2,669 stories by "Bill Hirschman"
Fresh plays by four South Florida playwrights are showcased in a staged-reading format at a free event entitled "From Scratch" on Sunday in Miami.
Outré Theatre Company staged a concert version of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson this past weekend at Mizner Park to see whether the fledgling company could pull off the logistics and to ask …
GableStage's Sons of the Prophet is a comedy about suffering. It's a serio-comedy, to be sure, a wry compassionate look at the inescapable downside of being human. But humor drawn from the a…
To answer the question that most folks are wondering after The Wick Theatre's bow Friday night: Yes, there is a credible, substantial new player in town. The inaugural production of The Soun…
Photos by Amy Pasquantonio from The Wick Theatre's inaugural production of The Sound Of Music.
The Plaza's cabaret revue You Made Me Love You " a celebration of the music made popular by Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor and Fanny Brice " is comforting soul food for The Greatest Generation, del…
Today we start a new feature for the site called Other Voices. A community contains many different views and varying opinions. We want to bring some of them to you. Other Voices may spotligh…
Sheridan Votech educators in Broward and theater professionals in South Florida partnered to establish a relatively speedy training program for adult students interested in learning the rop…
To know whether you will want to see The Silence of the Clams, the supremely silly spoof at Empire Stage, all you need to know is the title refers not to seafood, but to oral sex on anatomy …
The Wick family doesn't want to exorcise the Caldwell Theatre; they want to embrace it " and its clientele. An open house Tuesday hosted about 200 former Caldwell patrons seeking a peek ahea…
Nine photos give a peek at what the new Wick Theatre looked like during its open house Tuesday / Staff photos by Bill Hirschman
Arts Radio Network kicked off its series of live radio play versions of iconic movies with a one-night production of A Star Is Born on Aug. 15 on the stage of the host, The Theatre at Arts G…
Galen Lambert and Charise Castro Smith, two performers with Miami backgrounds, are among the international cast and creative staff involved in Tarell Alvin McCraney's production of Shakespea…
The question nagging Kutumba Theatre Project's The Beebo Brinker Chronicles was what did it want to be? Farce? Drama? Satire? Soap opera? A lampoon of 1950's pulp novels? An homage to 1950's…
The tiny Thinking Cap Theatre, which built its reputation on experimental, provocative and socially-conscious work, plans to double its programming and staffing while retrofitting a new venu…
It's not the slamming doors, Marx Brothers chases or repartee that make Broward Stage Door's farce Moon Over Buffalo an enjoyable afternoon laughing at the foibles of vainglorious creatures…
Proud parents with youngsters who adore being in the spotlight often appreciate tips from others in the field. The Plaza Theatre, a non-profit performing arts venue east of the Lantana area,…
Encouraging trends emerge while poking among the entrails of the new season schedules for South Florida theater. Among them: an emphasis on new and newer works as producers and artistic dire…
o this is just a baker's dozen that I personally rate the most intriguing, promising or unarguably important opportunities to be entertained or moved in the coming 2013-2014 season. But no r…
Teenagers may hold the survival secrets for South Florida theaters to build a crucial new generation of patrons. Students say they seek theater that is relevant, affordable, accessible, less…
The Governor's cabinet gave crucial approval Tuesday to Miami-Dade County, Florida International University and GableStage partnering to reopen the historic Coconut Grove Playhouse as a prof…
Playwright Jessica Farr and director Paul Tei create a fever dream in Mad Cat Theatre Company's Blow Me, depicting a tragic death spiral, relieved by copious droll dancing-at-your-funeral ep…
The state will consider a crucial step in the push to reopen the Coconut Grove Playhouse as a professional theater and educational complex. The Governor's Cabinet has slated approval of a pa…
Palm Beach Dramaworks cancelled its Wednesday performance of the staged concert of Company to adjust to changes required when the New York licensing agent found that characters had been omit…
Shorts Gone Wild is pretty tame stuff for South Florida, but this outing of light comedies with a live-and-let-live LGBT message is more consistently entertaining than some of City Theatre's…
