Author Archives: Bill Hirschman
Maltz’s Reimagined Billy Elliot Flies Like The Spirit Of Its Hero
The Maltz Jupiter Theatre has successfully re-imagined Billy Eliot the Musical into winning edition that is more effective than the national company that toured South Florida a few seasons back.
Report From New York: Yeah, Hamilton Is The Game Changer
From the defiant, fierce and joyful opening phrases about a bastard immigrant destined to become “a hero and a scholar,” Hamilton proves itself an electrifying game changer in the world of musical theater – and then continues to do it for another 2 hours and 45 minutes.
StageBill’s Blog: Time To Crack Down On Audience Misbehavior
It is long past time for theaters and theater patrons to come down hard on audience members who text, talk incessantly, photograph set designs, video production numbers, check messages from their daughter-in-law, unwrap candy and Christmas presents, eat entire Kentucky Fried Chicken dinners, change babies, sing along off key and other thoughtless, self-centered and disruptive behavior during a production
Our Holiday Gift List For The Theater Buff In The House
Theater buffs are the easiest people to shop for on your holiday list, as our Brad Hathaway proves in his annual roundup.
Ann Marie Olson’s Performance Rescues Stage Door’s ‘Gypsy’
Any production of Gypsy that spotlights Ann Marie Olson’s golden voice can be forgiven nearly anything. But otherwise, much of this production is as thin as the tinny tracks and high school quality scenery, and sits there as unenthusing as Electra’s intentionally lackluster bump-and-grind.
Report From New York: Revival Of Shepard’s Fool For Love Is Tightly-Coiled Intimate Evening
A low-rent motel room on the edge of the Mojave Desert has never been more claustrophobic—nor more intense—than the shabby one in which three people collide against each other in Sam Shepard’s 1983 Fool for Love, getting a superb revival by the Manhattan Theatre Club at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.
SoFla Theatre League Announces Remy Award Recipients At Dec. 7 Gala
Nine people who have changed the face of South Florida culture will receive the South Florida Theatre League’s Remy Awards at the League’s annual holiday celebration on December 7 in Fort Lauderdale – the same event during which the Silver …
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