Author Archives: Bill Hirschman
Mosaic Play Looks At Teen Violence In Premiere Of A Measure of Cruelty
To clarify misconceptions, the drama formerly entitled The Michael Brewer Project did not end up being specifically about Michael Brewer. A Measure of Cruelty, having its world premiering at Mosaic Theatre on Thursday, only uses the burning of the Deerfield Beach teenager in 2009 as the inciting incident, said playwright Joe Calarco and director Richard Jay Simon.
Last Call Is Worth Dropping In For Before Closing Time
In Last Call, it’s the patrons who sit and listen to the bartender talk about her life. Turns out the bartender is more fascinating and better company than her customers ever could be. The world premiere of Terri Girvin’s funny and even touching tour through the interior life of someone people take for granted is a modest gem worthy of dropping in at faux tavern inside the tiny Empire Stage.
Plaza Theatre in Manalapan to Honor Caldwell Tickets
A second Palm Beach County theater will honor tickets to its own shows in exchange for tickets to the Caldwell Theater Company’s last show of the season which was cancelled last week. The Plaza Theatre, a new company that opened in the former home of Florida Stage in Manalapan, will redeem tickets from the Caldwell’s Our Lady of Allapattah show with admission to its current production of Music! Music! Music!
Rush Into The Woods To See Slow Burn Theatre Company
Slow Burn Theatre Company’s current production of Into The Woods is a solidly delightful and enthralling evening that should not be missed by lovers of musical theater in the region – and that includes people in Miami-Dade loathe to travel to the wilds of western Boca Raton.
Andrews’ Avenue Q Badly Flawed But Material Still Funny
Just how strong are the songs and jokes in the Tony-winning musical Avenue Q? So sturdy that even with shaky voices, so-so acting and laugh-killing scenery changes, the enthusiastic and earnest cast at Andrews Living Arts Studio nearly pulled off the sassy satire of urban life. Nearly.
Caldwell Cancels Last Show; “Every Option Is On The Table” For Future
The Caldwell Theatre Company, the region’s second oldest professional theater still in operation, has cancelled its last show of the season and is considering every possible scenario for its future, its artistic director announced early Wednesday afternoon.“Every option is on the table,” said Artistic Director Clive Cholerton, who has been fighting for years to restore solvency to the Boca Raton theater.
Scaled Back South Pacific Is Still a Moving Classic At Broward Center
There’s a warm validation of our sensibilities in seeing a classic part of our culture fabric done right, really right.This second national tour of South Pacific at the Broward Center envelops the willing participant in a sense that when the American Musical Theater is at its best – intelligently executed, sensitively acted and lushly produced – that it takes a back seat to no other art form.
Breaking News: Caldwell Cancels Last Show; “Every Option Is On The Table” For Future
The Caldwell Theatre Company, the region’s second oldest professional theater still in operation, has cancelled its last show of the season and is considering every possible scenario for its future, its artistic director announced early Wednesday afternoon. “Every option is on the table,” said Artistic Director Clive Cholerton, who has been fighting for years to restore solvency to the Boca Raton theater.
Asked whether that included closing the theater in its 37th season, Cholerton said he would not enumerate the possibilities, only repeated, “Every option is on the table.” Also still being considered is filing in federal court for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection that would allow continued operations while debts are restructured.
On the Boards Podcasts: Slow Burn’s Fitzwater and Korinko
We initiate a new feature this week: A series of podcasts interviews produced by Arts Radio Network featuring Florida Theater On Stage’s Bill Hirschman interviewing region theater figures in Palm Beach County. While some interviews are tied to upcoming or current projects, each tries to dig deeper into the rich South Florida theater scene. The production is engineered by Arts Radio co-founder John C. Watts. It is also available at http://artsradionetwork.com/
Dramaworks’ Master Harold Remains Incisive Look at Racism
The obscenity that was racism in South Africa in the mid 20th Century depicted in Master Harold…and the boys may be less virulent today, but Athol Fugard’s 1982 play at Palm Beach Dramaworks remains a gut punch of theater because the poison so clearly persists around us all with a dispiriting universality.
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