Monday, February 10, 2025

Slow Burn’s Dark Musical ‘Parade’ Is Among The Season’s Finest by Bill Hirschman

There is a moment in the finest musical theater when lyrics, acting, direction, and, above all, the music meld into a power-driven force that almost physically lifts the audience out of thei…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:18AM
Saturday, February 8, 2025

Epic, Compelling ‘The Lehman Trilogy’ at Gulfshore Playhouse by Bill Hirschman

Just call The Lehman Trilogy the Walt Whitman of plays: it is large and contains multitudes. performed by three actors at the Gulfshore Playhouse whose characters are born, grow, age, die,…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:48AM
Thursday, February 6, 2025

Resentments, Perceptions and Racism Swirl in Ultimate Family Dysfunction of Appropriate by Bill Hirschman

Imagine a half-dozen out-of-control freight trains howling and careening toward each other – a rough metaphor for the emotional collision after collision of egos and anger in the epic fami…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:54PM
Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Knowing Who We Are Is Central In Premiere ‘two of us on the run’ by Bill Hirschman

The fears, frustrations and universal questions of who we are—all of which are magnified when you’re 16 years old, on the cusp of being an adult—swirl in the provocative but uneven wor…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 05:32PM
Monday, February 3, 2025

In Memoriam: Christine Dolen Transformed Florida Theater by Bill Hirschman

The world of South Florida theater -- from its presentations to its artists to its standing in the national scene -- was inestimably transformed in large part to the dedication and vision of…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:32PM

Beautiful Is Not As Good As Others, But Quite Entertaining If You’ve Haven’t Seen It Before by Bill Hirschman

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical now playing at the Wick Theatre is "so far away" from another local production, but that doesn’t mean the Wick's edition is not entertaining, or that you…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:02PM
Friday, January 31, 2025

Is Artist Acting Like A Dog Or Believes It Or What: Premiere Asks Questions Inside Satire by Bill Hirschman

Obviously, the attention-getting element of Bad Dog is the sight of a Miami New Drama actor dressed in a jock strap and a few yellow straps, inhabiting the bizarre essence of a performance a…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:32PM
Thursday, January 30, 2025

 How to Murder Your Wife: ‘Dial M for Murder’ at Gulfshore Playhouse in Naples by Bill Hirschman

If you feel chills running down your spine, it could be another Polar Vortex cold snap in Florida. Or maybe you’re in Naples, watching Gulfshore Playhouse’s production of Dial M for Murd…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:18PM
Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Jersey Boys Transports Us To A Time of Innocence And Hope by Bill Hirschman

During these turbulent divided times, it is delightfully refreshing to be transported back to a time of innocence and hope, when four boys from immigrant families could rise to fame and glor…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:18PM
Monday, January 27, 2025

Promising Lakehouse Delivers Absurdist Four Coloring by Bill Hirschman

In Four Coloring at the newLakehouseRanchDotPNG troupe, characters are redesigning the American flag. which asks what does the flag stand for? Is it time for a new one? Without providing eas…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:06AM
Sunday, January 26, 2025

LPAC’s 9 To 5 Will Have You Laughing In The D4ive Home by Bill Hirschman

Broadway LPAC’s season is off to a clack, the clacking of a typewriter because of the entertaining 9 to 5 The Musical. The post LPAC’s 9 To 5 Will Have You Laughing In The D4ive Home fir…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 02:32PM
Saturday, January 25, 2025

‘To Life 5’ Proves A Worthy Successor at the Willow Theatre by Bill Hirschman

Just like “To Life,” the Fiddler on the Roof song that it’s named for, To Life 5 at the Willow Theatre is a celebration of the Jewish people, the latest in the ongoing series.. The pos…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:24PM
Thursday, January 23, 2025

Superb Cast & Direction Triumph In Island City’s Complex, Challenging A Delicate Balance by Bill Hirschman

A nameless terror has upended the fragile homeostasis in Agnes and Tobias’ carefully-ordered uppercrust existence, all the more frightening because its anonymity makes it uncomfortably uni…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:18PM
Tuesday, January 21, 2025

2025 Remy Awards Recognize Service to SoFla Theater by Bill Hirschman

The 2025 Remy Awards recognizing outstanding service of theater professionals who work behind the scenes and in the theater community have been announced by the of the South Florida Theatre …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:36PM
Monday, January 20, 2025

Boca Stage’s Living on Love Is Lightweight But Full-Throttle Fun by Bill Hirschman

Living on Love at Boca Stage aims for full-throttle fun. It has no truck with deeper meanings or intellectual stimulation. The post Boca Stage’s Living on Love Is Lightweight But Full-Thro…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:32AM
Saturday, January 18, 2025

Mystic Pizza Offers A Slice of Fun at Riverside Theatre by Bill Hirschman

Snowbirds from the northeast will find a slice of home in Riverside Theatre’s infectiously fun jukebox musical production of Mystic Pizza. But here’s any issue with any jukebox musical:.…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:42AM
Friday, January 17, 2025

Maltz Jupiter’s Staged Frozen Musical Is Disney Turned To Gold by Bill Hirschman

How superb is the Maltz Jupiter Theatre;s newest production? Just ask the opening night audience of Frozen the Broadway Musical, who were on their feet cheering well before Elsa and Anna san…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:54AM
Thursday, January 16, 2025

“Life is Less Terrible” With My Old Lady at West Boca Theatre by Bill Hirschman

Rarely does a play come along where ieach character has a clearly defined story arc, or narrative path. Such is not the case with My Old Lady at West Boca Theatre Company, because when the f…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:48PM

Palm Beach Dramaworks Unveils Five Developing Titles You Definitely Have Not Seen by Bill Hirschman

Over the next few months, Palm, Beach Dramaworks and Theatre Lab based at FAU will be producing full productions and public readings that will give playwrights a chance to spot where to fine…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:12AM
Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Plucky Pompano Players Pleases With Herman’s Jerry’s Girls by Bill Hirschman

One note-worthy addition in Pompano Beach's evolution is the Pompano Players, a plucky new theater group offering Jerry’s Girls, a charming musical revue to tickle your funny bone and warm…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:18AM
Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Walk the Walk Productions’ First Effort ‘From Brooklyn To Boca’ Is Struggling Comedy by Bill Hirschman

From Brooklyn to Boca covers a lot of territory, geographically speaking. Not so much when it comes to the heavy-footed comedy making its world premiere at The Studio at Mizner Park in Boca …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:24AM
Sunday, January 12, 2025

POTUS Embraces Everything From Farce to Political Satire by Bill Hirschman

Timing, of course, is a crucial element in comedy. But it doesn’t hurt that it occurs when the social-political world around you conveniently coincides as it dies in Zoetic Stage's hysteri…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:32AM
Sunday, January 5, 2025

Maltz Creates Frozen’s Olaf With The Magic Of Puppet And Actor by Bill Hirschman

The twin creators of the Olaf -- h is puppet designer and actor -- detail how the Frozen character is brought to life at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre's current production The post Maltz Creates…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:24PM
Thursday, December 26, 2024

Anastasia is Gloriously More Entertaining Than Other Editions by Bill Hirschman

By Oline Cogdill The myth that the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova survived the Russian royal family’s execution by a group of Bolsheviks in 1918 has spawned numerous articles,…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:14PM
Tuesday, December 24, 2024

The Illusions of Theater Celebrated, Exposed in Dramaworks’ The Dresser by Bill Hirschman

Illusions – those we create for others, those ones we create for ourselves, those we create for survival – are at the heart of Palm Beach Dramaworks' laudatory yet merciless exposé The …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:53PM
Monday, December 23, 2024

MiND Escorts You Through 3rd Immersive: Lincoln Road Hustle by Bill Hirschman

Miami New Drama's third immersive Lincoln Road Hustle is mounted in, on and around the titular locale -- a logistically and artistically challenging tale reflecting the cultural and economic…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:18PM
Friday, December 20, 2024

Open a New Window in Handle With Care at West Boca Company by Bill Hirschman

1.7 million packages a day get lost or stolen. If it's your new hairdryer, it might not be so bad, but if the lost item is your dead relative’s body, that’s a completely different story.…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:24PM
Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Joni Mitchell-Leonard Cohen Revue Freshly Re-Covers Precious Music Of Decades Ago by Bill Hirschman

The magic of Both Sides Now: The Music and Lives of Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen is that of a time machine. It instantly regenerates feelings and visions a half-century old as if they are…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:18PM
Monday, December 16, 2024

Once Again, Broadway’s Fifth Our Town Remains A Worthy Tale Despite Time And Place by Bill Hirschman

As the newest New York production of Our Town proves -- yet again over its 86 years –this acclaimed work is a reliable property whether it’s being done by this Broadway cast led by Jim P…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:06AM
Saturday, December 14, 2024

End of a Trilogy, Or Is It? New City Players’ The Last Christmas by Bill Hirschman

New City Players; premiere The Last Christmas by Tyler Johnson Grimes is the supposed final installment in a trilogy of annual holiday comedies revolving around radio station WNCP in Fort La…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 05:36PM
Thursday, December 12, 2024

Once is Not Enough In ‘Once’ At The Maltz Jupiter Theatre by Bill Hirschman

People come into our lives for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. Just ask the characters in Once – A Musical who would no doubt agree. At the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Once tells the story o…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:12PM

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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
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime