2,670 stories by "Bill Hirschman"
With hardbodies gyrating in knife-sharp choreography to infectious music, Flashdance The Musical is a happy surprise in which undeniable skill, energy and talent trump material about as subt…
Nancy Barnett, former managing director of Florida Stage which focused on mounting new plays, has been named executive director of the National New Play Network, a leading champion in develo…
A muted clarinet makes beautiful music, but sometimes what's called for is the blare of a clarion trumpet and the insolent snap of a snare drum. That's the problem facing the almost but neve…
If you ever wanted to see local theater actors up close, out of stage makeup and dressed to the nines, tens and several other figures, tickets are now on sale to the 37th annual Carbonell Aw…
The proof that Stefanie Powers' reincarnation of Tallulah Bankhead had thoroughly seduced the audience at the revival of Looped was not the waves of laughter at how adroitly she tossed off p…
This Broadway Across America edition of Les Miserables is not some cynical attempt to wring just one more quart of milk from the cash cow. Instead, this is a legitimate revival in the deepes…
AAPACT'S ambitious The Amen Corner is earnest and heartfelt although most of the time, the characters and their tragic spiral simply don't feel genuine or organic. But every 20 minutes or so…
The Maltz Jupiter Theatre plans a massive $2.5 million renovation that will include adding VIP seating, building a more elaborate lobby with 12-foot ceilings, expanding the building itself t…
There's certainly an appetite for WaistWatchers: The Musical " a show for the ladies who lunch as a girl's day (or night) out, which would account for one-quarter of Sunday's audience being …
Stephanie Powers is stepping in as the emergency replacement for the lead part in a play in which she has 80 percent of the lines, doing it with less than two weeks' rehearsal, and re-creat…
About a week and a half is left to apply for the Knight Arts Challenge, which awards major grants for "cultural projects that engage and enrich Greater Miami," meaning Miami-Dade, Broward, P…
The psychological thriller I Know What I Am and I Am Not What You Call Me will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Adrienne Arsht Peacock Education Center, 1300 Biscayne Boulevard, i…
Anyone who thinks South Florida theater is a staid traditional art form aimed solely at senior citizens will have their expectations exploded and their definitions rewritten next week with t…
It's rare that Florida theaters extend their shows, particularly since most have another production  cued up and ready to open. But overwhelming demand has prompted two extensions. Palm B…
Karen Stephens' ability to submerge herself in disparate characters was highlighted in her stunning tour de force playing 14 characters in 90 minutes in Sarah Jones' Bridge & Tunnel whi…
Once, the dark horse that won the best musical Tony Award last Spring, will make its South Florida bow a year from now as one of the notable national tours appearing in the 2013-14 Broadway …
There's more to Thinking Cap Theatre's inventive The Rover than staging a 300-year-old play with oomph enough to keep a 21st century audience interested. What director Nicole Stodard (who is…
The Delray City Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to postpone selling the Arts Garage's home base for two months, giving the venue a reprieve from relocating or even closing. Faced with a…
Admit up front that the world premiere of Christina Alexander's one-woman show Hate! An American Love Story is a tad unfocused, undisciplined, even sloppy theater. Then acknowledge that it's…
The Book of Mormon, Broadway's biggest hit musical since The Producers, is the headlining entry in the 2013-2014 season of national tours announced Sunday by Broadway Across America " Fort L…
You don't have to be a musicologist or opera aficionado to recognize the stunning meld of emotion and technique in the artistry of Rachele Gilmore's performance of the title role in Florida …
The Maltz Jupiter Theatre production under J. Barry Lewis' direction merits being seen for three finely-crafted performances by Maureen Anderman, Jim Ballard and Julie Kleiner, plus an outst…
By Bill Hirschman It's been a season of struggles between faith and reason, intellect and romanticism, science and religion in South Florida theater: Amadeus at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Th…
Audiences members should leave the Maltz Jupiter Theatre's production of Doubt: A Parable arguing whether Father Flynn did or didn't abuse a child, and some will be unable to make up their …
The Maltz Jupiter Theatre, with its reputation as a quintessential mainstream house, will mix up its 2013-2014 season with titles dating back decades and the hottest play on Broadway last ye…
