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News Roundup: Dramaworks, Jan McArt / Lois Pope, Wick, Playgroup LLC, Slow Burn

Lots of news about Palm Beach Dramaworks’ new play festival, Lois Pope teams up with Jan McArt, Playgroup LLC to close, fundraisers for Slow Burn, GableStage and Insight for the Blind

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Bill Hirschman
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Theater Cues & News: Matilda Jr., New City Reading, A New Patsy, Moving Measure, Theatre Lab Experiments, Traffic Woes

News of Broward Center & local students create Matilda Jr., New City Players seeks feedback on new play, Wick extends and gets new Patsy Cline, TCG brings 1,000 artists to Miami, Measure for Measure gets new home, Theatre Lab to have longer runs

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Bill Hirschman
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Thought-Provoking Doll’s House Part 2 Examines Marriage

There was no standing ovation for A Doll’s House Part 2 at Maltz Jupiter Theatre from an audience which had stood for Mamma Mia! It’s not that the incisive production didn’t deserve accolades; likely the merciless dissection of the institution of marriage resonated too close to home for many to avoid thought-provoking self-examination.

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Bill Hirschman
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Lofi Hirschman Obituary

“Lofi” Hirschman, who molded thousands of girls and young women through Girl Scouting over 80 years and who helped establish special education programs benefiting tens of thousands more children, died of cancer Friday at the age of 91 in Chapel …

Posted on January 11, 2019 by Bill Hirschman
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Palm Beach Dramaworks And Theatre Lab To Host New Play Festivals On The Same Weekend

South Florida will reinforce its commitment to new play development in January with two simultaneous new play reading festivals at Palm Beach Dramaworks and FAU Theatre Lab during the first weekend of the year.

Posted on December 28, 2018 by Bill Hirschman
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In-Depth: State Cuts Will Affect What You See On Stage; Theaters Pledge To Fight Back

Some South Florida theaters are scrapping some of what they plan to put on stage this season or next. Some are leaving support positions unfilled. Some plan smaller cast shows. Some have sidelined plans for growth. Theaters are scrambling to cope with an unexpected 90 percent slash in state funding. But theater champions vow to fight back by organizing patrons and leading citizens to influence lawmakers.

Posted on October 7, 2018 by Bill Hirschman
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Lightning Bolt Returns Again To Little Shop & Audrey II Too

Lightning Bolt Productions,’ Little Shop of Horrors delivers yet another merry recreation of one of the most amusing small musicals in the canon: an intentionally silly, unapologetically unsubtle hoot. If you haven’t seen in it in a while or, hard to believe, haven’t seen it at all, Lightning Bolt’s ebullient edition is a perfect reason to visit or re-visit Skid Row.

Posted on October 7, 2018 by Bill Hirschman
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MNM Recalls The Music In My Way, A Tribute To Frank Sinatra

Instead of attempting the impossible task for imitating Ol’ Blue Eyes, MNM Theatre Company’s My Way, A Tribute to Frank Sinatra, is a solid, polished, thoroughly entertaining stroll through 58, yes 58, of the songs closely associated with his career

Posted on September 29, 2018 by Bill Hirschman
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New Plays At Dramaworks, Danis Stays At FGO, Space Now Wilton Theater Factory

News About Dramaworks’ January festival of readings of works in development, Susan Danis stays at Florida Grand Opera, Infinite Abyss and Island City Stage rename their home Wilton Theater Factory

Posted on September 25, 2018 by Bill Hirschman
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FGO’s Gloriously Romantic Florencia en el Amazonas (Plus A Little Bit Of Magical Realism)

Even more unflinchingly romantic than those starving Bohemians in the garret or those Egyptians being buried alive, the unalloyed passion coursing through Daniel Catan’s Florencia en el Amazonas in its first production at Florida Grand Opera is a pungent pleasure.

Posted on April 29, 2018 by Bill Hirschman
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