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  Smart new improv show The Dumb Show is a welcome monthly addition to American Stage

  Good improv requires a lot more than acting talent. It requires intelligence, a wide-ranging imagina...

  Vol. 22 No. 31 Published 11.05.09 by Mark E. Leib
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  Art is an entertaining play about male friendship and contemporary art

  Yasmina Reza's Art has two subjects, one of them serious and worthy of attention, the other slig...

  Vol. 22 No. 31 Published 11.05.09 by Mark E. Leib
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  Jobsite's usually nimble troupe sucks the life out of Night of the Living Dead.

  There were arguably two ways to go with a stage version of the 1968 cult-film classic Night of the L...

  Vol. 22 No. 30 Published 10.29.09 by Mark E. Leib
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  Review of The New Century at St. Petersburg's American Stage

  A brilliant start but a tepid finish to an "After Hours" comedy.

  Vol. 22 No. 30 Published 10.29.09 by Mark E. Leib
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  Gospel truth: Just As I Am: The Life, the Times, The Voice of Mahalia Jackson

  If you’re interested in hearing some superb gospel singing, don’t miss Sharon E. Scott i...

  Vol. 22 No. 29 Published 10.22.09 by Mark E. Leib
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  Ghost story: A review of The Woman in Black

  The Woman in Black is a thriller that's actually thrilling at Gorilla.

  Vol. 22 No. 29 Published 10.22.09 by Mark E. Leib
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  Theater Review: A fine Fences at American Stage

  Fences is a character study of a flawed man whose defects aren’t entirely of his own making. T...

  Vol. 22 No. 26 Published 09.30.09 by Mark E. Leib
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  Theater review: Fascinating Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop

  Actor/writer/performance artist Danny Hoch has made it his personal mission to bring an unusual type...

  Vol. 22 No. 26 Published 09.30.09 by Mark E. Leib
• THEATER

  Fall Theater: Ten hot prospects

  Ten hot prospects for the coming fall theater season.

  Vol. 22 No. 24 Published 08.26.09 by Mark E. Leib
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  Christine Decker is the Dirty Harry of nuns in a dazzling American Stage production of Doubt

  What a gift John Patrick Shanley gave to middle-aged-and-over actresses when he brought Doubt to the...

  Vol. 22 No. 20 Published 07.29.09 by Mark E. Leib
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  Local play The Doors is a would-be farce on post-9/11 paranoia

  The Doors, by local theater artists Jack Holloway and Joe Winskye, is a not very interesting play on...

  Vol. 22 No. 19 Published 07.22.09 by Mark E. Leib
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  The Little Dog Laughed is a smart satire about a closeted actor in love

  The Little Dog Laughed is a smart, sophisticated satire about a gay Hollywood actor who wants to com...

  Vol. 22 No. 18 Published 07.15.09 by Mark E. Leib
• BOOK REVIEW

  Respect: The Musical brims with pop songs that have defined women through the decades

  Respect: A Musical Journey of Women is a lot of fun. Thanks to four terrific performers -- Alison Bu...

  Vol. 22 No. 16 Published 07.01.09 by Mark E. Leib
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  Bathhouse: The Musical is soft gay porn masquerading as theater

  Arts on 9th is a new facility in Ybor City, featuring a theater, art gallery, photography studio and...

  Vol. 22 No. 15 Published 06.24.09 by Mark E. Leib
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  Tuesdays With Morrie is a play to cherish at the new American Stage

  Tuesdays with Morrie is a lovely play about dying and living, about making the most of one's lif...

  Vol. 22 No. 14 Published 06.17.09 by Mark E. Leib
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  Review of Pulitzer Prize-winning play Rabbit Hole at Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center

  Rabbit Hole at Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center is grim but beautiful

  Vol. 22 No. 13 Published 06.10.09 by Mark E. Leib
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  Romeo and Juliet at the Studio@620

  An ambitious but problematic staging of Shakespeare's most famous love story.

  Vol. 22 No. 10 Published 05.20.09 by Mark E. Leib
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  Shining City at TBPAC burns brightly

  A new Stageworks play is nothing short of brilliant.

  Vol. 22 No. 9 Published 05.13.09 by Mark E. Leib
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  Ripped from the tabloids: Betty's Summer Vacation at Hat Trick Theatre

  After a weak Act 1, Betty's Summer Vacation has plenty to say.

  Vol. 22 No. 8 Published 05.06.09 by Mark E. Leib
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  Review: American Stage's Altar Boyz

  Altar Boyz is remarkably slight.

  Vol. 22 No. 7 Published 04.29.09 by Mark E. Leib

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