Many years before she graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a BFA in Musical Theater, Milwaukee native Susan Maris was enrolled in the school’s ambitious...
After the thought-provoking (and surprisingly fun) season opener Vietgone, which put a different spin on the story of refugees fleeing their war-torn homeland after the fall...
Several times during Vietgone, the season opener at American Stage, one of the two lead characters – Quang or Tong – will suddenly break the fourth...
October has arrived, as we all suspected it would, and with it comes the full blossom of an honest-to-goodness arts season. St. Petersburg – well, the...
Late Thursday afternoon came the announcement that tonight’s Mahaffey Theater appearance by author, gossip monger, fashion designer, comedian and daytime TV chat show host Wendy Williams ...
In the Tony-winning play Fun Home, a woman is looking back on her life thus far – from a childhood not as innocent as carefree as...
As a panelist at Tampa mayor Jane Castor’s Forum on the Arts last month, Stageworks Theatre producing artistic director Karla Hartley discussed the unassailable importance of...
July brings major musical productions to both of St. Petersburg’s professional theaters. American Stage and freeFall have come to the end of line for the 2019/2019...
The 1981 film Mommie Dearest is held in such high esteem by the gay community that camp maven John Waters – who was not involved with...
You always hurt the one you love, according to an old song by the Mills Brothers. Certainly the dysfunctional family at the heart of Eugene O’Neill’s...