Usually in "fish out of water" comedies, the fish are surprised to find themselves out of the water and spend most of the evening trying to get back to familiar aquatic climes. But in the hi…
For those convinced that theater has no future among pre-Millenials, you should have been with us a few weeks ago when we made a belated visit to a Sunday matinee of the musical version of t…
It can be argued whether Anna Ziegler's Actually is a perfect piece of art, but it's hard to argue that the dizzyingly thought-filled drama at GableStage has captured the angst and conflict …
We're back from our trip to New York to scout out productions you might want to see (or not), shows that might tour South Florida and scripts that might be worth reviving in our region…
By Bill Hirschman When the musical Beauty and the Beast works, theater magic flows from the stage. But it's been done so often " a long run on Broadway, multiple national tours, the original…
By Bill Hirschman There's not much in life that you can say this about, but the national tour of Hello, Dolly! is everything you hope it will be. For anyone under the age of 50 who wonders i…
If you hire strong voices as they did in MNM Theatre Company's production, the venerable musical Grease cannot help but be entertaining with its elbow-nudging pastiche of faux late '50s-earl…
When a script is as strong as Michael McKeever's Carbonell-winning Daniel's Husband and begins to develop legs beyond its local premiere, one pleasure seeing it produced elsewhere is noticin…
If you are or have been the caregiver to a senior suffering with dementia, delusions and/or Alzheimer's disease, the revival of The Waverly Gallery is a pain-riven reminder of the mutual ago…
Jonathan Tolins' satirical Buyer & Cellar provides a steady supply of giggles and guffaws in this tale about an actor hired by Barbra Streisand to staff in shops that she built in the b…
Slow Burn Theatre hembraces this glam/grunge rock musical headlined by a protagonist who suffered a botched sex-change operation. It's an in-your-face raunchy celebration of alternative se…
"Amazing" is a word you don't read in too many theater reviews. So keeping in mind that it's well-considered use here requires a lot of contextual "yets" and "buts," King Kong is amazing, bo…
Peter Wayne Galman in Thinking Cap Theatre's production is a likeable Lear. He's also narcissistic, ego-centric, driven, demanding, confused, playful and timeless. It helps that Galman deli…
Florida Grand Opera's presentation of La bohème is authentically true to Puccini's original right down to the pink bonnet. Besides an impressive visual production, this would still stand be…
The pre-opening publicity of Christopher Demos-Brown's racially-charged play on Broadway, American Son, has focused on its inescapable resonance with the tumultuous zeitgeist " a virtue cham…
The perennial tear-jerking Steel Magnolias, now at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre ought to work, but doesn't succeed this time.. But those objectivity. Those seeking theater that provokes or stim…
The insightful examination in the play One Night in Miami from Miami New Drama depicts four different approaches used by African-American icons -- Malcolm X, Jim Brown, Sam Cooke and the ch…
Thirty individuals and organizations will receive the South Florida Silver Palm Theatre Awards this December, founded eleven years ago to honor theatrical excellence, the organization announ…
Maybe it's walking under a Times Square marquee with his name emblazoned overhead. Maybe it's seeing a title memorialized on that distinctive Playbill cover. Maybe it's being asked for his a…
Confessions of a Nightingale spends time listening to Tennessee Williams escorts visitors through a rambling tour of his life. Actor Christopher Dreeson and director Jeffrey Bruce have worke…
There's a party going on at the Riverside Theatre where the jukebox is smokin'! The nostalgic revue Smokey Joe's Cafe celebrates the music of Leiber and Stoller, whose tunes influenced Ameri…
This may seem a backhanded compliment, but it is meant with awe : The most memorable aspect of The Wick Theatre's The Pirates of Penzance is you can understand the bloody words. The producti…
Put aside your expectations that the musical Freaky Friday is going to be yet another manipulative Disney raid on its popular film titles, designed primarily for those who fondly recall one …
From the trumpet blast opening the world premiere Havana Music Hall at Actors' Playhouse, the stage explodes with color and light and dancing and singing and, above all, that pulsing music, …
All too apropos for our bitterly divided time, Outré Theatre Company's intellectually stimulating production of Lucas Hnath's The Christians asks what happens when two sincerely held but di…