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Monday, November 24, 2025

Love and Grief Explored in GableStage's Left On Tenth by Bill Hirschman

Love and grief don't have a timetable but can occur at anytime, often blindsiding.  Love can vanish too quickly while grief can linger too long. Both emotions are in full force in the swe…

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Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Marriage in the Combat Zone: Gulfshore Playhouse's Sublime Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Bill Hirschman

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…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:12PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Only One Out of Four Visits Lands, But California Suite is Not Neil Simon's Best by Bill Hirschman

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…

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Monday, November 17, 2025

Redesigned Carbonell Awards Gala Bestows Annual Honors by Bill Hirschman

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…

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Saturday, November 15, 2025

Flying High in the Circus with Water for Elephants by Bill Hirschman

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 …

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Friday, November 14, 2025

Better Late Proves It's Never Too Late at Pigs Do Fly by Bill Hirschman

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. The post Bette…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:48PM[SHARE]
Thursday, November 13, 2025

Ambition Never Looked So Good As In  Ruthless! by Bill Hirschman

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 …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:36PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Heart and Humor Melt Pompano Players' Steel Magnolias by Bill Hirschman

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 …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:32PM[SHARE]
Sunday, November 9, 2025

Seatbelts Advised For Theatre Lab's Roller Coaster Ride in The City in the City in the City by Bill Hirschman

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…

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Saturday, November 8, 2025

Zoetic Stage's The Mother Is Psychological Dark Comedy by Bill Hirschman

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…

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Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Theatrical Artistry Catapults Maltz's Breathtaking Misery by Bill Hirschman

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…

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Friday, October 31, 2025

Carbonells Offer Watch Party Option to Now SOLD OUT Gala by Bill Hirschman

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…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:06PM[SHARE]
Sunday, October 26, 2025

Dramaworks Takes Us To The Mountaintop With Dr. King by Bill Hirschman

 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. …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:24AM[SHARE]
Saturday, October 25, 2025

Just In Time: Little Shop of Horrors at Riverside Theatre by Bill Hirschman

Just in time for Halloween, Riverside Theatre's production of Little Shop of Horrors in Vero Beach is a treat. The post Just In Time: Little Shop of Horrors at Riverside Theatre first appear…

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Thursday, October 23, 2025

Vivid Life Of Pi Captures Imagination At Broward Center by Bill Hirschman

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 …

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Wednesday, October 22, 2025

'Lizzie' (Borden) , A Killer Musical, At Thinking Cap Theatre by Bill Hirschman

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…

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Tuesday, October 21, 2025

The Fantasticks is Simple, but Perfect at the Wick Theatre by Bill Hirschman

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. The post The Fantasticks is S…

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Thursday, October 16, 2025

Deathtrap Is Old Reliable From New 'Upstage Productions' by Bill Hirschman

The brand new Upstage Productions mounts the old reliable comedy-thriller Deathtrap doing an admirable job entertaining although there are shortcomings. The post Deathtrap Is Old Reliable Fr…

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Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Lively 'Catch Me If You Can' Kicks Off Slow Burn's Season by Bill Hirschman

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…

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Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Wonderettes Entertain With Blasts From The Past by Bill Hirschman

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…

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GableStage's Penetrating Harry Clarke Asks Us Who We Are by Bill Hirschman

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…

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Monday, October 13, 2025

The Spitfire Grill Is Rewarding Evening Of Joy And Hope by Bill Hirschman

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…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:31AM[SHARE]
Friday, October 10, 2025

No Place Like Home For 2 SoFla Natives In Nat'l Tour of 'The Wiz' by Bill Hirschman

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…

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Sunday, October 5, 2025

New City Players' The 39 Steps Revels In Wicked Lampoon by Bill Hirschman

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…

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Saturday, October 4, 2025

 From Miami to Manhattan: Florida's Ryan Crout Stars as John Belushi Off-Broadway by Bill Hirschman

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…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 02:12PM[SHARE]
Saturday, September 27, 2025

Wide Ranging Quality of Absurdist 'Art Duty' Requires Audience's Commitment by Bill Hirschman

Art Duty, a work passionately delivered with brimming enthusiasm by the LakeHouseRanchDotPng troupe in Miami Lakes, appears to be " at least in this subjective assessment " intermittently in…

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Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Plenty of Scares For The Whole Family At Heebie Jeebies by Bill Hirschman

Halloween season is full of tricks and treats, and do we have a treat for you and the Theatre Lab at the Heckscher Theatre comes a spooky and witty anthology play that's sure to give you the…

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Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Latiné Theater Lab's Last of the Red Hot Robots Is Immersive Comedy by Bill Hirschman

The world premiere of Brian Harris's comic Last of the Red Hot Robots, Latiné Theater Lab doubles down on their signature style. Billed once again as an immersive, multi-sensory experience,…

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Tuesday, September 16, 2025

An Unusually Diverse Array of Carbonell Nominations: Full List by Bill Hirschman

 Diversity in many forms " ethnicity, genres, performers, titles, geography, scope of performances values --  dominate the nominees in 20 competitive categories to bestowed in November…

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Monday, September 15, 2025

2024-2025 Season's Unique Silver Palm Awards Announced by Bill Hirschman

The Silver Palm Awards for the 2004-2005 South Florida season have been announced. Envisioned as less structured program than the competitive Carbonell Awards, they honor outstanding contrib…

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Tuesday, September 9, 2025

GableStage Receives Bill von Mauer Award by Bill Hirschman

GableStage has been named the recipient of the Bill von Maurer Award "honoring a theater company that exemplifies excellence for the totality of its programming: productions educational outr…

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2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off