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Thursday, May 18, 2023

M Ensemble Again Does Justice To Wilson’s Two Trains Running by Bill Hirschman

Langston Hughes wrote of “a dream deferred” from the elevated promontory of poetry; but the great playwright August Wilson wrote from the street what it was like living through a dream b…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:24PM
Sunday, May 14, 2023

MNM’s Disenchanted Enchants by Bill Hirschman

The musical Disenchanted is a highly entertaining, hysterical, irreverent, clever, poignant, profane, with several bits of profanity, reimagining of what happened to these princesses, making…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:24PM
Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Miami New Drama’s Evocative ‘Create Dangerously’ Resounds For Haitians, Educates All of Us by Bill Hirschman

With music, dance, humor, drama and storytelling,Create Dangerously at Miami New Drama reaffirms the glory and agony of Haiti’s tumultuous culture that should resound with Haitian-American…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 05:24PM
Sunday, May 7, 2023

Zoetic Stage’s #Graced Is Quirky Road Trip To Define America by Bill Hirschman

Zoetic Stage's #Graced is an episodic road trip veering all over the place in a theatrically metaphorical jalopy bouncing along on a journey for its protagonists to discover who they are per…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:42PM
Thursday, May 4, 2023

Wick’s Million Dollar Quartet Is Still Worth Every Penny by Bill Hirschman

As the Wick Theatre’s electric production of Million Dollar Quartet powers through the last four numbers, it’s easy to imagine that the sun never sets anywhere in the world where this mu…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:12PM
Wednesday, May 3, 2023

‘Mean Girls’ Sweetly Revisits Anxiety-Ridden Teen Years by Bill Hirschman

Is it possible to call the musical Mean Girls sweet, despite the tropes of teenage anxieties, insecurities, cliques and general high school malaise, not to mention the meanest of mean girls …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:54PM
Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Main Street Players Depicts Human Cost Of Economic Flux by Bill Hirschman

Main Street Players’ unsparing edition of Lynn Nottage’s stunning Sweat insightfully tracks the spiraling toilet spin of blue collar workers as economic changes devastate their incomes a…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:42PM
Monday, April 24, 2023

One More Yesterday Deserves Many More Tomorrows by Bill Hirschman

The musical One More Yesterday may see it itself as a work progress, but enfold yourself in this humorous, tuneful and heartfelt work, especially to savor Angie Radosh giving yet another sup…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:54AM
Friday, April 21, 2023

Capote Returns To Life As Unique &Complex As Ever In Tru by Bill Hirschman

Tru, the play bringing the audience into Truman Capote’s living room for a chatty wit-lathered visit at a crucial moment in his life, entertains as Charles Baran evokes the engaging person…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:36AM
Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Past, Present and Future Intertwine In Magical Dance in GableStage’s El huracán by Bill Hirschman

The past, the present and the future intertwine in a magical dance seasoned with love and guilt in GableStage’s outstanding El huracán as three generations of women wrestle with loss and …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:32AM
Tuesday, April 18, 2023

PPTOPA Asks You To Join Us In The Summer Of Love In Pippin by Bill Hirschman

Pembroke Pines Theatre of the Performing Arts presents a new vision for the musical Pippin echoing The post PPTOPA Asks You To Join Us In The Summer Of Love In Pippin first appeared on Flori…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:48AM
Monday, April 17, 2023

Choice, Politics & Dreams In 1964 Haiti In ‘Cry Old Kingdom’ From New City Players by Bill Hirschman

By Bill Hirschman Sometimes theater comes to you, washes over you without you having to invest much of yourself, say, something like Wicked. Sometimes you have to come to it, invest not just…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:36AM
Sunday, April 16, 2023

Riverside’s Intoxicating 42nd Street Is As Good As It Gets by Bill Hirschman

Riverside Theatre’s intoxicating production of 42nd Street is as good as it gets -- anywhere. This high-spirited show is awash in entertainment from beginning to end and you’ll remain a …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:54AM
Thursday, April 13, 2023

The Walls Have Ears Explores Brutal Terror in 1962 Cuba by Bill Hirschman

Politics, family and revolution—each volatile in their own way—provide the harrowing backdrop for Robby Ramos’ debut drama The Walls Have Ears, having its world premiere through May 14…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:48AM
Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Theatre Lab’s Refuge Examines Immigration Through Mysticism, Magic and Theatricality by Bill Hirschman

Embracing the eloquence that only imaginative theatricality can provide, Theatre Lab’s Refuge depicts a deeply moving journey through the current immigration crisis viewed not as a politic…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:06AM
Monday, April 10, 2023

A New Company, Loxen, Bows Little Shop Of Horrors In Miami by Bill Hirschman

It’s always commendable to have new theaters with emerging talent start in South Florida, especially when the goal is to feature local performers. Loxen Productions shows potential with it…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 05:48PM
Thursday, April 6, 2023

