Comments for On Stage http://sarasotamagazine.com/on-stage Kay Kipling on the Sarasota arts scene. Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:59:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on Mariel Hemingway Kicks Off Sarasota Film Festival 2013 Conversation Series by Sarasota Film Festival 2013: Closing WeekendOn Stage http://sarasotamagazine.com/on-stage/2013/04/12/mariel-hemingway-kicks-of-sarasota-film-festival-2013-conversation-series/#comment-86 Sarasota Film Festival 2013: Closing WeekendOn Stage Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:59:22 +0000 http://sarasotamagazine.com/on-stage/?p=862#comment-86 [...] Mariel Hemingway Kicks Off Sarasota Film Festival 2013 Conversation Series [...]

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]]> Comment on Theater Review: The Game’s Afoot by Theater Review: The Game's Afoot - Sarasota | Doyleockian | Scoop.it http://sarasotamagazine.com/on-stage/2013/04/01/theater-review-the-games-afoot/#comment-82 Theater Review: The Game's Afoot - Sarasota | Doyleockian | Scoop.it Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:01:14 +0000 http://sarasotamagazine.com/on-stage/?p=814#comment-82 [...] The Bradenton Times Theater Review: The Game's Afoot Sarasota By Kay Kipling. Bryan Torfeh in The Game's Afoot. Photo by Barbara Banks.  [...]

]]> Comment on Theater Review: Soul Crooners 2 by Donny Hathaway - This Christmas (In The Style Of Donny Hathaway) [Performance Track with Demonstration Vocals] - Mp3-Deals.de http://sarasotamagazine.com/on-stage/2013/02/25/theater-review-soul-crooners-2/#comment-81 Donny Hathaway - This Christmas (In The Style Of Donny Hathaway) [Performance Track with Demonstration Vocals] - Mp3-Deals.de Mon, 25 Mar 2013 05:09:50 +0000 http://sarasotamagazine.com/on-stage/?p=773#comment-81 [...] Theater Review: Soul Crooners 2 It works like a charm with the current production, Soul Crooners 2, which, as you can tell, is a follow-up to a previous show of tunes from the likes of Lou Rawls, Sam & Dave, Bill Withers, Donny Hathaway and others. WBTT artistic director Nate Jacobs … Read more on Sarasota [...]

]]> Comment on Theater Review: The Players’ “Sunset Boulevard” by Sunset Boulevard : The Latest Fuzz http://sarasotamagazine.com/on-stage/2013/01/14/theater-review-the-players-sunset-boulevard/#comment-72 Sunset Boulevard : The Latest Fuzz Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:00:19 +0000 http://sarasotamagazine.com/on-stage/?p=699#comment-72 [...] Theater Review: The Players’ “Sunset Boulevard” – Sarasota [...]

]]> Comment on Theater Review: “Waist Watchers the Musical” by Sharon Zawadski http://sarasotamagazine.com/on-stage/2012/11/16/theater-review-waist-watchers-the-musical/#comment-68 Sharon Zawadski Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:23:12 +0000 http://sarasotamagazine.com/on-stage/?p=615#comment-68 I have gathered 12 ladies to see the show Dec 6. I would like to see where we sit and if we can sit together, either in same row or in front of each other.

]]> Comment on Theater Review: FST’s “Smokey Joe’s Cafe” by Sarasota Magazine's Weekend Insider: Sarasota Events and More http://sarasotamagazine.com/on-stage/2012/11/06/theater-review-fsts-smokey-joes-cafe/#comment-67 Sarasota Magazine's Weekend Insider: Sarasota Events and More Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:46:27 +0000 http://sarasotamagazine.com/on-stage/?p=597#comment-67 [...] Smokey Joe’s Café continues to rock Florida Studio Theatre with all those great ’50s and ’60s hits by the songwriting duo Leiber and Stoller. Our own Kay Kipling calls it “an engaging evening of entertainment.” Read her review here. [...]

]]> Comment on Theater Review: Jericho by Robzz http://sarasotamagazine.com/on-stage/2012/04/09/theater-review-jericho/#comment-60 Robzz Sun, 20 May 2012 11:03:59 +0000 http://sarasotamagazine.com/on-stage/2012/04/09/theater-review-jericho/#comment-60 We thoroughly enjoyed this performance

We had high expectations as friends who had seen
Jericho the week before couldn’t stop talking
about it and after we attended the performance
Saturday night , we were not disappointed

The cast received well -deserved standing ovation- this
Was one of the best performances we have seen
At FST! We are non-jaded snowbirds from NYC who
thoroughly enjoyed this memorable, well-written,
and acted performance. Bob Cozzi

]]> Comment on Theater Review: Jericho by Gabriel Sanders http://sarasotamagazine.com/on-stage/2012/04/09/theater-review-jericho/#comment-59 Gabriel Sanders Sun, 15 Apr 2012 12:44:07 +0000 http://sarasotamagazine.com/on-stage/2012/04/09/theater-review-jericho/#comment-59 It may be because I am from NY and my view of theater is jaded… but this was one of the worst plays I have ever seen. Let me preface that my review has nothing to do with 9/11. Please do not connect the two. The writing of this story was forced and usually unbalanced between what should be natural and then overly preachy. The jokes were spoken by the actors as they almost winked to the audience. In fact one out-of-left-field joke about Renee Zellweger’s lips was played to us by a character that never spoke to the fourth wall. About the fourth wall – the main character speaks to the audience throughout which made trying to connect to the core of the story: a family dealing with the after-effects of 9/11 – very difficult. The writing seemed to come from a final project of a drama student. The acting was horrible and that’s what they were doing: they were acting. I was watching actors, not characters. The grandmother was supposed to be the comic relief, the jaded wife was the loud mouth,… and the actor playing the younger brother spoke with stuttered dialogue where you could actually see him counting out how long to pause between "What the?… When?…" Just as the play began, the actors playing the main character and the therapist/husband immediately caused me to look at my watch. And I am not alone in this sentiment, as my girlfriend and I kept rolling our eyes at each other and too checking my watch. The actor playing the therapist/husband definitely needs to go back to school or never act again. The direction was weak, the climax during Thanksgiving was a scene I have seen a thousand-times over, and the fact there was no intermission felt like I was trapped like the man strapped to his chair in "A Clockwork Orange". Just because it is about 9/11, does not mean it makes for a good story. The tickets were a gift, so it’s a good thing I didn’t shell out money for this. Don’t waste your time.

]]> Comment on Theater Review: Oliver by mivice@aol.com http://sarasotamagazine.com/on-stage/2012/04/05/theater-review-oliver/#comment-62 mivice@aol.com Sun, 08 Apr 2012 22:18:48 +0000 http://sarasotamagazine.com/on-stage/2012/04/05/theater-review-oliver/#comment-62 loved the show, cast, everything. A must see the cast of Stevie Romero, Robie May, Mattie Colona, The Dawsons were great. What a great family show!!

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