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Saturday, November 23, 2024

Report From New York: Hills of California Intersects Ambition, Dreams & Family Relationships by Bill Hirschman

The Hills of California Intersects driving ambition, dreams and family relationships deteriorating over time; Catch it now before it closes next month because with a cast of 22 and a challen…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:31AM
Thursday, November 21, 2024

SSC’s Third Beauty & The Beast Is Just As Fine As Earlier Ones by Bill Hirschman

Mere inches from you, the titular characters dance slowly and gracefully to the soothing title song in Area Stage Company’s (ASC) multi award-winning professional immersive and participato…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:18PM
Wednesday, November 20, 2024

‘Every Brilliant Thing’ At Gulfshore Playhouse Lists What Makes Life Worth Living by Bill Hirschman

Every Brilliant Thing at the Gulfshore Playhouse in Naples is a moving and often funny one-man show in which the Storyteller comes up with a list of “every brilliant thing” that makes li…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:02PM
Monday, November 18, 2024

Compelling Tale of Artistic Anxiety In Jonathan Larson’s Pre-Rent ‘tick, tick… BOOM!’ by Bill Hirschman

Jonathan Larson’s semi-autobiographical pre-Rent musical tick, tick…BOOM! compellingly injects us deep into the agonized guts of a young man teetering on the Great Divide of pursuing his…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:31PM
Friday, November 15, 2024

The Gloves Come Off in The Long Weekend At Pigs Do Fly by Bill Hirschman

What happens when one unhappily married couple invites another unhappily married couple to spend a holiday weekend with them in their country home? As the claws come out, long-buried resentm…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:36AM
Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Pompano Players Promises Future With Delightful I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change by Bill Hirschman

If I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, from The Pompano Players, a new resident theater company, is an indication of what’s to come, we have an exciting new theatrical organization t…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:36PM
Tuesday, November 12, 2024

All Too Timely: The Outsider Is Political Farce In West Boca by Bill Hirschman

Just in time for a little after the election light-hearted fun comes the West Boca Theatre Company’s production of The Outsider, a farcical comedy by Paul Slade Smith that tells the story …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 05:18PM
Monday, November 11, 2024

48th Carbonells Reward Broad Array — Dramas Yes, But Especially Lighter Pieces by Bill Hirschman

South Florida’s huge array of theatrical offerings – from musicals drawn from kid-friendly material to adult dramas based in the region’s various ethnicities – were recognized Monday…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:54PM
Wednesday, November 6, 2024

It’s the Top: Sublime ‘Anything Goes’ Opens Gulfshore Playhouse’s new Baker Theatre by Bill Hirschman

Anything Goes is the just what it needed in our difficult times: upbeat and optimistic. It's celebratory tone fits the opening of the Gulfshore Playhouse in Naples first show in the newly op…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:18PM
Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Full Court Press In Gablestage’s King James Is As Much About Friendship As Basketball by Bill Hirschman

Trust us, the considerable verbal dribbling and turnovers in Rajiv Joseph’s season opener at Gablestage is only the top layer over the profound examination of the underlying defining theme…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:12PM
Monday, November 4, 2024

Who Is Gaslighting Whom? In Reimagined Deceived at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre by Bill Hirschman

Anyone going to the Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s Deceived hoping to see their parent’s version of Gaslight will be sorely disappointed. Because this new adaptation has a completely different …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:02PM
Sunday, November 3, 2024

Dramawork’s Lost In Yonkers Is Profound, Trenchant Drama by Bill Hirschman

The 1991 Pulitzer Prize-winning Lost in Yonkers with its intersection of culture and families shows Simon at his most profound and makes a fitting launch for Palm Beach Dramaworks’ 25th se…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:18AM

Try To Remember A Little Differently At Island City by Bill Hirschman

 Hot off the heels of their outstanding 12th year comes Island City Stage’s 13th season opener, The Fantasticks, a delightful romantic dramady billed as the South Florida premiere of “…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:31AM
Thursday, October 31, 2024

Deceived At Maltz Jupiter Theatre Is a Lesson in Gaslighting With Gaby Tortoledo by Bill Hirschman

“I love thrillers. Both as spectator and an actor,” enthuses Gaby Tortoledo who gets to explore it as the heroine in Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s current play Deceived through Nov. 10. The …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:18PM
Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Laufer’s The Last Yiddish Speaker Examines Disturbing Socio-Political Nightmare by Bill Hirschman

The Last Yiddish Speaker, Deborah Zoe Laufer’s season opener at Theatre Lab in Boca Raton is a chilling, fast-paced drama with a streak of magical realism, as a Jewish father and daughter …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:18PM
Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Storytelling In Zoetic’s Pillowman Filled With Chills, Horror And Laughter by Bill Hirschman

