2,704 stories by "Bill Hirschman"
Don and Ann Brown, who donated $2 million toward Palm Beach Dramaworks' new home, pull back the curtain on the newly-renovated marquee bearing their name Wednesday. Workers are cleaning …
Post-show talk back bull sessions between actors and audiences have become a popular way to engage jazzed-up crowds after a performance and cement a relationship between the theater and its …
Famed South Florida theater producer Zev Buffman will become president and CEO of Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater in January, the performing arts center announced last week. Buffman, one of t…
Alliance Theatre Lab had to postpone its first musical, [title of show] slated for next month when two cast members dropped out. But the good news is they are substituting Kenneth Lonergan's…
This droll, tuneful and thoroughly winning burlesque bears little resemblance to the New York corpse whose sole virtue was comic genius Nathan Lane in the lead as Gomez.Taking the show for t…
Doors slam, identities are mistaken and laughter ensues in the classic farce Lend Me a Tenor now getting a delightful production at Broward Stage Door Theater in Coral Springs.
This paean to hedonism doesn't need a critic's affirmation. It is exactly what it wants to be: big, silly, mindless, nose-thumbing, irreverent fun.
The Caldwell Theatre Company has replaced two of its previously announced shows. The first to go is that perennial favorite mixing drama and comedy, the ever-popular TBA. (They never seem to…
After the Revolution is a smooth, polished, persuasive production -- well acted acted and directed -- that is intellectually stimulating, but the playwright's witty repartee undercuts the em…
Thrill Me isn't an easy undertaking, but the verdict is more than clear; Rising Action Theater's production is must-see thrilling.
It's been a while since we've seen local theater icon Iris Acker on stage except on On Stage With Iris Acker on her BECON TV theater interview program. So it's an occasion worth remar…
Theater lovers trying to avoid the little monsters haunting the neighborhood on Halloween have an option. AirPlayz, a company dedicated to the art of radio drama produced by 2Watts Productio…
So theater is dead? Don't tell the newest kid on the block, the Outré Theatre Company, a regional troupe that describes itself as "unconventional, outrageous and out of the ordinary." The c…
Although she just turned 25, Jackie Rivera s best known locally for a procession of pugnacious characters negotiating late adolescence, but now she has the linchpin role as Emma, the idealis…
Mitzi's Abortion probably won't change anyone's stance on a woman's right to choose, but this production is worth seeing.
By Bill Hirschman There is something inexplicably hilarious about people struggling to master the high technology of operating an automobile. One of the funniest comedy routines of the secon…
The idealized nuclear family is nowhere to be seen here, but playwright A. Rey Pamatmat has put in its place as strong and supportive a family unit as it is bizarre in this quirky productio…
The tragedy of this lavish, ebullient production of Hairspray is how the muddy, uneven, out of balance, sloppy sound on opening night fatally sabotaged the energy, enthusiasm, theatrical sk…
By Mary Damiano It's like every traditional wedding you've ever attended. There are family conflicts. There is inappropriate behavior. There's dancing (Hokey Pokey, anyone?) There ar…
The University of Miami and the Arsht Center deliver a unique and mostly convincing rendition of this tale of parental oppression and carnal repression.
All photos courtesy of the Adrienne Arsht Center Photos by Justin Namon for WorldRedEye.com
Even the marquee will also be revamped in the next three weeks/ Photos by Bill Hirschman By Bill Hirschman Even with a month of work remaining before the gala opening on 11/11/11, Palm Beach…
By Bill Hirschman Even with a month of work remaining before the gala opening on 11/11/11, Palm Beach Dramaworks' new home in the transmogrified Cuillo Center is breathtaking. It's a vision …
By Bill Hirschman It's all about synergistic partnerships. The production of The House of Bernarda Alba opening Thursday in Miami is a fusion between The University of Miami and the Arsht Ce…
