Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, is just an extravagant, downright silly and infectiously entertaining hoot, a gay fantasia " as in Disney's Fantasia " playing for only one week at the Arsht …
By Bill Hirschman The vast variety of theater so characteristic of South Florida's diverse arts scene was underscored Monday night as excellence was honored in at the 37th annual Carbonell A…
The complete list of the winners and nominees of the 2012-2013 Carbonell Awards honoring excellence in South Florida theater.
We will get a list of winners posted as soon as possible, probably about 11 p.m., followed by a full account of Theater Prom shortly after that. Thank you for your patience.
The word "hilarious" rarely applies to a bleak unblinking play about mortality, but Palm Beach Dramawork's superb production of Eugene Ionesco's Exit The King earns it, along with…
Broward-based Costume World plans to open a producing theater company along with its museum at the former Caldwell Theatre building in Boca Raton around September, CEO and President Marilynn…
By Bill Hirschman There's a moment in New Theatre's quirky and surprisingly pleasant production of Bird In The Hand that captures the offbeat vibe in this bittersweet comedic memoir about gr…
Road show producers have reconceived Frank Wildhorn's legitimate musical Jekyll & Hyde into an all out American Idol rock 'n'roll extravaganza complete with supposedly Edwardian charac…
South Florida theater lovers will have a rare chance to hear the wit and wisdom of one of America's greatest playwrights, Edward Albee, as part of Nova Southeastern University's free Disting…
Palm Beach Dramaworks' current Master Playwrights Series ends in April with an examination of playwright Wendy Wasserstein and a reading of her masterwork,The Heidi Chronicles. Since 2007, t…
The star did become ill at Actors' Playhouse's production of In The Heights and a substitute did go on Saturday night with only a few hours rehearsal, but the classic backstage story had sev…
The Carbonell Awards ceremony falls on April Fools' Day (restrain your quips), But that also means it's time for the annual grousing column about nominations.That said, I wish the judges ha…
Theater Shelf, a recurring feature, reviews recently-released books, CDs and DVDs of interest to theater lovers. Some are popular titles like a new Original Cast Recording, others are works …
Fela! is stunning in both senses of the adjective: exhilarating to the point of paralyzing the observer with elation and overwhelming to the point of numbing the observer. Powered " and we d…
GableStage's production of Amy Herzog's play 4000 Miles is a puzzle. We can tell you the intriguing premise, we can sketch out the plot, we can describe the engaging characters, we can prais…
Lungs at Arts Garage seems to be about a young couple debating whether to bring a baby into this perilous, even doomed world. But in the wake of plot twists, Duncan Macmillan's breathtaking …
New Theatre has announced its second entry in its Boomfrog Series of theater works with a bit of an edge and aimed at a younger, diverse audience: Bird in the Hand by Jorge Ignacio Cortiñ…
By Bill Hirschman Another option has emerged for the future of the Coconut Grove Playhouse — a partnership among Miami-Dade County, Florida International University and GableStage to o…
The initial production two years ago of Brothers Beckett, an insider's reportage on Millennial angst, was not an artist's sketch at the Alliance Theatre Lab. But its current revival feels fa…
But legendary Broadway composer/lyricist Jerry Herman has spent his life as an unapologetic champion of leaving audiences after two hours feeling diverted. So diverting is the right word for…
This observer had trouble sussing out the cerebral depths that playwright Annie Baker intended in her quite funny meditation Body Awareness at the Island City Stage/Empire Stage production. …
It's been a long, long time since a locally-produced musical has thrust inside an audience's collective chest to touch its heart like Actors' Playhouse's triumphant production of In The Heig…
Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle theatre has announced four of the six shows for the 2013-2014 coming season in Coral Gables.
By Bill Hirschman Often, a review starts with a recapitulation of the momentous issues raised by the opus and perhaps giving a nod to its social and artistic context. Not this time. Tragedy …
Quick Hits Two one-actor shows have been added to this month's calendar in the last few days, one about noted Floridian Zora Neale Hurston and the other about Nazi hunter Simon Weisenthal. K…