2,670 stories by "Bill Hirschman"
Tamarac Theatre of the Performing Arts will shut down, at least temporarily, after the end of its current show June 30 because its landlord is evicting the company after 13 years, said Gener…
If, as La Cage aux Folles' Zaza suggests looking at life from a different angle, The Women's Theatre Project's annual Girl Play series of staged readings June 21-23 examines life from yet an…
Members of the South Florida Theatre League are donating pairs of tickets in a revival of the Free Night of Theater lottery program this summer that encourages people to investigate theaters…
By Bill Hirschman Sometimes for actors, especially playing comedy, the only option is to jump off the cliff and see if you can fly. The miracle is that sometimes, as in City Theatre's Summer…
Imagine you're Ken Clement in City Theatre's Summer Shorts opening this week. One minute he's a dolphin, a few minutes later he;s Dracula and still later he has to find his inner Mothra. Per…
Acknowledge that Broward Stage Door's revival of Neil Simon's thirty-year-old warhorse Brighton Beach Memories is uneven and stumbles. Then acknowledge, at least this critic will, that Stage…
If this seems to be a summer jammed with play readings across the region (at least 18 set so far and we have more to announce over the next few days), musical theater fans will be penciling …
Get an early look-and-listen to works in progress by local playwrights every Monday night for 18 weeks beginning June 3 at theater across four counties through the South Florida Theatre Leag…
Forbidden Fruit Lynn University's fledgling theater program stays active during the sultry months thanks to the leadership of Jan McArt, its director of theatre arts program development. I's…
Actor, playwright, designer, dancer, choreographer, artistic director of New Theatre and probably a few other job descriptions we've left out, Ricky J. Martinez is one of the most hyphenate …
Outré Theatre Company has mounted a smooth and solid production of Jonathan Larson's other produced work, the semi-autobiographical rock musical tick, tick…BOOM! Built around an impassion…
Amid blockbuster musicals and dysfunctional family dramas, one of the disappearing genres of theater and much of art is the slow, sweet sad song. And as Palm Beach Dramaworks' slow, sweet sa…
Thinking Cap Theatre's production of Nick Hadikwa Mwaluko's Waafrika is a deeply earnest and illuminating if imperfect examination of the tragic toxicity of tradition. But even Waafrika's fl…
Theater students from 14 public and private high schools in Broward and Palm Beach counties received Cappies awards Tuesday, recognizing excellence in both productions and theater criticism …
Sex, despite the title at GableStage, and despite the plot, is not what Cock is about. And guess what? It's sexy. It's very sexy. But this is a story about love, labels and the pressure …
White Rose Miami, the tiny ad hoc drama troupe known for its varied venues including someone's backyard, is taking another show on the road around Miami-Dade County May 17-June 2 with the h…
The latest podcast entry is Bill Hirschman's interview with Alan Jacobson, founder and artistic director of the Plaza Theatre in Manalapan, about opening, and maintaining, a successful arts …
Theater students from 23 public, private and charter schools throughout Broward and Palm Beach counties will vie for top honors in the 11th Annual Cappies Awards Gala at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May …
2012-2013 CAPPIES NOMINEES BY SCHOOL Archbishop McCarthy High School (Nine nominations for Bus Stop) Best Play Lead Actor in a Play: Eric Maltz Lead Actress in a Play: Emilie Colon Supportin…
The Fox on the Fairway, plays more like a 1970s sitcom. When any one of the comedy's exaggerated characters comes bursting through the door (and this happens more than a few times), you expe…
While the actual production of Ann at Lincoln Center has a few shortcomings, you yearned to toss back a few with former Texas Governor Ann Richards and kick around how to save the country.
The Wick Theatre, currently renovating and refurbishing the former Caldwell Theatre toward a fall opening, will sell off hundreds of Caldwell items from 9.m. to 4 p.m. Friday through Sunday,…
Say what you will about the joys and shortcomings of Memphis the Musical -- starting with exuberant performances and unimpressive lyrics "it has one of the most infallibly infectious finales.
Sing A Song of Sondheim Veteran leading man Wayne LeGette and Mia Mathews, his co-star in The Plaza Theatre's recent production of Chapter Two, will perform a revue of show tunes by Stephen …
War Horse is cherished by many of us who saw it at Lincoln Center as one
of the most brilliantly executed pieces of theater we have seen. Certainly, audiences continue to be thrilled by the…
