Author Archives: Bill Hirschman
Dramaworks’ Hayes & Beryl To Receive Carbonell’s Highest George Abbott Award
The Carbonell Awards recognizing excellence will bestow its highest honor, the George Abbott Outstanding Achievement in the Arts, to two of the founders of Palm Beach Dramaworks, married couple William Hayes and Sue Ellen Beryl.
Scores of Theater and Journalism Students Reap Cappies Awards
Hundreds upon hundreds of students from Broward and Palm Beach counties cheered loudly enough to rattle the auditorium May 20 at the 23rd awards gala recognizing achievements in theater and journalism by their classmates from 28 public and private schools in the South Florida Cappies program.
Society’s Failure To Help Impaired Children Is At Heart Of Dangerous Instruments
Pain, despair and desperation deepen in a swirling descent into a dread-encrusted darkness in the premiere of Gina Montét’s Dangerous Instruments at Palm Beach Dramaworks.
Clearly, not a spring lark musical; instead, a grueling message drama with gallows wit that should be performed throughout the country.
The New Latine Theater Lab To Bow In May With Fornes’ Mud
Alex Gonzalez is “thrilled to be back where I belong – creating art and building something meaningful through theater, specifically, building Latiné Theater Lab, one of South Florida’s newest non-profit, professional theater companies.
Fat Ham Redux Amped Up In GableStage’s Turn With BBQ Alongside Will Shakespeare
Island City Stage’s production of Fat Ham last month was funny, topical, engaging. But in its co-production at GableStage this weekend, four weekends of performances and two subsequent weeks of fine-tuning have generated a significantly amped up edition that vibrates with dynamic energy.
Truth Does Not Stop In Actors’ Playhouse’s The Girl on the Train
Actors’ Playhouse’s thrilling theater version of The Girl on the Train — bringing voyeurism to a new level — has a history, .
Varied ‘Truths’ Clash in Zoetic Stage’s The Comeuppance
Time, carrying the inevitability of mortality and exposing complex truths about our past, is the central vendor of the title in Zoetic Stage’s overwhelming drama The Comeuppance about a high school reunion comparing the present with the past that forged it.
WWII’s Music & Words Performing at Soundscape Park
The challenge and courage of World War II – delivered through music and imagery of the era – provide the center of a one-night special event in Miami Beach on Saturday – The Eyes of the World: From D-Day to VE Day.
“The Soundtrack of Your Life” with My Way at the Wick Theatre
During My Way at the Wick,, a singer says it’s the “soundtrack of your life.” She’s right, because this Frank Sinatra tribute is full of music enjoyed on romantic dates, at weddings, and maybe even at funerals. But a line about doing the entire canon over 8 days sometimes feels that way.
You’ll Fall in Love With ‘Sweet Charity’ at Gulfshore Playhouse
The men in Sweet Charity Hope Valentine’s life may not be smart enough to fall in love with her, but any audience member wise enough to see Gulfshore Playhouse’s production will fall instantly head over heels.
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