Email Author Brandon K. Thorp

Awards

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 6, 2010

  "The Last Temptation"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 6, 2010

  "George Rekers is a Homosexual"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 6, 2010

  "Thinks Rekers Said..."

• 2008 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published February 22, 2007

  "Booze & Theater"

• 2008 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published August 2, 2007

  "A Marvelous Pity"

• 2008 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published July 5, 2007

  "Scared Little Animals"

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2010 Stories by Brandon K. Thorp

• New Year's Eve at the Dubliner

  published December 30, 2010

  The Dubliner is brought to you by the same dude who runs Respectable, so it’s not trying to compete with that other, more-famous institution.... More >>

• New Year's Eve at Tropics

  published December 30, 2010

  That most venerable of all Wilton Manors institutions, Tropics combines the classy with the comfy like no other eatery-cum-boozery on “The... More >>

• New Year's Eve at Respectable Street

  published December 30, 2010

  Respectable Street is the oldest, friendliest, and probably best music club in SoFla, and on New Year’s Eve, it takes over the 500 block of... More >>

• New Year's Eve at Lola's on Harrison

  published December 30, 2010

  Lola’s on Harrison is just about the prettiest little bistro in Hollywood. That it’s also one of the city’s most economical and... More >>

• Heavy Petting

  published December 30, 2010

  The Heavy Pets are that rarest of all Floridian bands — a group that, in trying to make it big, moved to, not away from, Fort Lauderdale. Its... More >>

• "The Boys in the Band" at Rising Action: The Little Theatre Company That Could

  published November 25, 2010

  How the hell did South Florida's most troubled theater land Michael Leeds? Usually, the only time Tony nominees visit South Florida in any... More >>

• "Collected Stories" at the Mosaic Theatre the Most Incendiary, Can't-Miss Show of the Season

  published November 25, 2010

  About once a year, a play opens in South Florida that is so good, so rich with life, that I spend the week after opening telling everyone within... More >>

• "Cane" at Florida Stage Creates a New Foundation for Florida Crime and Literature

  published November 11, 2010

  Florida is not a state with a great literary tradition. The Southern lit writers — Tennessee Williams, William Faulkner, Eudora Welty... More >>

• Palm Beach Dramaworks Displays the Full Wisdom and Verve of George Bernard Shaw's "Candida"

  published November 4, 2010

  There was a city living in the head of George Bernard Shaw. More than any playwright since, he had the ability to let his characters see the... More >>

• "Fit to Be Tied" a Heartwarming Camp at Rising Action Theatre

  published October 7, 2010

  Please picture an angel in wings, no shirt, translucent white tights. His mouth is full of a ball gag, and he is cuffed at his feet and hands to a... More >>

• "Completely Hollywood (Abridged)" at the Mosaic Theatre Gets a Better Production Than It Deserves

  published September 23, 2010

  As you read this review, it is worth bearing in mind that Bud Light is the world's most beloved beer, clobbering its nearest rival by 12.7... More >>

• "Evil Dead: The Musical" at the Promethean Theatre Is a Perfectly Pleasant Evening With Demons

  published September 2, 2010

  Despite the repeated and increasingly exasperated attempts of a lifelong best friend, I cannot quite experience Evil Dead as a "fun"... More >>

• "Wicked Sisters" at the Women's Theatre Project Wastes a Good Idea

  published August 19, 2010

  The obnoxious thing about Wicked Sisters at the Women's Theatre Project is not its sloppy genre-hopping. Nor is it the author's plain... More >>

• "The Gin Game" at Palm Beach Dramaworks Reminds Us That There Are Few Second Chances

  published August 5, 2010

  D.L. Coburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Gin Game is a two-character play set on the porch of a half-dilapidated old-age home, somewhere... More >>

• "Low Down Dirty Blues" a Weak First Show for Florida Stage's New Digs

  published July 29, 2010

  Florida Stage has completed its move to the Rinker Playhouse, an inelegant, forgotten-looking corner of the Kravis Center. And it's the perfect... More >>

• "Secret Order": Caldwell Offers a Brilliant Play About Cancer

  published July 29, 2010

  Congratulations to the Caldwell Theatre, which has pulled off that rarest of all theatrical feats: the production of an intelligent summertime... More >>

• Mosaic Theatre's "Groundswell" Explores South African White Guilt and Entitlement

  published June 10, 2010

  It takes a big man to see two sides in a story — especially one about apartheid, and especially if you lived it. And if you're a white... More >>

• Beth Dixon Subverts and Sanctifies in "Three Tall Women"

  published June 3, 2010

  There is something ennobling about really great acting. Adequate acting is the assumption of a disguise, but great acting illuminates how the... More >>

• "When the Sun Shone Brighter" Is a Messy, Loving State of Our State

  published May 27, 2010

  Florida is a hard place to represent in drama. How does a stage production communicate Florida's strangeness — the gangsters, the... More >>

• In "Broadsword" at the Arsht, a Heavy-Metal Band Reunites to Save Its Members From Hell

  published May 6, 2010

  Seeing the characters of Broadsword onstage in a South Florida theater is a little weird. Not that they are inappropriate subjects for a... More >>

• "Distracted" at Caldwell Theatre: A Hectic Meditation on Modern Life

  published April 29, 2010

  On one level, Lisa Loomer's mach-speed dramedy, Distracted, is a play about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD — an... More >>

• Dying City at Mosaic Theatre: A Deep, Dark Drama

  published April 22, 2010

  Be advised, dear reader: On opening night, Mosaic Theatre's Dying City was so gripping that this reviewer forgot to take a single note.... More >>

• "Stop Kiss" at Sol Theatre Is a Luminous Lesbian Love Story

  published April 15, 2010

  The beloved Sol Theatre is long gone now, but a band of dramatists called Infinite Abyss Productions is operating out of its erstwhile digs... More >>

• "Dr. Radio" at Florida Stage Will Kick Your Ass With Schmaltz, Nostalgia, and Love

  published April 8, 2010

  "Louie Louie," as recorded by the Kingsmen, is a great rock record, and nobody with any sense would disagree. Never mind that the chords are... More >>

• "Reefer Madness" at Rising Action Theatre: The Joys of Smoking, Screwing, and Killing

  published April 1, 2010

  The original Reefer Madness served as an antipot propaganda flick, produced in 1936 by moralists. It's a sobering flick, considering... More >>