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Monday, March 18, 2024

Zoetic’s Cabaret a game changer by Bill Hirschman

  By Oline Cogdill When the John Kander/Fred Ebb musical Cabaret opened on Broadway in 1966, it was a gamechanger in its staging, tone and story. Certainly, other musicals tackled politics …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:36PM
Friday, March 15, 2024

Take Ride of Beloved Musical, Dark Themes on Wick’s Carousel by Bill Hirschman

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel is inarguably a beloved masterpiece musical at the Wick, but if it has been a while since you’ve seen this musical, don’t expect just a happy circus…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:18PM
Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Laughs and Chills Compete in PPTOPA’s Solid Deathtrap by Bill Hirschman

In Pembroke Pines Theatre of the Performing Arts’ fine Deathtrap, suspense, conflict, and comedy merge irresistibly in Ira Levin’s Tony Award-winning play, -- one of the longest-running…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:48PM
Tuesday, March 12, 2024

New City Players’ 1000 Miles a journey of the immigrant experience by Bill Hirschman

  By Oline H. Cogdill The immigrant experience with its promises for a new start wrapped in the frightening reality of the suspicion of strangers, the fear of the unknown and the loss of wh…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:54PM
Monday, March 11, 2024

“Tickle Your Funny Bone” with The Affections of May At Pigs Do Fly by Bill Hirschman

The Affections of May playing this month by Pigs Do Fly Productions is a wonderful evening out of the house. You’ll laugh, you’ll laugh some more, and if you’re a sentimental sort, you…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:54PM
Saturday, March 9, 2024

Enter the world of Moulin Rouge! by Bill Hirschman

By Oline H. Cogdill Moulin Rouge! may be the ultimate mash-up musical. This high-energy production, enjoying rousing performances though March 17 at the Broward Center for the Performing Art…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:12AM
Thursday, February 29, 2024

Feature: The Arts Meld in Miami New Drama’s The Museum Plays by Bill Hirschman

Michel Hausmann is again creating theater away from Miami New Drama’s home at the Colony Theatre.  Joining forces with Miami’s Rubell Museum, it premiered The Museum Plays, six commissi…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:48PM
Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Review: New Vibrant Sondheim Volume Will Delight Sondheads by Bill Hirschman

Any Sondhead knows there are enough books, tapes, documentaries, podcasts, scripts, speeches, interviews and websites connected to Stephen Sondheim to fill a wing of Library of Congress book…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:36PM
Sunday, February 25, 2024

Riverside’s Kinky Boots Is Flawless Mind-Opening Success by Bill Hirschman

Kinky Boots is made of such strong stuff that it survives time...and politics. In fact, Riverside Theatre’s winning cast and crew find the heart and fun in its flawless production of the T…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:06PM
Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Visit the Plaza Hotel Without Leaving Jupiter with Plaza Suite at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre by Bill Hirschman

  By Britin Haller Want a good laugh, or a few dozen? Then check into the romantic comedy Plaza Suite at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre through Feb. 25. Room service has never been more satisfyi…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:42PM
Tuesday, February 20, 2024

LPAC Memphis Remains Vibrant Rousing Thought-Provovoking by Bill Hirschman

Almost 15-and-a-half years after its Broadway debut, the multi-Tony Award-winning musical, Memphis still provides a rousing good time and offers messages that keep the show as fresh as recen…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:06PM
Sunday, February 18, 2024

Kelley Shanley’s Legacy After 25 Years Leading Broward Center by Bill Hirschman

An array of arts crossing genres, ethnicities and expectations at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts is the result of an unprecedentedly smooth integration of culture and society wh…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:02PM
Friday, February 16, 2024

Pied À Terre is “Not Your Usual Love Triangle” at the Willow Theatre by Bill Hirschman

By Britin Haller Produced by Mid Life Crisis Productions, Inc., directed by Peter J. Loewy, and written by cardiothoracic surgeon John S. Anastasi, Pied À Terre is billed as “Not you…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:06PM
Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Area Stage Presents an Electrifying Take on an Old Classic: Oliver! by Bill Hirschman

Something truly remarkable is offered by Area Stage Company: , a sensational immersive production of the beloved Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical, Oliver! reimagined that is experienc…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:54PM
Sunday, February 11, 2024

Slow Burn Theatre Company’s production of Sister Act Hits all the Right Notes by Bill Hirschman

By Mariah Reed Based on the wildly successful 1992 film, the Broadway version of Sister Act was nominated for five Tony Awards, including best musical. With music by multi-Academy, Grammy an…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:36PM
Thursday, February 8, 2024

