatre's Zanna, Don't runs through January 23 at HCC in Ybor
M.A.D. Theatre's Zanna, Don't will run through January 23 at Hillsborough Community College's Ybor City campus.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Dec 23, 2010
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Theater Review: The Men at Studio@620
The play, which is based on Clare Booth Luce’s "The Women," involves a group of friends trying to navigate married life when infidelity is rampant and gossip is everywhere.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Dec 17, 2010
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Reindeer Gone Wild: Final Two Nights For Adult-Themed Play By Carrollwood Players
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Dec 13, 2010
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Theater Review: A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant at American Stage is surprisingly mild satire
The experience is strangely pleasant, but if this is satire, it's bizarrely flattering.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Dec 9, 2010
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Theater Review: Stageworks' God of Isaac is serious-minded comedy undermined by clichés
If you don’t mind the cardboard cutouts, you’ll find occasional authenticity in this tale of a young Jewish man’s search for what religion can mean in his own life.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Nov 29, 2010
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Bonnie & Clyde, a new Frank Wildhorn musical premiering at Sarasota's Asolo Rep, is a complex success
With "Bonnie & Clyde" at Sarasota's Asolo Rep, our region may soon have two shows headed for Broadway. This one, although not without flaws, is a complex, ultimately winning experience.
