By PAM HARBAUGH So people are melting over the 2,700-seat Walt Disney Theater in the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Here are some reasons for you to explore the new facility as well. Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” Nov. 10 to 15. Dr. Seuss’s “How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The...
Watch.The.Tonys…Tonight!
‘Airline Highway’ by Lisa D’Amour, directed by Joe Mantello. Photo (detail) by Joan Marcus By PAM HARBAUGH When it comes to awards shows, The Tonys know how to do it. And those folks should. They are, after all, in the business of theatrical presentations. No second takes. No edits. Live, all...
Review: ‘Picnic’ at Melbourne Civic Theatre
“Picnic” at Melbourne Civic Theatre, photo by Pam Harbaugh. By PAM HARBAUGH It’s a hot day on the Kansas plains in 1952 when Helen Potts fans herself with her handkerchief and wishes out loud that a cyclone would come by to cool things off. She gets that cyclone, but it comes...
In Conversation with Peg Girard
MCT’s “Picnic.” Photo by Pam Harbaugh. By PAM HARBAUGH One of director Peg Girard’s favorite plays is the 1951 play “Picnic” written by William Inge. The writing and story content thrill her, she says. As does the glimpse into 1952 rural Kansas. It opens June 5 at Melbourne Civic Theatre and...
Theaters raise bar. Audiences benefit.
By PAM HARBAUGH I moved from New York City to Brevard in 1977. Always drawn to the theater, one of the very first things I did was to research the area’s community theaters. I found their offerings to be merry ones, but nonetheless thin. Lots of early Neil Simon. Lots of...
Pop Art Exhibits on view at Foosaner Art Museum
By PAM HARBAUGH Cool down with pop art. At least, that’s one idea with two exhibits on view through Aug. 30 at the Foosaner Art Museum. The traveling show “Pop Art in America” gets viewers up close to some iconic Andy Warhol prints. It comes from the NSU Art Museum in...
Titusville Playhouse cancels ‘Grand Night’ fundraiser
By PAM HARBAUGH Due to the sudden illness of a major player in “A Grand Night for Singing,” Titusville Playhouse has had to cancel its big annual fundraiser, scheduled for tomorrow night, Sat. May 30. The event is not being postponed. TPI’s summer schedule is already jam packed with children’s programming...
Fifth Avenue Art Gallery: Mindy Colton
Detail photo of “Unbridled Spirits” sculpture by Mindy Colton. By PAM HARBAUGH Sculptures by Mindy Colton explore the “Spirit of the Horse” in an exhibition at The Fifth Avenue Art Gallery. Running through the end of the week, the exhibition captures the “magical attitude of these stately animals,” (source: gallery press...
More than Broadway: The Public
Production of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Hamilton,” detail of a photo by Joan Marcus. By PAM HARBAUGH Most of you culture vultures out there love taking trips to New York City to hit as many Broadway shows as possible. That’s a good thing. But why not extend your stay and widen your focus...
Brevard at the Fringe, NOW…’Jaws: The Movie: The Musical’
By PAM HARBAUGH You still have one and a half chances to see Brevard’s own entry into this year’s Orlando Fringe Festival. It’s “Jaws: The Movie: The Musical” and I say “one and a half” chances because tonight’s curtain is in just less than 2 hours from the posting of this...