2,704 stories by "Bill Hirschman"
Three-time Carbonell winner Nick Duckart has been a rapping Dominican-American bodega owner, a Palestinian terrorist, a Polish-American assassin, and the Egyptian Pharaoh in Joseph and the 
Hot dogs, fireworks and… theater? New Theatre is hoping you'll join them this holiday weekend for its bi-annual Miami 1-Acts Festival of 16 fully-staged short plays which doubles as a fund…
Ground Up & Rising, the itinerant Miami company that has been rising and falling and rising since 2006, is rising once again with a play to bow during the holiday weekend, plans for a s…
Theater Shelf, a recurring feature, reviews recently-released books, CDs and DVDs of interest to theater lovers. Some are popular titles like a new Original Cast Recording, others are works …
The fifth annual celebration of theater that investigates what it means to be a lesbian in the 21st Century kicks off this Friday with Girl Play, staged readings of short plays sponsored by …
Satchmo at the Waldorf triumphs with very little music and none of it created live by the brilliant John Douglas Thompson's resurrection of the jazz great. Instead, Thompson summons up Louis…
From the first tinkling of the bouzouki, Palm Beach Dramaworks' mounting of the rarely-seen Kander and ebb musical Zorba! fairly throbs with life-affirming spirit in direct spite of the vaga…
Ring of Fire, the Johnny Cash Musical, is not a biographical play about The Man in Black. It's smarter than that. This music-heavy tableau, at the Theatre at Arts Garage i offers more depth …
Businessman Jay H. Harris was not famous outside of theatrical circles in South Florida. But within that community, Harris was revered for his incalculable investment of time, advice and mon…
The Spirit of America Festival is presenting a salute to the work of Leonard Bernstein Saturday through Monday including a staged concert version of his Broadway musical On The Town at Flori…
Theater tickets too expensive? How about no cost at all? The South Florida Theatre League is holding their annual summer Free Night of Theater program next month, but the deadline to apply f…
As he relates the philosophy of his title character in the musical Zorba, William Parry's acting chops are so second-nature that he probably doesn't realize that a slight Greek accent is sli…
Efforts by City Theatre staffers to improve the consistency of its offerings has paid off: This edition of Summer Shorts is not only lushly and imaginatively produced with a noticeable extra…
Like a scruffy stray found on the streets with little promise of being housebroken, Slow Burn Theatre Company's musical High Fidelity shouldn't be so appealing and downright winning. But it …
Okay, the Tony Awards are over but there' still some afterglow for those who cannot get enough. Just how much of a Tony-holic are you? There are a few in here just for South Floridians inclu…
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As I sat watching a cat food commercial Sunday night, knowing that someone who has worked their whole life for recognition was being honored off camera, it became clear that something needs …
Copious laughter embraces Alliance Theatre Lab's production of James McLure's related one-act plays, Laundry & Bourbon and Lone Star. But snaking through the jovial landscape is a quiet…
The curtain is not expected to rise on the first production at the "new" Coconut Grove Playhouse for five years, county documents indicate. But work on the project began in earnest this mont…
Despite its almost two hours of one-liners, caricatures and Borscht Belt humor, Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah, the show based on Allan Sherman's parody songs at Broward Stage Door, in all its c…
Something is missing that makes the revival of Violet a fully-satisfying production. It seems inconceivable that it might be "heart," which would seem to be the strongest suit of a show like…
The 2013-14 Broadway season has produced a wide variety of scores from musicals that we are fortunate to have had recorded commercially. Indeed, the season has been marked by a notable raft …
If you know who Alice Ripley is, if you recognize the name of the musical Brooklyn, then [title of show] at Area Stage Co. was written for you. While its scruffy charm should amuse a general…
There's fun to be had at Cougar The Musical at The Plaza Theatre because of the cast, but don't expect a lion's roar " this Cougar hungers for better material.
Island City Stage's production of the thought-provoking The Pride understands the beauty and depth of this remarkable play "and, done right here, makes us question our history, both individu…
