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Thursday, March 12, 2020

Impressive ’20-21 Seasons: Bway In FTL, Actors’ Playhouse, Wick Theatre, Lake Worth Playhouse by Bill Hirschman

Titles announced by more South Florida theaters in their 2020-21 seasons including Broadway in Fort Lauderdale: To Kill A Mockingbird starring Richard Thomas, and Hamilton returns; Actors�…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:24AM
Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Nick Duckart: Life On The Road With Come From Away Tour by Bill Hirschman

Travelling in the national tour means moving to a different hotel in a different city nearly every week, not always sure what city that is, maintaining relationships with loved ones from afa…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:18PM
Sunday, March 8, 2020

Helen on Wheels at Pigs Do Fly by Bill Hirschman

The Helen in Helen on Wheels is Helen Wheeler, a spirited, allegedly 70-something widow who speaks her mind and challenges anyone who crosses her as she continues to mourn her husband. But H…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:12PM
Wednesday, March 4, 2020

The Nice Parts of ‘Mean Girls’ by Bill Hirschman

Oh, those mean girls. If you were unlucky to encounter them, they made your high school days unbearable, humiliated you so you felt inferior and tried to dictate who your friends were. They …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:18PM
Monday, March 2, 2020

Ronnie Larsen’s Musical ‘Come Out! Come Out!’ Shows Promise by Bill Hirschman

Gay men, characterized as deviants in 1920s New York City, populate prolific playwright Ronnie Larsen’s new musical, Come Out! Come Out! at the Wilton Theatre Factory. Come Out! Come Out! …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:24PM
Saturday, February 29, 2020

Miami New Drama Tunes Up Debut Of Wonderful World — A Louis Armstrong Bio-Musical by Bill Hirschman

Energy suffuses rehearsals for Miami New Drama's world premiere musical about Louis Armstrong A Wonderful World – not a revue but a highly-theatrical biography in which Armstrong’s famou…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:54PM
Friday, February 28, 2020

Maltz’s Brighton Beach Memoirs Makes Strong Memories by Bill Hirschman

Home is the place where they have to take you in, to paraphrase Robert Frost. It’s also the place where every family dynamic plays out — love, resentment, growing pains, conflict, chaos,…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:42PM
Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Upcoming Brighton Beach Memoirs Is Different Neil Simon by Bill Hirschman

With the Maltz Jupiter Theatre's upcoming Brighton Beach Memoirs, director J. Barry Lewis says people need to "come forward with a new perspective on what a Neil Simon play is, not just what…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 05:18PM
Saturday, February 22, 2020

Satisfying Beauty And The Beast Will Keep The Adults Entertained As Well As The Kids by Bill Hirschman

While the Broadway Palm production of Beauty and the Beast at Lauderhill Performing Arts Center will elicit giggles from the kids, this local edition is a surprisingly satisfying evening eve…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:24PM
Thursday, February 20, 2020

Hamilton Remains Fresh, Vibrant Masterwork On Return Visits by Bill Hirschman

Does it ever get boring being in the room where it happens? No, it does not, as illustrated from the moment Aaron Burr begins recounting the story of this lad from the Caribbean who becam…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:36PM
Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Riverside Tackles Neil Simon’s Multi-Faceted Lost In Yonkers by Bill Hirschman

Something unexpected is on Riverside Theatre’s mainstage: A straight play. That’s right, no big box office-guaranteed lavish, toe-tapping musical Instead, patrons are getting well-devel…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:18AM
Sunday, February 16, 2020

Beckett’s Existential Happy Days Gifts Triumphant Performance by Bill Hirschman

Thinking Cap Theatre’s stunning production of Beckett’s Happy Days, offers an unmitigated triumph of a performance by Karen Stephens expertly molded by Nicole Stodard, but to say this ab…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:18AM
Friday, February 14, 2020

’20-21 For Primal Forces, Maltz Jupiter And Headlining Arsht Bway Tours: Hadestown by Bill Hirschman

Another round of 2020-2021 season announcements has arrived with some promising titles -- this time from Primal Forces and the Maltz Jupiter Theatre – plus a headline-making offering from …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:48AM
Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Original Diego & Drew Come Out 2nd Time at the Broward Center by Bill Hirschman

In 2016, the interactive gay wedding theatrical experience Diego & Drew Say I Do had a successful run at the Broward Center. Now it's back for a second go 'round. It has grown up just a …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:18PM
Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Theatre Lab’s The Glass Piano Is Fairy Tale With Adults’ Lessons by Bill Hirschman

There’s something irresistibly intriguing when a whimsical fairy tale is invoked to teach life lessons to adults. Theatre Lab’s The Glass Piano may have a befuddled king, a savvy servant…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:06AM

