From left, front: Christina LaFortune, Adrian Cahlll and Michael Fiore in “Tartuffe” at Melbourne Civic Theatre. Photos by Max Thornton. By PAM HARBAUGH Talk about perfect timing. Melbourne Civic Theatre couldn’t have planned it better than to produce Moliere’s comedy about the hypocrisy of the pious than during this crazier than...
REVIEW: SINGIN IN THE RAIN at Titusville Playhouse
Patrick Ryan Sullivan in Titusville Playhouse’s “Singin’ in the Rain.” (Although this photo does not show it, the stage is deluged with rain at this moment.) By PAM HARBAUGH It may pour on stage, but the sun shines through in Titusville Playhouse’s tuneful, stylish and lively production of “Singin’ in the...
GET OUT! March 18 to 20
By PAM HARBAUGH Openings and closings all over the place this weekend. You’ve even got a couple of videos to entreat your interest for the two new shows which are both designed to delight and provoke: “TARTUFFE” opens tonight at Melbourne Civic Theatre. Although Moliere wrote this in 1664, it remains...
Celebrated TOUCHING STRANGERS Photo Exhibit comes to Foosaner
A detail of the photograph by Richard Renaldi, “Tari, Shawn, and Summer, Los Angeles, CA, 2012.” from his ‘Touching Strangers’ series. Photo courtesy of the artist. By PAM HARBAUGH A new movement in the genre of photography has caught the zeitgeist of our cyber society — photos of real people actually...
FUTURISM MEETS RETRO Exhibit
By PAM HARBAUGH Everyone who’s anyone will be at Rocket City Retro Saturday night for an out of this world art exhibition in a retro ambience. It’s “Rockets & Robots” and it’s happening from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday complete with exotic libations served up at a cash bar manned by...
REVIEW: Cocoa Village Playhouse ‘SUGAR’
From left: Jonathan Goforth and Lawrence Mazza in Cocoa Village Playhouse production of “Sugar.” Photo by Goforth Photography By PAM HARBAUGH Cocoa Village Playhouse spins an empty-calorie story into a cotton candy treat with its adorable production of the musical “Sugar.” With music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Bob Merrill,...
STEINBERG/ATCA New Play Award Finalists
By PAM HARBAUGH Here’s this year’s batch of plays which will probably draw attention on our national stages: the six finalists for the Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award. This award recognizes the best plays which had their professional premiere outside of New York City during 2015....
GET OUT! March 11 to 13
By PAM HARBAUGH We’re mixing up genres today and heading right to the big time quality (presented alphabetically and with links so I can get this to you quick because you’ll want to go to each one of these this weekend, I guarantee you): “HELLO, DOLLY!” at Riverside Theatre in Vero...
BREVARD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA with Violinist PAUL HUANG
Paul Huang. Photo: Marco Borggreve By PAM HARBAUGH When you listen to rising star Paul Huang step on stage at the King Center to play Max Bruch’s “Scottish Fantasy” with the Brevard Symphony Orchestra, you should hear something divine. The sweet sounds of not only an exciting violinist, but also those...
MELBOURNE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY concert
By PAM HARBAUGH The Melbourne Chamber Music Society will present violinist Hye-Jin Kim and pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute in concert 7:30 p.m. Friday in Indialantic, FL. When she was 19, Ms. Kim won first prize at the Yehudi Menuhim Competition. In 2009 she won the Concert Artists Guild Competition. The Strad magazine...