Author Archives: Bill Hirschman
Heart and Humor Melt Pompano Players’ Steel Magnolias
Pompano Players’ Steel Magnolias captures all the heart and humor that made this story a classic with a strong ensemble, deft direction, and performances that spark both hearty laughter and heartfelt tears.
Seatbelts Advised For Theatre Lab’s Roller Coaster Ride in The City in the City in the City
Theater Lab ‘s world premiere of Matthew Capodicasa’s kaleidoscopic, fantastical The City in the City in the City is a roller coaster ride, full of twists, turns, blind corners and about-faces. To keep up you’ll have to glue your eyes to the stage for a gripping 100 minutes.
Zoetic Stage’s The Mother Is Psychological Dark Comedy
Zoetic Stage’s season has opened with a tantalizing, psychological, playful dark comedy that has the audience second-guessing, laughing, and gasping in surprise. The Mother is described by the playwright as a black farce.
Theatrical Artistry Catapults Maltz’s Breathtaking Misery
The acting is fine and the direction brilliant in Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s recreation of Stephen King’s classic Misery, but what ultimately catapults this stage version to a breathtaking production is the remarkable cohesion of its design team.
Carbonells Offer Watch Party Option to Now SOLD OUT Gala
The 48th annual Carbonell Awards, dealing with a sold out main auditorium has created a ticketed Carbonell Watch Party and After Show Party television feed to a Livestream Lounge at FAU where the on-stage event will occur.
Dramaworks Takes Us To The Mountaintop With Dr. King
Death, race and dreams intersect in Palm Beach Dramaworks’ stirring, powerful The Mountaintop. This profound drama leavened with a bit of humor imagines the night Martin Luther King Jr. spent in the Lorraine Motel where he was assassinated the next evening.
Just In Time: Little Shop of Horrors at Riverside Theatre
Just in time for Halloween, Riverside Theatre’s production of Little Shop of Horrors in Vero Beach is a treat.
Vivid Life Of Pi Captures Imagination At Broward Center
There are moments in Life of Pi during which the realistically-looking, ferocious-sounding, life-sized Bengal tiger may prompt audience members to grab their arm rests or companions or gasp in this play about a teenager and a tiger adrift in the ocean. Superb stagecraft, superior production values envelop the audience
‘Lizzie’ (Borden) , A Killer Musical, At Thinking Cap Theatre
Thinking Cap Theatre presents Lizzie, a gothic rock musical based on the infamous 1892 double homicide This edgy production reimagines Lizzie Borden, Told through dreamlike projections, sensual choreography, and a blistering punk-rock score, the show immerses us in the pressure cooker of secrets, repression, and rage that leads to bloodshed—and Lizzie’s haunting acquittal.
The Fantasticks is Simple, but Perfect at the Wick Theatre
The nearly indestructible The Fantasticks gets a run at The Wick Theatre with its own perspective in a clever version sure to captivate even the harshest cynic.
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