Tag Archives: Melbourne Civic Theatre

GET OUT! March 25 to 27

By PAM HARBAUGH Rushed again to get to all the goodies for Culture Vultures out there. So here’s the quick hits to get your juices flowing for this weekend: SATURDAY ONLY: “WOMEN OF SURREALISM: EMBRACING THE IRRATIONAL” lecture exploring art by photographer Lee Miller, fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli and painter Frida...

Review: TARTUFFE at Melbourne Civic Theatre

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...

AUDITIONS March 2016

By PAM HARBAUGH COCOA VILLAGE PLAYHOUSE will hold auditions for the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical “IN THE HEIGHTS” at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 13 and Monday, March 14. The Tony Award winning musical is set in the Dominican-American neighborhood in New York City’s Washington Heights. The show runs April 29 to May...

GET OUT! Feb. 12 to 14

By PAM HARBAUGH Life too much with you? Tired of the dreary same old, same old — try something artsy this weekend. Theater: VENUS IN FUR, a sexy, mind-bending mystery by David Ives, opens Friday and runs through Feb. 28 at the Henegar Center’s second floor studio theater. For sure, you’ve...

REVIEW: ‘THE UNDERPANTS’ showing at MCT

Above, from left Doug Sontag, Tori Terhune; below, from left, Pete Jacobsen, Glenn ‘Kraz’ Krasny in Melbourne Civic Theatre’s “The Underpants.” BREAKING NEWS — MCT has just added a performance 2 p.m. Feb. 13. The show is close to selling out completely. By PAM HARBAUGH Director Peg Girard and a cast...

AUDITIONS Jan/Feb 2016

By PAM HARBAUGH Here’s the list of upcoming auditions in calendar order. Be sure to do those voice and diction exercises before you arrive, speak loudly and face the audience, or, in this case, the director! MELBOURNE CIVIC THEATRE will hold auditions for an adaptation of Moliere’s restoration comedy, “Tartuffe,” at...

LIZ LARK-RILEY says ‘Go see this show.’

Melbourne Civic Theatre's 'Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol.' Photo by Pam Harbaugh

This is Ms. Lark-Riley’s final review of Brevard theater. Brevard Culture is giving her a platform, partly because it is the right thing to do for a colleague, and partly in hopes that you heed its call and “Go see this show.” The photo is by Pam Harbaugh. By LIZ LARK-RILEY...

Cultural Traditions Enhance Holidays

The Brevard Ballet Academy under the direction of Elena Shokhina. Photo by Kevin Roberts. By PAM HARBAUGH Making wonderful memories is important all the time, but especially so during the holidays. And there’s no better provider of golden memories than Brevard’s cultural community. There are just so many wonderful offerings right...

Review: MCT’s “Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol”

Melbourne Civic Theatre's 'Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol.' Photo by Pam Harbaugh

Melbourne Civic Theatre’s “Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol” photo by Pam Harbaugh. By PAM HARBAUGH The resonance of redemption thrills in Melbourne Civic Theatre’s theatrical production of “Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol.” Tom Mula’s play, directed by Peg Girard, designed by an artistic staff and brought to life by four actors at the...

VIDEO: Melbourne Civic Theatre’s ‘Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol’

From Melbourne Civic Theatre’s ‘Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol.’ Photo by Pam Harbaugh. By PAM HARBAUGH I popped into a rehearsal last night for Melbourne Civic Theatre’s “Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol.” Here’s a little video to whet your audience appetites: I SO loved this production when MCT did it a few years...