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Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Tour Of Revival Of The Revival Of Cabaret Is Shatteringly Relevant This Political Season by Bill Hirschman

The new tour of Cabaret does not break a shred of new ground artistically; it intentionally recreates the 1998 revival in which Sam Mendes reimagined the initial vision by amping up the deba…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:38AM
Tuesday, April 12, 2016

To Go Or Not To Go: House Theatre’s The Hammer Trinity by Bill Hirschman

The question that patrons and colleagues have kept asking critics with trepidation during the past week or so is whether they should invest more than 9 3/4 hours and $150 for each ticket to …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:07PM
Monday, April 11, 2016

Regime Change At Arts Garage: Keith Garsson, Daniel Schwartz by Bill Hirschman

Arts Garage has appointed a new management team to replace its founding administrator who resigned abruptly. Keith Garsson, who has led the theater operation will become the director of op…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:34AM
Sunday, April 10, 2016

Island City’s Latest Beats Prejudice Into ‘Submission’ by Bill Hirschman

Jeff Talbott’s The Submission, enjoying its regional premiere from Island City Stage, is predicated on the realization that "Everyone's a little bit racist." It charts the ignition of a ra…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:31PM
Saturday, April 9, 2016

Williams’ ‘Two Character Play’ At MTC Uses Inventive Device, Yet Gets Lost In Isolation by Bill Hirschman

There's a daringness to Stephanie Ansin's vision – a fearlessness in her direction at Miami Theater Center that makes you find things to love about a piece, even one that ends up having mo…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:38AM
Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Les Miz & Daniel’s Husband Reap Honors At Carbonell Awards by Bill Hirschman

The tent-pole theater companies in South Florida took home a majority of the Carbonell Awards for excellence Monday night with one major exception – although several up-and-coming troupes …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:18AM
Monday, April 4, 2016

Complete List Of Carbonell Awards 2016 And Statistics by Bill Hirschman

All the winners, nominees and statistics for the 40th anniversary Carbonell Awards presented Monday.

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:16PM

Breaking News: Alyona Ushe Resigns As Head Of Arts Garage by Bill Hirschman

Alyona Ushe, the founding administrator of the embattled Arts Garage in Delray Beach, is resigning to lead a similar Pompano Beach operation in what an Arts Garage spokesman characterized as…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:42PM

FGO’s Shattering ‘Passenger’ Shows Why Opera Exists by Bill Hirschman

Florida Grand Opera's shattering production of Mieczyystaw Weinberg’s The Passenger. explains why opera exists and what it can be.

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:46AM
Saturday, April 2, 2016

Arts Garage’s Scorching Smoke Suffused With Sex As A Weapon by Bill Hirschman

Even though it’s April, we remain in one of the busiest seasons in South Florida theater. If you don’t see a review of a show that has opened while looking at the top of the front page, …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:07PM
Friday, April 1, 2016

Locally Derived Diego & Drew Say I Do Is Fluffy Fare Full of Fun by Bill Hirschman

Diego & Drew Say I Do, the new interactive theater wedding show in Broward Center's Abdo New River Room, is so authentic that a group of Chinese performers from the Cirque Dreams troupe…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:46PM
Thursday, March 31, 2016

House Theatre’s Hammer Trinity: 9 1/2 Hours, 7 Acts, 51 Roles, 18-Foot Dragons & A $150 Ticket by Bill Hirschman

There are two crucial and easily misunderstood aspects to comprehend about The Hammer Trinity, a piece of epic storytelling playing eight weekends at the Arsht Center beginning this Saturday…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:44AM
Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Diego & Drew Say I Do, A Locally-Developed Interactive Play Opens In Broward Center by Bill Hirschman

Opening Thursday in the Abdo New River Room is Diego & Drew Say I Do, a twist on the popular Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding in which audience members join in the show and become "guests" at t…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:44PM

Difficult But Intriguing Musical ‘A Minister’s Wife’ At GableStage by Bill Hirschman

When a company like GableStage takes risks so many others will not, there’s bound to be some triumphs, some failures, and mixed results as in A Minister’s Wife. The local artists give ev…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:09AM
Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Punchline’s So Timely 50 Shades Of Hillary Is Raucous, Irreverent by Bill Hirschman

Regardless of your politics, Punchline Theatre Company's 50 Shades of Hillary is a treat to relish for the machine-gun comedy and the high octane performances of these four remarkable actors.

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:28PM

Dramaworks’ Ongoing Growth Features New Play Development With “The Dramaworkshop” by Bill Hirschman

The gem of Palm Beach Dramaworks' continuing expansion is the new play development program The Dramaworks featuring Jennifer Fawcett's Buried Cities bowing next month.

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:33AM
Monday, March 28, 2016

Florida Grand Opera Plumbs Holocaust’s Depths With Rare Voyage Of “The Passenger” by Bill Hirschman

The Passenger, composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s operatic treatment of the Holocaust and its aftermath, will be a heavy enterprise, in a number of ways, when it makes its area debut April 2-9…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:50AM
Sunday, March 27, 2016

Riverside Theatre Analyzes Faith In Freud’s Last Session by Bill Hirschman

Riverside Theatre chose an intriguing time to mount its handsome and exquisitely well-performed production of Mark St. Germain’s play, Freud’s Last Session. Indeed, opening it between Pa…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:33AM
Saturday, March 26, 2016

PBD’s Outside Mullingar Sings To The Romance In Your Soul by Bill Hirschman

Watching Outside Mullingar at Palm Beach Dramaworks, audiences might catch themselves straining for the hero and heroine to burst through their wounded psyches and join souls. John Patrick S…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 05:21PM

Bawdy And Droll Evening of Shel Silverstein Shorts At Vanguard by Bill Hirschman

But with one significant caveat, An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein at the Vanguard lands most of the ten quirky gems of satirical and somewhat blue comedy with a skill, energy and polish …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:58AM
Thursday, March 24, 2016

Don’t Cry For This Vibrant Evita Revival At Broward Stage Door by Bill Hirschman

A supremely confident and corrupt demagogue whips up the sheep in a populist uprising targeting a change in the government status quo. While that sounds like the latest CNN report, it’s a…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:08AM
Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Bullets Over Broadway Tour Is Diverting Musical But Not A Good Mix With Original Film by Bill Hirschman

Bullets Over Broadway, a musical based on the Woody Allen film, fits an undemanding appetite for light entertainment at the Kravis Center. But it’s what some theater fans call a “Why Mus…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:38AM
Tuesday, March 22, 2016

New Theatre’s Ricky J. Martinez Receives Margo Jones Award by Bill Hirschman

Ricky J. Martinez, artistic director for the New Theatre in Miami, has been named the recipient of the 2016 Margo Jones Award presented by The Ohio State University Libraries and OSU Arts an…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:44AM
Monday, March 21, 2016

Slow Burn’s Spring Awakening Blossoms At Broward Center by Bill Hirschman

Since you can understand the lyrics here better than in any previous production, Slow Burn Theatre Co.'s Spring Awakening, the powerful punch and pungent poetry come through with a clarity t…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:03AM
Saturday, March 19, 2016

Letter From Bill Hirschman To Stephen Sondheim: Come On Down To Visit Actors’ Playhouse by Bill Hirschman

The Actors’ Playhouse production of Sondheim On Sondheim transcends the Broadway edition in nearly every detail. The work by eight inspired performers and the band, molded by director Davi…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:00PM
Friday, March 18, 2016

Mad Cat’s Tones For Tales Dives Deep Into Bleak Beckett Land by Bill Hirschman

The Mad Cat Theatre Company, which prides itself on experimenting with non-mainstream offerings, has collected three short Samuel Beckett plays under the umbrella title, Tones On Tales. Some…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:04AM
Thursday, March 17, 2016

The Top Second Banana Of Opera Comes To Palm Beach by Bill Hirschman

With humor, but pride as well, tenor Anthony Laciura refers to many of his roles in a half-century as a professional opera singer as the “second banana.” More formally known as “the co…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:43PM
Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Pigs Do Fly Gains A Little Altitude In Curly Tales by Bill Hirschman

Getting old, or older, is not for sissies, the saying goes… but it’s easier if you can laugh at it and if you know you’re not going crazy all alone. The second half of that is the unsp…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:07PM

McKeever’s Daniel’s Husband To Get New York City Production by Bill Hirschman

By Bill Hirschman Michael McKeever, one of South Florida’s most popular and acclaimed playwrights, will see what some feel is his finest play, Daniel’s Husband, produced in New York City…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:07AM
Monday, March 14, 2016

Outre’s The Violet Hour Is A Daring, Flawed Modern Medea by Bill Hirschman

Sometimes the daring efforts of Outré Theatre Company work beautifully such as Back of the Throat, An Illiad and Thrill Me, sometimes not so well such as Bed and Sofa, and Othello. Often, …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:11AM
Saturday, March 12, 2016

Volcanic Ethan Henry Erupts In M Ensemble’s The Piano Lesson by Bill Hirschman

Imagine white water rapids raging past you; now imagine the liquid is molten lava – a heedless force of nature threatening to destroy everything. Such images are the by-product of watching…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:16PM

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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
TBA: Ragtime