Review: CENTENNIAL CASTING at Penguin Rep Theatre
by Bruce Apar - Jul 3, 2024
Mike Labbadia creates a larger-than-life Vincent whose slow burns, emotional outbursts, and comically hapless attempts at romance reminded me of Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden in seminal sitcom The Honeymooners. I mentioned the Gleason comparison to Mr. Labbadia after his performance. What I didn’t realize at that moment is that in the script, which I read later, the character breakdown for Vincent invokes “Ralph Kramden” and an authors’ note in the script references “The Honeymooners.”
BWW Review: WIT by The Ensemble Company
by Joseph Harrison - Sep 12, 2021
Sometimes the theatre is the perfect place to explore some of life’s toughest questions. Playwrights and actors for thousands of years have been using the stage to help audiences grasp the core tenets of philosophy, religion, and metaphysical concepts. So, it is apt that the most recent production of The Ensemble Company (in residence at Penguin Point Productions) is Margaret Edson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, WIT (or W;T) – a bold and intimate exploration of one woman’s struggle to understand the meaning of her own mortality.
TORCH SONG Comes To The Ensemble Company This December
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 23, 2020
Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song, the revised edition of his Tony-winning classic Torch Song Trilogy, will come to The Ensemble Company (in residence at Penguin Point Productions) to close out its 2020 season this December.
THE SPECIAL Coming to VOD Oct. 13
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Sep 10, 2020
Today Red Hound Films is happy to share the new trailer, key art and release info for the supernatural horror thriller THE SPECIAL, from director B. Harrison Smith (DEATH HOUSE).
Rental Gallery Presents VANQUISHING OCULAR
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 19, 2019
Rental Gallery is pleased to present Vanquishing Ocular, a group contemporary painting exhibition curated by David Salle and Nicole Wittenberg. The opening reception is Saturday, July 20th, from 6-8PM.
Photo Flash: The Studio Theatre Presents STOP KISS
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 29, 2018
In November, The Studio Theatre Tierra del Sol (806 San Marino Drive, The Villages, FL) will open the second production of its third season with the play Stop Kiss, by American Playwright Diana Son. An Outer Critics Circle Award and John Gassner Award nominee, this play set in 1998, examines the moving power of love against brutality.
Mad Cow Theatre Announces Cast Of RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN.
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 9, 2018
Mad Cow Theatre presents Rapture, Blister, Burn, the 2013 Pulitzer Prize finalist from House of Cards and Pulitzer nominated writer Gina Gionfriddo, for its Zehngebot-Stonerock Theatre season opener. Gionfriddo has received an Obie Award, the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the Helen Merrill Award for Emerging Playwrights and a Guggenheim Fellowship. With blazing wit, this new comedy takes a tantalizing look at family, career, romance and the decisions made that may define one's life. The New York Times calls Rapture, Blister, Burn "intensely smart and immensely funny," and has been called "a smart, funny, and lightning-paced look at feminism" by The New York Daily News. The show's run begins on Friday, October 26, 2018 and plays through Sunday, November 18, 2018 at Mad Cow Theatre in downtown Orlando.
The Studio Theatre Mounts STOP KISS
by Julie Musbach - Sep 5, 2018
In November, The Studio Theatre Tierra del Sol (806 San Marino Drive, The Villages, FL) will open the second production of its third season with the play Stop Kiss, by American Playwright Diana Son. An Outer Critics Circle Award and John Gassner Award nominee, this play set in 1998, examines the moving power of love against brutality.