2,717 stories by "Bill Hirschman"
Love and grief don't have a timetable but can occur at anytime, often blindsiding. Â Love can vanish too quickly while grief can linger too long. Both emotions are in full force in the swe…
Kristin Coury has directed an astounding production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? that's more a master class in acting than yelling. You've likely not seen a production as nuanced and a…
Neil Simon's California Suite produced by Curtain Call Playhouse, is a series of four playlets revolving around guests at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Three vignettes are disappointments that do…
Many of this year's Carbonell Awards recipients were familiar names with acclaimed artistry, but the gala itself Monday was filled with changes and a few surprises. From a new location at Fl…
Finding your place in this world, loving what you do and never giving up your dreams, no matter how young or old you are, reverberate throughout the entertaining musical Water for Elephants …
An actress dealing with guilt from of her first marriage as she copes with her second marriage is the core of Better Late, a present-day dramady from Pigs Do Fly Productions.
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Island City Stage's Ruthless! The Musical fires on all cylinders, literally everything clicking be it the cast, the direction, the design, the music, the choreography, or the costumes. This …
Pompano Players' Steel Magnolias captures all the heart and humor that made this story a classic with a strong ensemble, deft direction, and performances that spark both hearty laughter and …
Theater Lab 's world premiere of Matthew Capodicasa's kaleidoscopic, fantastical The City in the City in the City is a roller coaster ride, full of twists, turns, blind corners and about-f…
Zoetic Stage's season has opened with a tantalizing, psychological, playful dark comedy that has the audience second-guessing, laughing, and gasping in surprise. The Mother is described by t…
The acting is fine and the direction brilliant in Maltz Jupiter Theatre's recreation of Stephen King's classic Misery, but what ultimately catapults this stage version to a breathtaking prod…
The 48th annual Carbonell Awards, dealing with a sold out main auditorium has created a ticketed Carbonell Watch Party and After Show Party television feed to a Livestream Lounge at FAU wher…
 Death, race and dreams intersect in Palm Beach Dramaworks' stirring, powerful The Mountaintop. This profound drama leavened with a bit of humor imagines the night Martin Luther King Jr. …
Just in time for Halloween, Riverside Theatre's production of Little Shop of Horrors in Vero Beach is a treat.
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There are moments in Life of Pi during which the realistically-looking, ferocious-sounding, life-sized Bengal tiger may prompt audience members to grab their arm rests or companions or gasp …
Thinking Cap Theatre presents Lizzie, a gothic rock musical based on the infamous 1892 double homicide This edgy production reimagines Lizzie Borden, Told through dreamlike projections, sen…
The nearly indestructible The Fantasticks gets a run at The Wick Theatre with its own perspective in a clever version sure to captivate even the harshest cynic.
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The brand new Upstage Productions mounts the old reliable comedy-thriller Deathtrap doing an admirable job entertaining although there are shortcomings.
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Slow Burn Theatre Co. soars into its 16th season with a lively production of the musical Catch Me If You Can, a highly entertaining production that benefits from its young cast enhanced b…
If you dream of reliving your high school prom, Pompano Players can help you approximate the experience. The new theater company invites audiences to attend the Springfield High School Class…
The answer to the question posed by the title character of who is "Harry Clarke?" is to us, of course, who are we individuals in the audience. With considerable humor, banked anger and p…
Profound joy, infectious joy, genuine joy emerging out of prosaic life, out of darkness, out of life-scraped people, that joy in musical theater is rare and precious. Arguably nowhere can au…
Two cast members on the national tour of "The Wiz" at the Adrienne Arsht Cente are performing on a stage where, as youngsters, they watched from the seats. Amitria Fanae', who plays Addaper…
Comic theater is a challengingly adroit meld of wry humor, physical slapstick, verbal timing, invisible stagecraft and a devotion to maximizing the opportunities for unscripted bits of busin…
Saturday Night Live was a major part of South Florida performer Ryan Crout's childhood. Understandably, then, he's excited to perform in a play about the show's beginnings " in New York City…