Legally Blonde The Musical is “Omigod You Guys” at the Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre by Bill Hirschman

 By Britin Haller Omigod you guys, Legally Blonde the Musical is so much fun! The original motion picture with Reese Witherspoon is cute with a laugh or three, but likely not for everyone. …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:18PM
Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Rooted at Theatre Lab by Bill Hirschman

By Jan Sjostrom Something magical is happening at Theatre Lab, the new-play incubator based at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. Deborah Zoe Laufer’s play Rooted is a not-to-be mi…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:36PM
Tuesday, February 6, 2024

The Cancellation of Lauren Fein at Palm Beach Dramaworks by Bill Hirschman

    By Oline H. Cogdill On the surface, Lauren Fein would seem to be immune to the fallout of the cancel culture. She’s a brilliant research scientist whose ground-breaking sickle-cell r…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:42PM
Monday, February 5, 2024

Morning After Grace at the Riverside Theatre in Vero Beach by Bill Hirschman

Grief in various forms is explored in Carey Grim’s heartwarming play, “Morning After Grace.” But so is humor. Indeed, it’s the humor that gets us through grief. Along with the human …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:36PM
Saturday, February 3, 2024

Two Sisters and a Piano at Miami New Drama by Bill Hirschman

By Raquel V. Reyes Two Sisters and a Piano, written and directed by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz, is the play we need now. It is beautifully written, well-performed, and maste…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 05:42PM
Friday, January 26, 2024

Wick’s Fiddler Suffused With Joy, Sadness & Memorable Tevye by Bill Hirschman

By Aaron Krause With Anti-Semitism so widespread these days, the following line from Fiddler on the Roof feels like a particularly hard punch to the gut: “You are a decent, honest person, …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:18PM
Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Which Way to the Stage at Island City Stage. by Bill Hirschman

By Aaron Krause You’ve got to admire and respect actors: For them, gigs can be few and far between. And that means they must often work odd jobs to pay the bills, while continuing to pract…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:48PM
Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Barefoot in rhe Park Still Resonates at PPTOPA by Bill Hirschman

By Mariah Reed Neil Simon’s longest-running hit, Barefoot in the Park opened at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway on October 23, 1963. It was only the second play Simon had ever written, ye…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:02AM
Saturday, January 20, 2024

Old Wicked Songs at GableStage by Bill Hirschman

By Oline H. Cogdill The relationship between student and teacher often goes beyond the learning experience, fraught on both sides with understanding, resentment, frustration, respect, among …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:02PM
Friday, January 19, 2024

One, singular sensation: A Chorus Line, presented by LPAC by Bill Hirschman

By Oline Cogdill It’s doubtful any statistics exist to back this up, but probably a week doesn’t go by in which at least one professional, community or student theater somewhere isn’t …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:48PM
Wednesday, January 17, 2024

“Some Kind of Wonderful” at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre with Beautiful: The Carole King Musical by Bill Hirschman

By Britin Haller Beautiful: The Carole King Musical is some kind of wonderful, but don’t expect to groove along with the songs from her greatest hits album, because that’s not what this …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:48PM
Sunday, January 14, 2024

Zoetic Stage presents Wicked Child by Bill Hirschman

By Oline H. Cogdill Family get-togethers can be fraught with underlying disagreements, resentments augmented by past histories. But in the case of the extended family in Zoetic Stage’s sol…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:32PM
Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Hadestown at Broward Center by Bill Hirschman

By Oline H. Cogdill Can a musical that is on the surface highly entertaining, clicks all the buttons with strong acting, singing and dancing, with an innovative set enhanced by solid lightin…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:54PM
Sunday, January 7, 2024

Jersey Boys Rocks the Riverside Theatre by Bill Hirschman

By Pam Harbaugh Add an enthusiastic audience shooting to its feet and whooping out its approval and a musical transcends into something more immediate. That’s the case of Riverside Theatre…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:32PM
Monday, December 25, 2023

Tevye in New York! opens at The Delray Beach Playhouse   by Bill Hirschman

By Aaron Krause A patriotic feeling envelops you as you hear Tevye the Dairyman talk about his share of the American Dream over the strains of The Stars and Stripes Forever. After all, Tevye…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:54PM
Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Slow Burn dives into The Little Mermaid by Bill Hirschman

By Oline Cogdill Disney has become the master of crossover entertainment that appeals to both children and adults, especially those who can tap into their inner child. Proof positive of this…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:32AM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 15, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic