Reviews

4/10 Nothing feels quite as Christmas-y as a cozy small town, complete with a Main Street running down its center. To accentuate that Christmas coziness, the High Springs Playhouse presents Old Time Christmas Radio Shows. HSP takes different approach this year for its holiday spot, eschewing a full length show for two one-hour radio shows. The World War II Radio Christmas Play   functions as Act 1, while Act 2 gives audiences  Christmas Thieves: A Small Town Radio Play . The

6/10 ‘Tis the season for playhouses around the area to drape the stage in tinsel, lights, and feel-good holiday fare. This year, the Acrosstown Repertory Theatre presents The Holiday Channel Christmas Movie Wonderthon, a spoof of the cheesiest and most absurd tropes of the Hallmark Christmas romantic comedies. The "plot" focuses on getting through as many romantic storylines as possible with the help of two guiding narrators, a sassy best friend, a slew of other characters, a

8/10 It's hard to say what the expectation was prior to entering the Gainesville Community Playhouse for James and the Giant Peach . The music was completely unknown and the story was reduced to a faded childhood memory. However, GCP and the Peach production team deserve a great deal of credit for creating an immersive and wonderful world that greets audiences at the door with an atrium full of beautiful whimsy. Nods to the show fill the space around the Box Office, with tr

* This is the first guest submission to 352Reviews. The Chief Theatre is outside of our normal geographic range, but we were lucky enough that a reader was able to see Footloose: The Musical and write a review to share with everyone. As always, our goal is to shine a light on as many theaters, shows, and volunteers as we can to show appreciation for all the time and energy it takes to bring a show to stage! 7/10 It’s hard not to feel that staging Footloose: The Musical is a t

7.5/10 Coming on the heels of On Clover Road , the Accrosstown Repertory Theatre presents Evil Dead: The Musical, injecting some much needed levity and camp into the small black box. Based on the 1980s horror franchise of the same name, Evil Dead retreads the tried and true formula of following college students as they make questionable life choices in an abandoned cabin in the woods. A few short songs later and the show is thrown into chaos as demons, blood, and puns fill th

6.5/10 Just in time for Halloween, the High Springs Playhouse brings Wait Until Dark to the stage for those wanting a spooky or suspense filled evening. The story follows a blind woman in the 1960’s, beset by malevolent individuals searching for a missing doll. They invade her New York apartment and terrorize her, attempting to take advantage of the fact that she cannot see them and using this to gaslight her and attack her. Chelsea Chapman is compellin

7/10 Making its Broadway premiere in 1996, RENT was destined to become a classic staple of musical theater, highlighting the life and...

6.5/10 From the novel by Alice Walker to the Oscar-winning film with Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey, to the 2007 Broadway show and the...

9/10 Sitting down to write a review of On Clover Road , which opened at the Acrosstown Repertory Theatre this past weekend, calls to mind...

Note: Puffs is the latest youth production at the Acrosstown Repertory Theatre. As with the youth production of Percy Jackson at the High...

7.5/10 The first few days of August saw the regional premiere of Succession at the Star Center Theatre. This relatively unknown modern...

*Note: This production of Percy Jackson is the annual youth show at the High Springs Playhouse. As a youth production, this review will...

5/10 *Disclaimer: Having seen the show with both the primary cast and understudy performances, this review will be limited to the primary...

7/10 Entering the lobby for an opening weekend performance of Little Shop of Horrors feels like any other trip to the Acrosstown...

5/10 If the best measure of a play is the way that it makes the audience feel, then The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) ...

Rating: 8/10 Lights up on a beautifully designed set at the Gainesville Community Playhouse (GCP) and we're immersed in The Murder at...