2,704 stories by "Bill Hirschman"
West Coast author Misha Berson got it right when she observes that West Side Story's place in world-wide popular culture exceeds that of a mere musical.
In this edition, we talk with Ken Clement (currently Senex in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at Broward Stage Door). Besides explaining how he avoids a wardrobe malfunction, …
Rain " A Tribute to the Beatles invokes the right alchemy of sounds that summon a hazy kaleidoscope of personalized memories for Boomers .If the group isn't electrifying or transporting, it …
Laura Hodos as Ifeginia the Rabbit / Photo by Bachi Frost By Bill Hirschman Like a precocious pre-teen who has just discovered sex, the fifth annual 24-Hour Theatre Project was frequently ra…
 Taking it to the Streets If the price of a ticket or your schedule prevented you from seeing GableStage's  triumphant production of Tarell Alvin McCraney's The Brothers Size, both obs…
By Bill Hirschman Like a precocious pre-teen who has just discovered sex, the fifth annual 24-Hour Theatre Project was frequently raunchy, silly and drenched with carnal preoccupation. The j…
All photos by Bachi Frost Amy McKenna and Laura Hodos as magician's rabbits[caption id="attachment_3888" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="An unusual couple with unusual tastes, J…
Like a pre-teen who has just discovered sex, the 24-Hour Theatre Project was raunchy, silly and drenched with carnal preoccupation. The joyously anarchic celebration of DIY theater Monday wa…
A look in words and photos of David Arisco trying on Edna Turnblad's clothes in a fitting before Actors' Playhouse's production of Hairspray.
Photos of David Arisco trying on Edna Turnblad’s clothes for the Actors Playhouse production of Hairspray; photos by Bill Hirschman. Also cast photos by Alberto Romeu.
Okay, maybe your trick or treaters are too young for the dueling productions of The Rocky Horror Picture Show playing at Slowburn Theatre Company and Andrews Living Arts this month. But here…
By Bill Hirschman Variations on a Theme The Harvest One Act Play Festival, sponsored by the Variations Theatre Group in New York City, has accepted two plays each from local actor/pla…
The gleaming South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center holds its grand opening in Cutler Bay Oct. 1 and 2 with both free and ticket-only performances of music, dance and visual art.
More photos of the new center, all by Robin Hill.
Nan Barnett, managing director of Florida Stage, has written a stunning essay for American Voices New Play Institute, revealing both the devastating and transformative effect the closure had…
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, the wonderful 1960's musical sex farce set in ancient Rome, gets a less than stunning retread at the Broward Stage Door Theatre in Coral Sprin…
Mosaic has a reading Tuesday, Chaz Mena has one-man show, Florida Follies does a good turn, David Goldyn bows out, Actors' Playhouse has a sale, Palm Beach Theatre Guild gets new blood
Welcome to a regular, if intermittent feature: Irreverent, lighthearted question & answer sessions with some of South Florida's best known professionals . Â In this edition, we talk wi…
By Bill Hirschman Free theater tickets, a gala party, a marathon fund raiser, a panel discussion and open-mike storytelling are the major events in the South Florida Theater League's sixth a…
We find talk with Dan Kelley (currently starring in and directing A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at Broward Stage Door) who reveals what he says to a friend who's appearing …
After the Revolution and The Motherf**ker with the Hat, two of the plays slated to open in South Florida this season, are among the works that will be featured in the prestigious yearbook, T…
The scrappy Naked Stage and Promethean Theatre and about 50 of their friends stage a coffee-fueled marathon jam for a mostly sleepless 24-hour period to produce and present from scratch an e…
Marsha Norman's powerful play, 'night Mother, gets a moving production at the Alliance Theatre Lab.
Side Effects by Michael Weller, a raw, visceral look at a marriage at the mercy of the wife's mental illness, comes to stunning life at Mosaic Theatre in Plantation.
By Bill Hirschman Theater reviewers must have a better than average ego to flatter themselves into believing that their judgment has worth, regardless of what anyone else thinks. So imagine …
