I attended the matinee performance of “Master Class” presented by the Gulfshore Playhouse at the Daniels Pavilion of the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts. It was stunning. The play itself was beautifully written by Terrence McNally. The acting was sensational, and the music was outstanding. I have attended many theater performances, both here and...
Category: 2012 Reviews
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‘Master Class’ performed masterfully at Gulfshore Playhouse
For the second time this season (the first time was “I Am My Own Wife”), Gulfshore Playhouse has brought us a tour-de-force performance. If you are interested in opera, Maria Callas, or acting you should get one of the remaining seats and see “Master Class.”
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A Masterful Play At Gulfshore
Talk about ending their season on a high note, Gulfshore Playhouse is doing just that with their spectacular production of “Master Class.” The Tony award-winning play takes place in an empty opera hall at Julliard where opera diva Maria Callas subjects her students to constructive criticism. She reminds everyone that singing is serious business. She...
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‘Master Class’ – An Absolute Must See
Kristen Coury, Artistic Director of the Gulfshore Playhouse, has outdone herself once again. She is the person who brought us THE WHIPPING MAN, that total triumph I enthusiastically declared was the best play I had seen this season. Well, she’s outdone, even that one.
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‘Passionate’ about opera diva Maria Callas
“My friends all said ‘This should be the easiest role you’ve ever done!'” Re laughed as she perched in a spindly office chair across a desk from me on the second floor of the Toni Stabile Education Building. The actress had just come out of rehearsal for the Gulfshore Playhouse production of “Master Class,” Terrance...
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“THE WHIPPING MAN … is dazzling audiences”
It clearly is my favorite. THE WHIPPING MAN, and it is dazzling audiences at the Gulfshore Playhouse. I insist that this be the one play this season you must see. Not just consider seeing it. You must see it. It is ALL that I believe great theater needs to be.
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‘The Whipping Man’ a powerful and moving production
The performances are all perfectly assured and convincing. Biko Eisen-Martin is a magnetic presence as John. Johnnie Hobbs Jr. is expressive and passionate as Simon. As Caleb, Cody Nickell, who has appeared here before, gives the strongest performance we have seen from him. The set is a wonder, evocative and in its own way beautiful,...
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Delivers extraordinary ‘Whipping Man’
Don’t be put off by the fact that this show is about slaves, the Civil War, Jews, (black Jews no less!) or even an incredibly traumatic scene in the first half where Nickell’s character exposes a gangrenous leg. “The Whipping Man” delivers a stunning, captivating evening of theater that seizes you, holds you transfixed, rattles...
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Delve into Civil War with drama ‘Whipping Man’
“Great plays ask great questions,” Pfeiffer said. “That’s our job in theatre, to change people’s lives.” “The Whipping Man” does that. Thrills. Laughs. Jewish slaves and pressing questions about the future of America, delivered live on stage, direct from 1865.
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Passover meets emancipation in ‘Whipping Man’
Director Matt Pfeiffer believes that great plays must ask great questions. He also believes that “The Whipping Man,” which opens March 15 under his direction for Gulfshore Playhouse, lives up to that requisite. Even a short description of the play by Matthew Lopez, which made its New York premier in 2011, intrigues: “It’s Passover in...