Motel Stories Is Multilayered Tribute to North Beach by Bill Hirschman

Don’t say we didn’t warn you: If you purchase a ticket to the fourth and latest iteration of Miami Motel Stories, you will be put to work. You may have to repair a costume, or apply an a…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:06AM
Monday, February 10, 2020

A Funny Thing Really Did Happen on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit by Bill Hirschman

Plenty of laughter, and quite a few tears, punctuate the dramatic comedy, or comic drama, if you prefer in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloa…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:32AM
Sunday, February 9, 2020

Script For Church & State Resonates But Main Street’s Production Not As Strong by Bill Hirschman

Church & State, about the collision of faith, politics and gun control after a school shooting, obviously could not be more timely or more resonant for South Florida audiences. Unfortuna…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:48AM
Saturday, February 8, 2020

Dramaworks’ Skylight Offers A Window To Differing Views by Bill Hirschman

A war of words smoothly flows between two articulate, bright people with immensely opposing views on nearly every subject in British playwright David Hare’s drama Skylight, receiving a per…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:06PM
Friday, February 7, 2020

This Joint Is Jumpin’ Sometimes In Ain’t Misbehavin’ by Bill Hirschman

Sometimes the joint is jumpin’ in M Ensemble Company’s Ain’t Misbehavin’, sometime things are sluggish; sometimes you can savor the brilliant lyrics coming from a talented quintet , …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:48PM
Thursday, February 6, 2020

In Upcoming ‘Skylight’, Battle Is As Political As It Is Domestic by Bill Hirschman

Skylight might seem just an intriguing play focusing on an older widower trying to rekindle a relationship with a younger woman with whom he was having an affair with while he was married. B…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:48AM
Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Hamilton Tour Reinforces Again Why It’s A Watershed Work by Bill Hirschman

Hamilton, which explodes with power, vitality and imagination in the Kravis Center through Feb. 16, is not the Second Coming as many overheated observers would have you believe. But this tou…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:54AM
Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Slow Burn’s Groundhog Day Is Worth Visiting Again — & Again by Bill Hirschman

The first things to know about Slow Burn Theater Company’s musical Groundhog Day is (a) do not go expecting to see the movie and (b) do not go expecting Bill Murray. The third thing is tha…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:18AM
Monday, February 3, 2020

Diego & Drew Say I Do Once Again At Broward Center by Bill Hirschman

You are invited to a wedding this month, well, a theater experience recreating a wedding. It may seem at first blush not your everyday wedding with the title Diego & Drew Say I Do, but a…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:24AM
Sunday, February 2, 2020

Riverside’s The 39 Steps Is A Hilarious Faux Hitchcock by Bill Hirschman

Face it. Resistance is useless when it comes to enjoying The 39 Steps. Any theater worth its comic salt will plunge head long into this madcap Hitchcock parody -- Vero Beach’s Riverside Th…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:48AM

Asher Lev Is Moving Look At The Joy & Cost of Being An Artist by Bill Hirschman

Across the face and embedded in the voice of the hero-narrator we can see a drive he can’t ignore, the profound costs and the unequaled joy of creating art in West Boca Theatre Company’…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:48AM
Friday, January 31, 2020

The Graduate Earns A “C” But It Can’t Compare To The “A” Film by Bill Hirschman

Given the multiple challenges inherent in mounting a stage version of the iconic film The Graduate, the Empire Stage production does reasonably well because of the commitment of everyone inv…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:24PM
Thursday, January 30, 2020

World Premiere ‘The Cubans’ Delves Into Family Generations by Bill Hirschman

Michael Leon’s world premiere The Cubans at Miami New Drama delivers an almost tactile depiction of how an extended family with multiple generations prioritize family unity while trying to…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:33AM
Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Peter x Wendy Provides Theatrical Magic for Adults Escorting Their Children by Bill Hirschman

If Area Stage Company’s world premiere production of Peter x Wendy documents anything, it’s that Giancarlo Rodaz is the Orson Welles-like wunderkind of South Florida theater. It is a tes…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:43AM
Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Carbonell Nominees Announced; Dramaworks Shatters Record by Bill Hirschman

Amid a backdrop of changes and challenges, the Carbonell Awards nominations were released Tuesday recognizing excellence in South Florida professional theater. Classics, world premieres mark…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:54AM

Complete List of 44th Annual Carbonell Nominees & Stats by Bill Hirschman

Best New Work (play or musical) + An Evening with John Wayne Gacy, by Ronnie Larsen, Ronnie Larsen Presents/Infinite Abyss + Confessions of a Cocaine Cowboy, by Billy Corben and Aurin Squire…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:54AM

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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