Review: LADY DAY at the Henegar

By JOAN TADDIE Guest Critic You can feel it when you step through the door of the intimate Upstairs@The Henegar. Josh Huss’s superb lighting design envelopes you as you enter and draws you into another place in time, the historic Emerson’s Tavern in 1959 South Philadelphia, created by set designer Brighid...

GET OUT! February 10 to 12

By PAM HARBAUGH Smart people plan ahead….. The arts scene in Brevard continues its rise in popularity which has created many sold-out shows. This is great news for all. Please be sure to click onto the links and ads in these stories to show arts providers that you read Brevard Culture!...

WFIT GARAGE BANDS Contest

By PAM HARBAUGH Got a bitchin’ garage band that’s just aching to break out? If you write original music, are unsigned, have at least one band member who’s in an area school and you’ve got charisma to spare, then read on. Florida Tech’s radio station, WFIT 89.5 FM is holding a...

A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE is Brilliant Entertainment

National Touring Company. The cast with John Rapson as Lord Adalbert D’Ysquith (red) in a scene from “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder.” Photo credit: Joan Marcus. By PAM HARBAUGH Well no wonder it reaped all those awards and all that acclaim. The winner of the 2014 Tony for best...

Review: PRIVATE LIVES at Riverside

Jason Louglin and Catherine Gowl in PRIVATE LIVES at Riverside Theatre. By PAM HARBAUGH Take Noel Coward’s sophisticated wit, add exquisite direction and elegant acting, then tie it up with visuals you could plotz for, and it’s no wonder that Riverside Theatre’s production of “Private Lives” is, simply, a study in...

GET OUT! February 3 to 5

By PAM HARBAUGH The art and culture scene is smokin’ right now. Shows opening. Shows closing. New art exhibits opened. Concerts at the King Center. Playreading Saturday afternoon and improv in the evening. Read on, then click those links! Area Theater: LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR & GRILL opens tonight in...

LADY DAY

Kristen Warren is Billie Holiday in the Henegar Center’s production of LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR AND GRILL. Photo by Dana Niemeier By PAM HARBAUGH I do hope you will make it a point to come see LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR & GRILL. The show opens tonight and runs through...

COMING UP AT RIVERSIDE

By PAM HARBAUGH Riverside Theatre continues to be one of the busiest professional theaters around. It just finished a successful CHICAGO, is mid-way through its run of AN EMPTY PLATE IN THE CAFE DU GRAND BOEUF but it’s already opening a new show. This time its Noel Coward’s witty PRIVATE LIVES....

GET OUT! Jan. 27 to 29

By PAM HARBAUGH I’m exhausted just writing up this list. Shows are closing, shows are opening. Great stuff on Brevard stages and on professional stages in Vero Beach and Orlando. New exhibits in area museums and a big one closing this weekend at a venerated gallery. Big names in music. Whew…...

SEEING RED

By PAM HARBAUGH See how a color an unite cultures in THE RED THAT COLORED THE WORLD, an exhibition on view through April 15 at Florida Tech’s Foosaner Art Museum. Not only is this a beautiful exhibition, it is also a scholarly one. That’s right. It will get you thinking: Viewers...