If you're a fan of feel-good, upbeat musical theater, you have to like what Barbara S. Stein and the Actors Playhouse have been doing for lo these many years. Stein and her artistic director, David Arisco, regularly serve up well-produced, tightly staged shows that could more than hold their own in any theater town in the country, including New York. The playhouse's resident children's theater, under the skilled direction of Earl Maulding, is a community treasure in its own right. The company keeps adding subscribers, and its home, the wonderful Miracle Theatre facility, is a marvel of careful restoration. All of this adds up to a South Florida success story, but that local-hero identity may be... More >>>