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A Doll’s House Part 2
Florida Events
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

A Doll’s House Part 2

Lucas Hnath’s A Doll’s House – Part 2, is an exploration of the complexity of human emotions, discrete frailty, dreams, ambitions, freedom, and needs emanating from the configuration of the nuclear family, in this instance, with three children and no dog. The four-member cast carried the 90-minute production beautifully, masterfully maintaining their respective roles, engaging the heart and imagination, and taking us with them as they traveled effortlessly in an inventive dreamscape through time.

Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
The Music Man
Broadway
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

The Music Man

In the Music Man, the handsome, urbane Jackman’s Harold Hill and lovely Sutton Foster were joyfully resplendent, bringing sunlit cheer to The Winter Garden

Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
A virtual environment from WITNESS, scenography by Anna Fedorova, virtual design by Daniel Cormino
Off Broadway
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

Witness

“I come from, well it doesn’t matter, the town doesn’t even exist anymore in Russia,” says Igor Golyak, the director of Witness, “and if we can’t feel safe in America, where are we to go – what is next? Assimilation?” What Golyak does not say is haunting; the silence during a talkback after the show — what is not said lingers in consciousness when the interview concludes.

Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
Murder Mystery Dinner Train. Courtesy https://semgulf.com/murder-mysteries/
Florida Events
Elizabeth Ann Foster

Murder Mystery Dinner Train

For some good old-fashioned family fun, you can board a train and travel back in time comfortably seated in a quaint dining car. Riding along the Caloosahatchee River, all the world is indeed a stage.

Elizabeth Ann Foster
Faith Salie in a scene from Approval Junkie. Photo by Daniel Rader
Off Broadway
Victoria L. Dammer

Approval Junkie

This talented, and one could say overachiever, has pulled together poignant and cheerful snippets of her life’s experiences based on her book, “Approval Junkie: Adventures in Caring Too Much,” to make her Off-Broadway debut in a one-woman show. The story isn’t just about caring too much. It’s about caring what other people think, and finding the solution to happiness is about loving yourself and fulfilling your expectations.

Victoria L. Dammer
Trevor Poster. Public Domain
Broadway
Victoria L. Dammer

Trevor The Musical

When Holden William Hagelberger as Trevor opens his mouth in Trevor the Musical and belts out the first song “Do You Know/On With the Show,” the audience realizes they will enjoy this production, no matter what the storyline is. The fantastic voice and natural acting talents of young Hagelberger are on display throughout this two-act play, set in fictional Lakeview Junior High School in 1981.

Victoria L. Dammer
David Darrow and V. Craig Heidenreich in The Woman in Black. Courtesy Florida Rep
Florida Events
Elizabeth Ann Foster

The Woman in Black

The mood is set from the moment you enter the theater and the play begins. An amazing full moon casting shadows over the gravesite scene is as stirring as the seashells illuminated haphazardly at the edge of the stage flickering throughout the acts.

Elizabeth Ann Foster
The Fever at the Minetta Lane Theater
Off Broadway
Victoria L. Dammer

The Fever

Lili Taylor, the unnamed actor in the play “The Fever,” runs down the aisle and jumps on the stage to begin her 90-minute monologue (rant) and exhibits the only excitement the audience experiences; the play could use some fieriness.

Victoria L. Dammer
Fully Commited. Photo by Credit Lilin @xoxlilinxox
Off Broadway
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

Fully Committed

According to the New Testament, Eschaton, a topic explored in Fully Committed, is the day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individuals. The term is often used colloquially to refer to the end of the day. Now, it is the name of the latest virtual nightclub concept featuring some of the top talents in NYC at the end of time on Saturdays while the city is shuttered.

Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
Dove Cameron in Love by MasterVoices. Courtesy MasterVoices
Multi-Media
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

Love by MasterVoices

This fabulous third chapter of “A Theatrical Song Cycle in a Four-Part Digital Series” entitled LOVE, explores human relationships through a mystical lens at love’s ironies, impediments, and expectations. Through this musical passageway, we observe fulfillment, loss, and violence, while ultimately drawing relief through the brilliantly understated postscript of how one might lose another.

Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
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