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Tuesday, October 6, 2020

Actors Playhouse Taps ‘Young Talent Big Dreams’ Winners by Bill Hirschman

Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre announced the winners of its 10th annual Young Talent Big Dreams youth talent contest, this year held with virtual entries and performances.

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:06AM
Saturday, October 3, 2020

Paul Reekie, Beloved Musical Director & Arranger, Dies At 48 by Bill Hirschman

Paul Reekie, a musical director and arranger for a wealth of South Florida theater productions, cabaret performances and the supportive accompanist at countless auditions, died unexpectedly …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:54PM
Friday, October 2, 2020

Briefs: Theatre Lab, Miami New Drama, Palm Beach Dramaworks by Bill Hirschman

Theatre Lab kicks off special projects, Miami New Drama has special reading of work in progress, Dramaworks gets new director of development

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:54PM
Monday, September 21, 2020

Theater Artists Struggle With Unique Fears, Fallout And Uncertainty From Virus Drama by Bill Hirschman

Six months into the pandemic, theater artists are struggling with a profoundly damaging dimension particular to their purgatory-like limbo: The calling that gives their lives meaning require…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 05:03PM
Monday, September 7, 2020

News Briefs: New City Players, Actors Playhouse, Main Street Players, Miami-Dade Losses by Bill Hirschman

The virus hasn't stopped South Florida companies from planning, rescheduling and retooling projects.

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:54PM
Friday, August 28, 2020

Carbonells Agree To Diversity Overhaul; Cancels Eligibility Of Shows Through Year’s End by Bill Hirschman

Strong wide-ranging criticism has prompted the Carbonell Awards to begin systemic changes connected to diversity. It also will not consider upcoming productions through early 2021 due to the…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:12PM
Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Maltz Postpones Season A Full Year To Jumpstart Construction by Bill Hirschman

Taking advantage of the uncertain months ahead for full productions, the Maltz Jupiter Theater is delaying its entire next season a full year so that it can speed up its long-planned $30-pl…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:03AM
Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Zoetic Sweeps Online Carbonell Gala With Focus On Diversity by Bill Hirschman

The 44th annual Carbonell Awards celebration Monday was unique, not simply because it was online, but because of its noticeable acknowledgement of the diversity of the South Florida theater …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:36AM
Monday, August 3, 2020

Complete List Of Winners & Stats For 44th Carbonell Awards by Bill Hirschman

Complete listing of nominees and winners of the competitive categories for the 44th annual Carbonell Awards, plus box score statistics

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:06PM
Thursday, July 30, 2020

Miami-Dade Cultural Damage Mounts, But A Bit Of Good News by Bill Hirschman

The continuing damage that the COVID-19 pandemic has inflicted on the area’s cultural world – and the region’s economic health -- continues to mount, according to ongoing figures gathe…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:18AM
Wednesday, July 22, 2020

BREAKING NEWS: County’s Grove Playhouse Plan Dealt Another Legal Setback by Bill Hirschman

The campaign to reopen the Coconut Grove Playhouse with a smaller auditorium built behind a restored façade suffered another setback Wednesday in the 14-year saga, according to court record…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:18PM

GableStage Opens Season Of Premiered Multi-Media Work by Bill Hirschman

The actual stage at GableStage may be dark, but the company has replaced the rest of its virus-interrupted 2019-2020 season with a glimpse of what may be one of the evolving facets of the fu…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:12PM
Tuesday, July 14, 2020

What South Florida Theater Will Look Like When It Reopens by Bill Hirschman

As a handful of local venues gingerly tried to reopen in recent weeks and others prepare detailed plans for the future, a regimen of detailed protocols ranging from parking to popcorn to Pla…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:24PM
Friday, July 10, 2020

South Florida Theatre League Taps 2020 Remy Award Winners by Bill Hirschman

The prestigious 2020 Remy Awards honoring “unsung heroes who provide outstanding service behind the scenes” have been announced by the South Florida Theatre League: Matt Stabile, Tim Dav…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:18PM
Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Carbonell Awards To Bradshaw, Dramaworks, Shanley & Amparo by Bill Hirschman

A veteran actress, an acclaimed theater company, a venue executive and a ground-breaking production will be recognized with the Carbonell’s “special awards” when the program is present…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:32AM
Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Arsht Lays Off Staff, Cuts Salaries And Slices Upcoming Season Budget In Half by Bill Hirschman

The Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami, one of the most high profile performing arts venues in the state, is cutting its coming fiscal year’s $42 million budget in half and just laid off, furl…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:42PM
Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Hamilton From Home – Your Room Where It Happens by Bill Hirschman

Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother has arrived for many theater lovers. Surely, snagging a seat for a performance of Hamilton has often seemed impossible. Indeed, ticket prices and sold out perf…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:32PM
Monday, June 29, 2020

Theatre League Summerfest Goes Virtual & Adds Workshops by Bill Hirschman

The South Florida Theatre League is adapting its seventh annual Summer Theatre Fest of play readings across the region in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it’s also expanding the event�…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:32AM
Saturday, June 27, 2020

Miami Whale of a Tale Gets National Virtual Reading by Bill Hirschman

Jenna and the Whale, which will get a high-profile virtual reading on Broadway On Demand at 5:30 p.m. June 30, is that rare exception: It’s a piece created by a pair of playwrights, Vaness…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:18AM
Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Proposed Reforms For Theaters & Added Reading by Bill Hirschman

Many people are asking what steps can theaters, funders and patrons take to address these issues. In our interviews and in other articles published across the country, here are action items …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:12AM

Shows With Racial Themes Or Elements In South Florida 2015-2020 by Bill Hirschman

This is a list of most of the productions in professional theaters in the three counties in which the major or secondary theme dealt with race, acknowledged diversity, or intentionally featu…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:12AM

Racism & South Florida Theater: Changing The Dance Steps by Bill Hirschman

Asked to spotlight specific problems and potential solutions, everybody had a story of racism infecting the South Florida theater community. Some cited unintentional micro-aggressions in pr…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:12AM
Sunday, June 21, 2020

Losses To Miami-Dade & Broward Arts Groups Climb Higher In New Figures by Bill Hirschman

With few theaters seeing relief anytime soon, new updated data show that the COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to hammer the arts communities in Miami-Dade and Broward counties with losses in …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 05:42PM
Thursday, June 18, 2020

Arsht Lists Titles & Dates For Zoetic Stage /City Theatre by Bill Hirschman

The Arsht Center for the Performing Arts announced titles and dates for its Theater Up Close series, slated to begin in early December with locally-produced works from Zoetic Stage and City …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:12PM
Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Coconut Grove Playhouse Back In Court For Key Hearing by Bill Hirschman

Fourteen years after the Coconut Grove Playhouse shuttered and almost exactly one year after another round of court proceedings began, opposing attorneys from Miami-Dade County and the City …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:03PM
Monday, June 15, 2020

Delayed Carbonells To Be Awarded In Online Gala August 3 by Bill Hirschman

The virus-delayed 44th annual Carbonell Awards will be presented August 3, but the usually boisterous “Theater Prom” will be held online and include an acknowledgment of the current tumu…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:24AM
Wednesday, June 10, 2020

GableStage Opens Commissions For Brand-New Online Works by Bill Hirschman

GableStage is coping with the death of Joseph Adler plus the shuttering of live performances, but it has started new initiative meant to originate new material and support artists financiall…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:03PM
Monday, June 8, 2020

Breaking News: Broward To Allow Some Theaters To Reopen by Bill Hirschman

Theaters and performing arts venues in Broward County can apply for permission to reopen as early as June 15 – decided case by case based on meeting undisclosed guidelines. Also, the count…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:06PM
Friday, June 5, 2020

Looking Back At City Theatre On It’s 25th Anniversary, Despite A Pandemic Pause by Bill Hirschman

Next month was to have marked a milestone anniversary for City Theatre and the company’s much-admired Summer Shorts festival. This pandemic pause notwithstanding, it’s an appropriate tim…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:42PM
Monday, June 1, 2020

Local Theater Students Honored With Silver Knight Awards by Bill Hirschman

Two high school seniors, including the co-author of the anthem memorializing the Parkland High School shooting, won the Silver Knight Award in the drama category last week recognizing effort…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:42PM
Sunday, May 24, 2020

Theatre League Ongoing Fundraiser Aids Gig Artists by Bill Hirschman

More than 60 local theater professionals contracted to work in productions in March and April have shared some of the $12,000 that South Florida Theatre League Relief Fund has raised through…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:36PM

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