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I Love a Piano at the Wick Theatre

By Jan Sjostrom They really ought to have a starting gun to fire off I Love a Piano.  The song-and-dance tribute to Irving Berlin that opens the season at the at The Wick Theatre in Boca Raton races through about …

Posted on October 28, 2023 by Bill Hirschman
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Twelve Angry Men judging  at PPTOPA

By Aaron Krause Few plays are as riveting as Reginald Rose’s tense classic drama, Twelve Angry Men. In it, the stakes are sky-high as 12 people must decide whether a stranger lives or dies. Late last year, South Florida theater …

Posted on October 25, 2023 by Bill Hirschman
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Lobby Hero opens at Palm Beach Dramaworks

By Jan Sjostrom You might be hard-pressed to identify the hero in Lobby Hero, the 2023-2024 season opener at Palm Beach Dramaworks in West Palm Beach. None of the show’s four characters qualifies for Superman’s cape. What Kenneth Lonergen’s chatty …

Posted on October 20, 2023 by Bill Hirschman
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Don’t Wait Until Tomorrow To See Annie at Broward Center

    By Oline H. Cogdill Theater is timeless, ever evolving, ever expanding. Themes that playwrights explored a thousand years ago are—with a bit of updating—still relevant. There’s a reason why audiences never tire of Shakespeare as producers find fresh …

Posted on October 12, 2023 by Bill Hirschman
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Carbonell Awards Announces Honorees of Six Special Awards 2023

      So many people contribute their talents to making South Florida theater soar—directors, actors, technical experts, support staff, playwrights—the list is endless. But also many people and organizations work behind the scenes, offering support in a different way. …

Posted on October 6, 2023 by Bill Hirschman
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How I Learned What I Learned opens GableStage’s 25th season

  By Oline H. Cogdill August Wilson was one of the most insightful—if not THE most insightful—chronicler of Black life in America. He found the music in the language of ordinary people, the poetry in the minutiae of daily life. …

Posted on October 2, 2023 by Bill Hirschman
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Carbonell Awards Announce 120 Nominations for 2022-2023 Season Zoetic Stage Tops List with 20 Nominations, Maltz Jupiter Theatre Earns 19, GableStage Garners 18

        South Florida’s 2022-2023 theater season has been another terrific season. That excellence is shown in the nominations for the annual Carbonell Awards, as well as the Silver Palms Awards honorees announced a couple of days ago. …

Posted on September 29, 2023 by Bill Hirschman
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Clark Gable Slept Here at The Foundry in Wilton Manors

      By Aaron Krause Picture yourself almost continuously laughing while maintaining an iron grip on the novel you are reading. Your eyes have remained wide open for so long that your eyelids feel heavy. But you force them …

Posted on September 27, 2023 by Bill Hirschman
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2023 Silver Palms Announce Honorees

South Florida continues to have stellar theater in the tri-county area. That level of excellence is reinforced by the list of Silver Palm honorees. The Silver Palm honorees will be recognized when the awards return to The Addison of Boca …

Posted on September 25, 2023 by Bill Hirschman
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The Many Wondrous Realities of Jasmine Starr-Kidd at Theatre Lab

By Jan Sjostrom Jasmine Starr-Kidd is having a tough time dealing with her parents’ divorce. In that she’s much like many other 12-year-olds today. But Jasmine has a fix. A science prodigy Jasmine builds a time-travel machine designed to let …

Posted on September 18, 2023 by Bill Hirschman
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