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2013 Stories by John Thomason

• Cock at GableStage: Sexy but Subtle

  published May 23, 2013

  GableStage's production of Cock contains what might go down (pun intended) as the most arousing sex scene you'll see onstage all... More >>

• The Fox on the Fairway Actors Overcome Lousy Script

  published May 16, 2013

  To revive an axiom that President Obama directed at the ideas of a certain failed vice presidential candidate from Alaska: Actors' Playhouse's... More >>

• Hypnotist Rich Guzzi: Comedy, Self-Help, and Sleaze

  published May 9, 2013

  Stage hypnotist Rich Guzzi has learned to expect the unexpected. In one memorable performance, he instructed 15 hypnotized audience volunteers... More >>

• A Hate Crime Deconstructed

  published May 9, 2013

  Just because The Laramie Project is a frequent choice among college and high school theaters does not make it an easy play. With... More >>

• Anne and Emmett at AAPACT Through May 12

  published May 2, 2013

  Anne and Emmett at AAPACT Through May 12 More >>

• Songs of the South

  published May 2, 2013

  We’re long accustomed to seeing African-American musicians perform for audiences that are 80 percent white, but the reverse is still pretty... More >>

• Jeffrey at Miami Beach Stage Door Through May 5

  published April 25, 2013

  In his award-winning play Jeffrey, first produced off-Broadway in 1993, playwright Paul Rudnick (who wrote the screenplay to Hollywood's... More >>

• Glengarry Glen Ross at Main Street Playhouse Through May 19

  published April 25, 2013

  Glengarry Glen Ross at Main Street Playhouse Through May 19 More >>

• Zoetic Stage's The Savannah Disputation: Holy War in Georgia

  published April 18, 2013

  Zoetic Stage's The Savannah Disputation: Holy War in Georgia More >>

• Charming Acts of Misery at the SoBe Comedy Fest

  published April 11, 2013

  Charming Acts of Misery at the SoBe Comedy Fest More >>

• Faith No More

  published April 11, 2013

  For all of us Book of Mormon-praising, godless lefties in the American theater press, it’s all too easy to paint all Christians with... More >>

• Positively Funny

  published April 11, 2013

  In his award-winning play Jeffrey, first produced off-Broadway in 1993 and opening at Miami Beach Stage Door this week, playwright... More >>

• Bird in the Hand at New Theatre Through April 7

  published April 4, 2013

  Bird in the Handat New Theatre Through April 7 More >>

• Tapped Out

  published April 4, 2013

  In Happy Feet, all of those penguins could not have challenged their elders and found their grooves were it not for Savion Glover.... More >>

• Costume World

  published March 28, 2013

  The dressing room for the Broadway tour of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is probably bigger than many of our own regional theater... More >>

• Miami Filmmakers Represent at MIFF

  published March 7, 2013

  Miami Filmmakers Represent at MIFF More >>

• Dark Blood: River Phoenix's Last Movie Premieres in Miami 20 Years After His Death

  published February 28, 2013

  Dark Blood: River Phoenix's Last Movie Premieres in Miami 20 Years After His Death More >>

• Brothers Beckett at the Arsht: Sibling Rivalry and Revelry

  published February 28, 2013

  Brothers Beckett at the Arsht: Sibling Rivalry and Revelry More >>

• Hate! at Miami Theater Center: Solo Show Breaks Down Bigotry

  published February 7, 2013

  Hate! at Miami Theater Center: Solo Show Breaks Down Bigotry More >>

• Streetcar Redux

  published February 7, 2013

  Keeping Austin weird since 1995, the Texas theatrical collective Rude Mechanicals aims to create works that express “big ideas, cheap... More >>

• Nun's Sense

  published January 31, 2013

  Virgin births aren’t just the domain of the Bible and episodes of House. They were also the extraordinary claim of a real-life,... More >>

• Other Desert Cities at Actors' Playhouse: Ideology Trumps Family

  published January 24, 2013

  Other Desert Cities at Actors' Playhouse: Ideology Trumps Family More >>

• Marriage, Cuban Style

  published January 24, 2013

  Like many great artists, Cuban playwright Virgilio Pinera had the misfortune of creating art that was long ahead of his time and far removed from... More >>

• Zach Braff's All New People at the Arsht Center Is Full of Quirky Characters

  published January 17, 2013

  All New People at Arsht Center: Zach Braff's Play Is Full of Quirky Characters More >>

• Tarell McCraney's Hamlet, Now With Explosions

  published January 10, 2013

  Like a show opening with a band's greatest hit, Tarell Alvin McCraney's radical edit of William Shakespeare's Hamlet begins with... More >>