2,668 stories 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…
The virus hasn't stopped South Florida companies from planning, rescheduling and retooling projects.
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…
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…
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 …
Complete listing of nominees and winners of the competitive categories for the 44th annual Carbonell Awards, plus box score statistics
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 gathered by…
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 reco…
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…
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…
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 Davis, …
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 presented onl…
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, furlou…
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 perfor…
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's …
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, Vanessa …
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 …
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…
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…
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 tumult a…
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…
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 county …