2,704 stories by "Bill Hirschman"
Riverside Theatre chose an intriguing time to mount its handsome and exquisitely well-performed production of Mark St. Germain's play, Freud's Last Session. Indeed, opening it between Palm S…
Watching Outside Mullingar at Palm Beach Dramaworks, audiences might catch themselves straining for the hero and heroine to burst through their wounded psyches and join souls. John Patrick S…
But with one significant caveat, An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein at the Vanguard lands most of the ten quirky gems of satirical and somewhat blue comedy with a skill, energy and polish …
A supremely confident and corrupt demagogue whips up the sheep in a populist uprising targeting a change in the government status quo. While that sounds like the latest CNN report, it's act…
Bullets Over Broadway, a musical based on the Woody Allen film, fits an undemanding appetite for light entertainment at the Kravis Center. But it's what some theater fans call a "Why Musical…
Ricky J. Martinez, artistic director for the New Theatre in Miami, has been named the recipient of the 2016 Margo Jones Award presented by The Ohio State University Libraries and OSU Arts an…
Since you can understand the lyrics here better than in any previous production, Slow Burn Theatre Co.'s Spring Awakening, the powerful punch and pungent poetry come through with a clarity t…
The Actors' Playhouse production of Sondheim On Sondheim transcends the Broadway edition in nearly every detail. The work by eight inspired performers and the band, molded by director David …
The Mad Cat Theatre Company, which prides itself on experimenting with non-mainstream offerings, has collected three short Samuel Beckett plays under the umbrella title, Tones On Tales. Some…
With humor, but pride as well, tenor Anthony Laciura refers to many of his roles in a half-century as a professional opera singer as the "second banana." More formally known as "the comprima…
Getting old, or older, is not for sissies, the saying goes… but it's easier if you can laugh at it and if you know you're not going crazy all alone. The second half of that is the unspoken…
By Bill Hirschman Michael McKeever, one of South Florida's most popular and acclaimed playwrights, will see what some feel is his finest play, Daniel's Husband, produced in New York City nex…
Sometimes the daring efforts of Outré Theatre Company work beautifully such as Back of the Throat, An Illiad and Thrill Me, sometimes not so well such as Bed and Sofa, and Othello. Often, …
Imagine white water rapids raging past you; now imagine the liquid is molten lava " a heedless force of nature threatening to destroy everything. Such images are the by-product of watching t…
You don't get any better, any more professional, any more resplendent than Riverside Theatre's production of Hello, Dolly! This production is a dazzling bouquet of theater delights.
The Maltz's 2016 production of a 1948 classic Kiss Me Kate is a skilled homage to that post-war period of theater when everyone knew which war you were talking about. A mixture of classic th…
Infinite Abyss' courageous production of Extremities opens with one of the most harrowing 15 minutes in theater and ends with a troubling finale. But the challenge is the play in between, an…
A bravura tour de force by Avery Sommers is central to the success of Arts Garage's production of The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith
The national tour of the dark musical Matilda at the Kravis is enthralling for its energy and imagination -- when you can understand what people are saying which is less than half the time.
Kinky Boots, the droll story of a drag queen rescuing a failing shoe factory by switching its focus to thigh-high boots favored by cross-dressers was, , a well-polished evening of musical co…
Curtains is a show designed for anyone who loves musical comedy, or anyone who has ever played Toto in a community theater production of The Wizard of Oz. Envisioned as a no-calories hoot of…
There's something interesting about seeing at the Arsht Center a national tour of the 30-year-old Phantom of the Opera for the who-knows-which time. It's amazing that people who have perform…
Broward Stage Door revives its 2014 hit jukebox musical of hit tunes from the late 1950s through the early 1970s, What's New Pussycat, with a new cast.
Punchline Theatre Company's adorably scruffy puppy of a msuical comedy about modern relationships, I Love You Because succeeds because every aspect -- from the performances to the direction…
The fate of Arts Garage in Delray Beach has taken a more encouraging turn because a major funder received enough financial information to make its leaders comfortable in disbursing some if n…
