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This prestigious company lost some of its picturesque ambiance in 2010 when it relocated from Manalapan's Plaza del Mar to the more utilitarian confines of the Kravis Center's Rinker Playhouse. The quality of the plays, however, has remained the same. Specializing in world-premiere dramas and musicals by local, regional, and national playwrights, Florida Stage is South Florida's best source to view untested, emerging gems from playwrights such as Israel Horovitz, Christopher Demos-Brown, and Carter W. Lewis. Peerless production values and consistently rewarding performances - often from out-of-town actors -- offer plenty of bang for your theater-going buck.







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  • 2011 | Best Theater Company

    Votes: 20Runners-up: Caldwell Theatre, 2; Palm Beach Dramaworks, 2 More »

  • 2010 | Best Set Design

    The set for Two Jews Walk Into a War was a painterly representation of a crumbling synagogue in Kabul, which happened to be inhabited by the last two Jews in the country of Afghanistan. You could sense that a lot of love went into the place before it became an object of anti-Jewish target practice. It was full of warm light and, despite the carnage outside, peaceful vibes. The stone floors looked like they'd been worn down by generations of worshipers. When gunshots struck the temple --... More »

  • 2009 | Best New Play

    Last May, just as our nation's most visible political performers were turning into caricatures of themselves and making strawmen of their enemies, Florida Stage unleashed Ordinary Nation: a political play that made a mockery of categorical political definitions. Plenty of people forgot it the moment it was done with -- it was subtle almost unto quietude -- but others, it haunted. The story of a lefty academic with a bookie dad, a gambling-addict daughter, and a wife who is cheating... More »

  • 2009 | Readers' Choice: Best Theater Company

    Click here to see all of the votes for Best Theater Company. More »

  • 2008 | Best Musical

    Who cares if Mark Twain's long-missing short story really needed a musical adaptation The more pressing question is this: did music this good actually need to be wrapped around any story at all No. Though the Twain-inspired yarn was fun and funny, it was mostly just fluff; when you've got a man dressed as an 1800s prairie granny grinding out fabulous barroom piano, you don't need much else. That's what M3 gave us, and more: that campy piano was the backbone of a whole lot of really... More »

  • 2004 | Best Theater for Plays

    As the quality of South Florida theater continues to rise, several companies merit high praise but none more than Florida Stage for its challenging, high-quality productions, outstanding mix of local and national talent, and 100 percent dedication to new scripts. Instead of relying on star vehicles or recent New York hits, the Manalapan company, headed by producing director Louis Tyrrell, presents an array of new writers and contemporary issues for a discerning, adventurous audience. The... More »

  • 2003 | Best Theater for Plays

    Artistic Director Louis Tyrrell's company takes the prize for the third year in a row for its admirable, well-produced, well-acted shows and its commitment to developing new writing talent. This season has yet to deliver a huge smash, but the lineup of plays -- The Last Schwartz, Bach at Leipzig, The Cavalcaders, Constant Star, and the upcoming The Last Five Years -- is a good indicator of what Florida Stage is all about: top-quality, literate, thought-provoking entertainment. The Stage also... More »

  • 2002 | Best Theater for Plays

    This Palm Beach County company serves up challenging productions with a nice blend of local and New York City actors and a welcome infusion of talented directors and designers from across the nation. Artistic director Louis Tyrrell has an excellent instinct for play selection and maintains close relationships with several important playwrights. The result is a sophisticated level of theatrical artistry that sets the standard in South Florida. Some highlights this season: the sly and... More »

  • 2001 | Best Theater for Plays

    Besides delivering first-rate performances, Florida Stage artistic director Louis Tyrrell this season struck the right chord with music lovers and theatergoers alike. His productions of Syncopation, The Music Lesson, and The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith proved theater can sing, dance, wail, and waltz. Syncopation, the story of two immigrants in 1911, underscored the basic human need to dance and hear music. As the characters awkwardly stumbled through the waltz and fox... More »

  • 1999 | Best Theater For Plays

    Every theater is saddled with the same basic challenge -- figuring out what audiences want. At Florida Stage, founder and producing director Louis Tyrrell isn't looking over his shoulder to see what others are doing. Nor is he serving up crowd pleasers just to sell tickets. Instead he's leading the way with challenging programming that you can't see anywhere else. In the past year, Florida Stage presented effervescent productions of three Florida premieres (with one more on the way this... More »

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    bpbnewtimesbestof | Palm Beach, FL | 139 Reviews

    | Wed, May 6, 2009

    Who cares if Mark Twain's long-missing short story really needed a musical adaptation? The more pressing question is this: did music this good actually need to be wrapped around any story at all? No. Though the Twain-inspired yarn was fun and funny, it was mostly just fluff; when you've got a man dressed as an 1800s prairie granny grinding out fabulous barroom piano, you don't need much else. That's what M3 gave us, and more: that campy piano was the backbone of a whole lot of really beautiful music by James Sugg. Buy the CD, listen to the ditty "God's World," and weep. We would have wept ourselves if there hadn't been so much prairie-drag in the room, which tends to dull one's sensitivity a bit.

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