Author Archives: Bill Hirschman

Latiné Theater Lab’s Last of the Red Hot Robots Is Immersive Comedy

The world premiere of Brian Harris’s comic Last of the Red Hot Robots, Latiné Theater Lab doubles down on their signature style. Billed once again as an immersive, multi-sensory experience, the production bombards the senses with flashing lights, blaring sound effects, and kaleidoscopic visuals.

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An Unusually Diverse Array of Carbonell Nominations: Full List

 Diversity in many forms – ethnicity, genres, performers, titles, geography, scope of performances values —  dominate the nominees in 20 competitive categories to bestowed in November at the 48th annual Carbonell Awards.

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2024-2025 Season’s Unique Silver Palm Awards Announced

The Silver Palm Awards for the 2004-2005 South Florida season have been announced. Envisioned as less structured program than the competitive Carbonell Awards, they honor outstanding contributions to the professional theater community.

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GableStage Receives Bill von Mauer Award

GableStage has been named the recipient of the Bill von Maurer Award “honoring a theater company that exemplifies excellence for the totality of its programming: productions educational outreach, developmental programs, and audiences served, “ the Carbonells Awards program announced.

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Dramaworks and GableStage Add New Executives

GableStage and Palm Beach Dramaworks are entering the new season with new executives added to the existing management.

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Harvey Burstein to Receive Howard Kleinberg Award

Harvey J. Burstein  and miamiartzine.com will receive the Carbonell’s Howard Kleinberg Award honoring an individual or organization for contributions to the health and development of the arts in South Florida.

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Theater’s Frank Wildhorn Moves Into Classical Music

Brad Hathaway, whose column Theater Shelf which we published here at Florida Theater On Stage reviewed theater-related books, videos and recordings. Now, it returns for one more tip for our readers — the symphonies of long-time theater composer Frank Wildhorn.

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For Better (But Not) Worse ‘At The Wedding’ on Island City

Anyone who has been invited to, and maybe even attended, the wedding of an ex-love knows how emotional and triggering the event might be. And therein is where the comedy lies in Island City Stage’s At The Wedding

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Beverly Blanchette Receives Carbonell’s Bill Hindman Award

Beverly Blanchette, a theater artist and educator who has helped shape the cultural fabric of south Florida for over four decades, will receive the Carbonell’s Bill Hindman Award honoring significant, long-term contributions to the region’s cultural life and onstage career achievement by performing artists based in South Florida.

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Alexa Kuve of Arca Images Receives Carbonell’s Ruth Foreman Award

Alexa Kuve, the actress, executive producer and artistic director of Arca Images will be the recipient of the Carbonell’s Ruth Foreman Award “recognizing contributions to South Florida theater development by an individual or group, for singular achievement and/or career contributions.”

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