“Can Plan Z stop Gammera the Invincible?” By PAM HARBAUGH Artist Steven Lomazzo — he who loves “the retro” — will present the black and white 1965 flick, “Gammera the Invincible” Saturday evening in Cocoa Village. You thought Godzilla was a bad boy…as the poster says “The super monster even the...
‘The Frog and the Princess’ and the Daddies’ Day
Photo of Orlando Shakespeare Theatre’s production of ‘The Frog and the Princess’ features Kristin Shirilla and Adam Reilly. Photo by Tony Firriolo. By PAM HARBAUGH Quick. If you want something different to do on Father’s Day, you can scoop up a special ticket offer to “The Frog and the Princess” at...
Keepin’ Up: Allison McKay
By PAM HARBAUGH Allison McKay’s still at it. Some of you will remember the comedienne, who lived in Brevard for a long time. A professional actress, she did a lot of commercials back in her day, as well as appear on vintage TV shows with luminaries like Sid Caesar, Red Skelton...
Play Read: ‘Third,’ by Wendy Wasserstein
In rehearsal for Playread Series presentation of “Third” at Melbourne Civic Theatre. By PAM HARBAUGH Melbourne Civic Theatre presents another in its acclaimed Playread Series at 2 p.m. Saturday (tomorrow, June 20) with the public reading of “Third.” “Third” was the final play written by the award-winning late playwright, Wendy Wassterstein....
Gabby Links: Cultural Amuse Bouches
By PAM HARBAUGH Here are a couple of artsy tidbits to keep you going, at least for a few minutes. First, is a very cool video where an artist uses lighting and space to puts us visually into a Bach prelude and fugue. It is playful and uplifting and soulfully inspiring....
nFOCUS: Alan Selby, scenic designer for ‘Picnic’ at MCT
By PAM HARBAUGH Anyone who’s ventured into Melbourne Civic Theatre to see the superb scenic design for “Picnic” knows that scenery sets a sublime mood for the excellent production, I sat down with Alan Selby for a chat about his work on “Picnic.” Here’s what he had to say. And, if...
John Cleese & Eric Idle coming to Dr. Phillips
Left to right: Eric Idle, a cartoon rendering of Eric Idle and John Cleese which had wrong dimensions for major “art” in this post hence the smooshed together graphic, John Cleese By PAM HARBAUGH Two comic legends — John Cleese and Eric Idle — are coming across the pond to tour...
Guest Review: ‘Zombie Prom’ at CVP
John Dudley as Jonny Warner in “Zombie Prom” at Cocoa Village Playhouse By TERRENCE GIRARD I returned to the Cocoa Village Playhouse for the first time in a couple of seasons, intrigued by the title “Zombie Prom,” this summer’s final production by Stars of Tomorrow, CVP’s youth training program. It turned...
Nancy Seib to lead walk-thru of ‘Symbols & Sighs’
“Universe of the Mind” by Nancy Seib By PAM HARBAUGH Brevard artist Nancy Seib will do a walk-through of the art in her one-woman show, “Symbols & Sighs,” 2 p.m. Saturday (June 13) at the Fifth Avenue Art Gallery. This will no doubt be stimulating and eye-opening. And, as expected from...
VIDEO: Brevard Visits THE TONYS
Rita Moreno (Brevard’s Rita Moreno, that is) standing by the big Tony sign. By PAM HARBAUGH Four determined Brevardians — Rita Moreno, Donna Furfaro, John Kurowski and Jeff Oliver — made it to New York City last weekend to attend the 2015 Tony Awards. After the show, they headed to the...