Zoetic Stage's production of The Pillowman lives up to this modern masterpiece’s unique amalgam of a terrifying nightmare and ebon black comedy. It is built around at least a half-dozen di…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:06PM
Monday, October 28, 2024

Humor Is Celebrated at Ballyhoo But Missing A Lot Of Heart by Bill Hirschman

The Last Night of Ballyhoo from Boca Stage is often entertaining with humor and gentle reminder of humans’ lamentable tendency to punish others when they have been mistreated, but it as on…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:02PM
Thursday, October 24, 2024

Slow Burn’s Witches Conjure Lively, Sexy And Magical Evening by Bill Hirschman

Slow Burn Theatre casts an inviting spell with its lively, sexy and highly entertaining production of The Witches of Eastwick with a first-rate cast who possess strong vocals, superb choreog…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:54PM
Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Aged and Young Characters Explore Multiple Themes In Thinking Cap’s Lovesong by Bill Hirschman

Lovesong is a tender, quiet touching, thought-provoking play from Thinking Cap Theatre opening in new its new performance space at the Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center. The post Age…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 05:18PM
Monday, October 21, 2024

An Evening With Groucho at the Wick is All Monkey Business by Bill Hirschman

Do you have to be a fan of the Marx Brothers to enjoy the one-man epic comedy An Evening With Groucho at the Wick Theatre & Museum Club’s eleventh season opener? No, but it helps. The …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:12PM
Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Iconic Dr. Ruth Returns To Vibrant Life At Island Theatre by Bill Hirschman

Reinvention is the theme as The Island Theatre, the brand-new black box space at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, opens with Becoming Dr. Ruth, a production detailing the life of Dr. Ruth Westheim…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:12PM
Sunday, October 13, 2024

New Pompano Beach Company Struggles With Debut Show: Love, Loss & What I Wore by Bill Hirschman

The Pompano Beach Cultural Center’s new resident company Pompano Players works hard but is only intermittently successful with its debut production of Love, Loss And What I Wore with the s…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 02:12PM
Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Riveting, Intense Jesus Hopped the A Train at African Center by Bill Hirschman

A riveting South Florida professional production of the gripping play, Jesus Hopped the A Train, by the Marshall L. Davis Sr. African Heritage Cultural Arts Center --- a moving, intense, a…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:54PM
Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Sidekicked From Boca Stage Shows Us The Tears of a Clown by Bill Hirschman

Acting is not easy, or more people would do it, but imagine having to create not just a make-believe character, but a person who not only existed in real life, but was loved and adored by fa…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:54AM
Monday, September 23, 2024

With New Categories ’23-24 Silver Palms Awards Announced by Bill Hirschman

By Bill Hirschman Outstanding dialect coaching, outstanding special effects, outstanding intimacy direction. Unlike the Tony Awards, the Oscars or even South Florida’s Carbonells, the Silv…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:02PM
Sunday, September 22, 2024

Mother-Daughter Bond Familiar To Actresses In Steel Magnolias by Bill Hirschman

Dalia Aleman and Alexandra Van Hasselt find themselves in familiar roles as they prepare to perform in a professional South Florida co-production of the classic comedy-drama, Steel Magnolias…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:36PM
Thursday, September 19, 2024

Very Different Holmes & Watson At Main Street, Not 221B by Bill Hirschman

Thanks to the tremendous energy of the actors at Main Street Players' Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B), there’s never a dull moment, but because of its confusing jam-packed script,…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:42PM
Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Scenes From My Love Life Looks Back at LGBTQ 30 Years Ago by Bill Hirschman

South Florida’s actor/producer/playwright Ronnie Larsen demonstrates sharp sense of humor and a keen ear for dialogue, particularly between gay men. in a revival of his first play from 30 …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:12PM
Monday, September 16, 2024

Diversity Is A Goal Reflected In Carbonell Awards Nominee List by Bill Hirschman

The announcement of the 47th Carbonell Awards nominees today seemed to further the organization’s desire to recognize and celebrate the continuing diversity of South Florida theater. The l…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:54AM
Monday, September 9, 2024

Reimagined Little Mermaid Is Family-Friendly Celebration by Bill Hirschman

Playwright Jacqueline Goldfinger’s new family-friendly adaptation of The Little Mermaid bears little resemblance to Disney’s animated film or Hans Christian Andersen’s dark fairy tale.…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:06PM
Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Hampton House’s Place In Black History Seen Via Family Play by Bill Hirschman

Veteran Black actor-playwright Keith C. Wade returns to a Miami landmark to theatrically track how the civil rights movement transformed yet undercut the thriving Brownsville-Overtown —a j…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:06PM

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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 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic