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2,669 stories by "Bill Hirschman"

Sacrilegious And Sweet, The Book Of Mormon Is Both Hilarious And Profane by Bill Hirschman

Hallelujah, children! We are delivered from the bondage of political correctness, the oppression of reactionary repression and the tyranny of the status quo. Raise up your voice and praise t…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 2:21pm on November 27, 2013

GableStage Tries Funding McCraney's Shakespeare Through Cyberspace by Bill Hirschman

GableStage is raising money for its January production of Antony and Cleopatra with online crowdsourcing. It seeks $55,000 in pledges through Dec. 21 through Kickstarter.com.

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 4:29pm on November 26, 2013

Photos From Tarell McCraney's Antony And Cleopatra by Bill Hirschman

These photos were taken of the world premiere of Tarell Alvin McCraney's new take on Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra which premiered this week at the Royal Shakespeare Company's Swan Thea…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 4:25pm on November 26, 2013

The Gleefully Irreverent Romp The Book Of Mormon Opens This Week At Broward Center by Bill Hirschman

Aggressively, gleefully and literally irreverent, with the most profane lyric about the Almighty ever heard in a Broadway musical, The Book of Mormon is the most improbable smash since a pre…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 6:57am on November 25, 2013

My Name Is Asher Lev Is Compelling Work Of Art by Bill Hirschman

Like walking toward a great work of art at the end of a hallway, the magnificence of GableStage's production of My Name Is Asher Lev grows slowly as you approach it, as you spend time with i…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 1:26pm on November 24, 2013

The Last Night Of Ballyhoo Examines Prejudice Among Those Discriminated Against by Bill Hirschman

A solid cast molded by director Hugh M. Murphy adds Alfred Uhry's The Lasy Night of Ballyhoo to the quietly growing list of solid productions that Broward Stage Door has been accumulating i…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:46pm on November 21, 2013

Theatre League Announces Remy Award Recipients by Bill Hirschman

To showcase outstanding work related to local theater, the South Florida Theatre League is honoring five individuals and an organization with the Remy Award.

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:07am on November 19, 2013

New Theatre's My First, My Fist Is Sincere, Stylized Misfire by Bill Hirschman

New Theatre's world premiere of Megan Breen's examination of sexual repression and liberation, My First, My Fist, My Bleeding Seeded Spirit is a well-intentioned but overheated, self-indulg…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 1:49pm on November 17, 2013

Wick's White Christmas Melts The Snow Bank In Your Heart by Bill Hirschman

There's a warm and comforting triple promise in The Wick Theatre's pre-Thanksgiving production of the musical White Christmas. One is that the promise of the coming holiday season, a second …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 1:06pm on November 16, 2013

Margot Moreland & Oscar Cheda Are Playing Your Song In Boca by Bill Hirschman

Margot Moreland and Oscar Cheda's presence in Boca Raton Theatre Guild's production of They're Playing Our Song is, indeed, more than enough reason to see this tuneful but far from iconic 19…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:34pm on November 14, 2013

Alliance's Savage In Limbo Examines Everyday Lives Of Not-So-Quiet Desperation by Bill Hirschman

Inarticulate people hold forth in a bar in a torrent of existential philosophy and metaphorical verbiage in John Patrick Shanley's Savage In Limbo at the Alliance Theatre Lab. But if Shanley…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 9:38am on November 13, 2013

Plaza Theatre's Fingers and Toes Needs More Happy Feet by Bill Hirschman

There are bits and pieces to love in what Plaza Theatre is billing as a tap comedy musical, Fingers and Toes. But the musical suffers from a lack of identity. Is it a send-up of classic "le…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:35pm on November 11, 2013

Demos-Brown's Fear Up Harsh At Zoetic Is Explosive Inquiry Into Our Need For Heroes by Bill Hirschman

Christopher Demos-Brown's compelling word premiere Fear Up Harsh from Zoetic Stage is a mercilessly penetrating interrogation of how our need for heroes can trump the very values of truth, h…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 3:46pm on November 9, 2013

Mourning Becomes Electra Is Glorious Spectacle Of Raging Passions From Marvin Levy by Bill Hirschman

It's impossible to say whether Marvin David Levy's Mourning Becomes Electra is The Great American Opera that it has been touted to be, but it unquestionably is a glorious spectacle of raging…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 1:22pm on November 8, 2013

Back From Exile, Levy's Mourning Becomes Electra Finally Gets Local Bow At Florida Grand Opera by Bill Hirschman

Considering that some aficionados say Mourning Becomes Electra is one of the most thrilling operas ever written, Fort Lauderdale composer Marvin David Levy can be forgiven a bit of curmudgeo…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 8:39pm on November 5, 2013

Outre's Ambitious Vision Of Much Ado About Nothing Only Works Part Of The Time by Bill Hirschman

In keeping with Outré's commitment to go-big-or-go-home, its Much Ado About Nothing is a valiant effort that only works some of the time. There are low comedy laughs, but the intricate word…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 1:01pm on November 3, 2013

Arts Garage Hosts Premiere of Daniel Mate's Affecting "The Longing and the Short Of It" by Bill Hirschman

Daniel Maté holds up a mirror so we can examine ourselves in his new musical The Longing and The Short Of It at the Theatre at Arts Garage. But his vision has such incisive clarity that he …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 4:04pm on November 2, 2013

Maltz's Dial M For Murder Is Sturdy Piece Of 1950s Theater by Bill Hirschman

If you wonder what theater was like back when it was as popular as film and far more influential than the upstart television, you can see a prime example in the Maltz Jupiter Theatre's time …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 1:06pm on November 1, 2013

Photo Slideshow of Renovations at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre by Bill Hirschman

Photos of Thursday's ribbon cutting for the Maltz Jupiter Theatre's $2.5 million renovation plus photos of the new interior.

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 1:01pm on November 1, 2013

Stage Door's Sophisticated Ladies Revels In Stylishness by Bill Hirschman

Broward Stage Door's Sophisticated Ladies resurrects a vibrant echo of that class and panache in their entertaining revue of Duke Ellington's music. If the show doesn't quite sizzle and snap…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 9:57am on October 31, 2013

The D*Word From Creator Of Menopause The Musical Tries To Mine Similar Vein Of Sisterhood by Bill Hirschman

It's easy to be snarky about The D*Word this mélange of a Lifetime movie, Harlequin romance, Mamma Mia sing-along and the racy banter of Sex in the City. But if you can ignore feeling manip…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 7:10am on October 30, 2013

New Theatre Postpones "My First" A Week; Four Openings This Week; Six Next Week by Bill Hirschman

New Theatre is postponing opening night one week for its world premiere of Megan Breen's My First, My Fist, My Bleeding Seeded Spirit, moving from Nov. 8 to Nov. 15.

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 1:38pm on October 29, 2013

24-Hour Theatre Project Gets "Plenty Scary" For Halloween by Bill Hirschman

Time is not always kind to continuing enterprises like The Naked Stage's annual fundraiser The 24-Hour Theatre Project. But the seventh edition on Monday proved once again to be stronger and…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 1:01pm on October 29, 2013

Homophobia and Anti-Semitism Clash In Island City Stage's Triumphant The Timekeepers by Bill Hirschman

Director Michael Leeds and stars Michael McKeever and Mike Westrich triumph in Island City Stage's production of The Timekeepers by mostly navigating quietly and gingerly through the halting…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:38pm on October 27, 2013

Maltz Jupiter Theatre's Major Makeover Marks Next Stage by Bill Hirschman

When the finished $2.5 million project is unveiled at an open house Monday, the transmogrified Maltz Jupiter Theatre will serve as a valediction and validation of its decade growing from Bur…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 8:25am on October 26, 2013
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