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2012 Stories by John Thomason

• One Actor, Six Voices

  published June 7, 2012

  Chances are, writer David Pumo and actor Moe Bertran would still be creating great theater together even if they were not legally married. But... More >>

• She Is a Spy

  published May 31, 2012

  If you like your spy thrillers rough, local, and lo-fi, then don’t miss She Is a Spy. The 1998 cult film from West Palm... More >>

• An Especially Hard Bard

  published May 17, 2012

  Staging Shakespeare today - and wrapping our 21st-century dialects around all of those arcane phrases - is difficult enough. But staging a full... More >>

• Albee's B-Sides

  published May 17, 2012

  Edward Albee is one of America's greatest dramatists, but only a handful of his 30-plus plays ever see production here or anywhere else. If he... More >>

• "A Measure of Cruelty" at Mosaic: A Local Tragedy Has Global Reach in a World-Premiere Masterpiece

  published May 3, 2012

  You couldn't live in or around Deerfield Beach in the fall of 2009 without hearing about the horrific attack on 15-year-old Michael Brewer. The... More >>

• Welcome to Mose

  published May 3, 2012

  In a marshy Florida fort a couple of miles north of Saint Augustine, for up to 120 years before Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation... More >>

• Like a Horse and Carriage

  published April 26, 2012

  As the battle for nationwide same-sex marriage rages on, much has been made of the 1,138 federal rights, protections, and responsibilities granted... More >>

• "Last Call" at Empire Stage: It's Not an Interactive Show

  published April 19, 2012

  The world premiere of First Step Productions' Last Call on its opening night at Empire Stage last Friday was a miserable experience. It... More >>

• Skip the Doc; Bomb Some Seeds

  published April 19, 2012

  There’s probably a good movie buried somewhere in the story line of Truck Farm, an obnoxiously quirky documentary by Ian Cheney that has... More >>

• Let’s Hope It Lives Up to Its Title

  published April 19, 2012

  Like superheroes battling a common enemy, two of South Florida’s newest theater companies will band together Monday in what they hope will... More >>

• "Working" at Caldwell Theatre: A Musical With Political Relevance

  published March 15, 2012

  "Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks." —... More >>

• "The Unseen" at Promethean Theatre: An Intense Swan Song From a Great Theater Company

  published March 15, 2012

  Sadly, The Unseen is the last show we'll see from Davie's hard-working Promethean Theatre Company, which cited fundraising woes in its... More >>

• "The Pitmen Painters" at Palm Beach Dramaworks: Where Miners Make an Impression

  published February 23, 2012

  It's the opening scene of The Pitmen Painters, and a group of British miners is listening to a wannabe art professor lecture them on... More >>

• A Custody Battle in E Minor

  published February 23, 2012

  If you missed the quirky Chinese import The Piano in a Factory when it premiered at last year’s Miami Film Festival,... More >>

• "Top Gun! The Musical" at Empire Stage: Offbeat Comedy Is Just Plane Bad

  published February 16, 2012

  A pilot sits in his makeshift "plane" — a repurposed wheelbarrow papered with a sparkly, hand-drawn military insignia. It's the opening... More >>

• "Brooklyn Boy" From Parade Productions: A New Company Struggles With an Imperfect Play

  published February 2, 2012

  Parade Productions, South Florida's newest theater company, premiered its first show in Mizner Park last weekend, but signs indicated that even... More >>

• Hey, Paul, Let's Have a Ball

  published January 26, 2012

  A radical bisexual anarchist before it was cool, Paul Goodman is remembered today as the 1960s philosopher of the New Left. With his thick-rimmed... More >>

• "The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity" at Caldwell: Lowbrow Meets Highbrow in a Winning Pro-Wrestling Satire

  published January 19, 2012

  Before The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity begins, two wrestlers for hire go through their motions in a ring onstage, writhing with... More >>

• "Boeing Boeing" at the Promethean: A Strong Ensemble Carries an Overrated Classic

  published January 19, 2012

  In the Promethean's spirited revival of this '60s comedy by French playwright Marc Camoletti, a playboy architect named Bernard (Matthew William... More >>