Tuneful Folk-County Music & Soaring Actress Power Actors’ Playhouse’s Bright Star by Bill Hirschman

Actors Playhouse’s lively Bright Star is a folk-country fable replete with spirited dances, classic character types, a genuine respect for everyday folk, and, ultimately, a moral about be…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:42AM
Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Tuneful, Touching Always…. Patsy Cline Is Far From Crazy by Bill Hirschman

Always...Patsy Cline is a cross between a memory play, historical piece, and jukebox musical that is receiving an admirable production from Arts Center Management, the City of Lauderhill and…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:54AM
Monday, April 3, 2023

Dramaworks’ Devastating, Searing August: Osage County by Bill Hirschman

You don;t want to go home again. Certainly, that’s the Weston family manse in the desolate prairie of Oklahoma as depicted in Palm Beach Dramaworks’ searing, devastating portrait of toxi…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 02:32PM
Friday, March 31, 2023

A Very Different But Fully Satisfying ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Bill Hirschman

Other than the outlines of Harper Lee’s plot, do not go to the superb national tour of To Kill a Mockingbird at the Broward Center expecting echoes of the cherished movie. ITe style, struc…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:42AM
Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Kravis Next Season’s Includes Jagged Little Pill; Boca Stage + MNM For Thriller & Comedy by Bill Hirschman

The 2023-24 theater season in South Florida includes alliance of Boca Stage and MNM Theatre's Wait Until Dark and Boeing Boeing; Kravis Center has Tina, Six, Hamilton and Jagged Little Pill…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:06AM
Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Feature: My Fair Lady Revival On Tour Has New-Found Depth by Bill Hirschman

Madeline Powell, who plays Eliza Doolittle, and Jonathan Grunert, who stars opposite her as Professor Henry Higgins, in the Broadway national tour of My Fair Lady coming to the Arsht Center,…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:54AM
Monday, March 27, 2023

Slow Burn’s Practically Perfectly Delightful Mary Poppins by Bill Hirschman

Of course, Mary Poppins does fly in Slow Burn Theatre Company's glorious production at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. As the song goes, this Mary Poppins is “Practically Perfe…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:36PM
Saturday, March 25, 2023

Sharp Inquest Into Gender Politics At Heart Of Oleanna by Bill Hirschman

Skilled direction and excellent performances plumb the deep currents in Oleanna, currently on stage at Riverside Theatre in Vero Beach. In fact, Riverside’s production is as sharp and poin…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:48PM
Friday, March 24, 2023

Dramaworks Takes On Ultimate Epic of Family Dysfunction: August: Osage County by Bill Hirschman

Remarkable for raging family furor, recriminations, love, regret, pain and torrents of alcohol-fueled vitriol, August: Osage County is accepted as one of The Great American Plays. Palm Beach…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:24PM
Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Boca Stage’s Different Take The Odd Couple (Female Version) by Bill Hirschman

The zingers in Boca Stage's female version of The Odd Couple sound familiar but hardly stale like something left in Olive Madison’s refrigerator for who knows how long. Rather, you welcome…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:12PM
Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Moving Zoetic Stage’s Musical Is Far More Than Next To Normal by Bill Hirschman

This Zoetic production of Next To Normal – easily one of the finest in its history -- blesses the audience with a deeply affecting meld of fluid staging, glorious music and five superb per…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:43PM
Monday, March 20, 2023

Please, Sir, We Want Some More: Maltz Jupiter’s Magical Oliver! by Bill Hirschman

It’s expected the Maltz Jupiter Theatre's Oliver! would be a tuneful, well-executed evening. But those mild adjectives would not begin to do this justice to a benchmark for this company. T…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:00AM
Saturday, March 18, 2023

Tosca Returns to FGO With Veteran Scarpia Todd Thomas by Bill Hirschman

Florida Grand Opera brings back Tosca for nearly the 12th time with veteran villain Todd Thomas. Conductor Gregory Buchalter says this is the opera for people who haven’t been to an opera.…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:56PM
Thursday, March 16, 2023

More Titles for 23-24: Moulin Rouge, Funny Girl, Ragtime, Rent, Pinter and Sartre by Bill Hirschman

In the early spring, flowers bloom and South Florida theaters announce 2023-24 seasons. Broadway In Fort Lauderdale will have Funny Girl and Moulin Rouge; Lake Worth Playhouse's season incl…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:00AM
Monday, March 13, 2023

Teens Deal With Tumultuous ’80s in Defacing Michael Jackson At Miami New Drama by Bill Hirschman

Michael Jackson never appears in the incisive Defacing Michael Jackson, although his influence is infused into the journey at Miami New Drama stage. But Aurin Squire’s insightful tale re…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:08PM

All that Chat

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