Author Archives: Bill Hirschman
Our Fund To Receive Carbonell’s Vinnette Carroll Award
The Our Fund Foundation, an LGBTQ-based group, has been named the recipient of the Carbonell Awards’ Vinnette Carroll Award for “outstanding achievement in advancing diversity, equality and inclusion in South Florida theater.”
Brévo Theater To Receive Carbonell’s Jan McArt Award
Brévo Theatre, the black-centric company which scored a major success this season with the musical The Color Purple, has been named the second recipient of the Carbonell Awards’ Jan McArt Award honoring” Outstanding Achievement by a Small Theater.”
‘The Shark Is Broken’ Is Part Comedy, Part Musing Set During The Making Of Jaws
The title of Actors Playhouse’s The Shark Is Broken comes from a recreation of the making of Jaws in a sometimes broadly comic, sometimes dryly witty, sometimes rue-tinged exploration of fame, fathers and film seen from the three lead actors waiting for filming to continue.
Ali Tallman Receives Inaugural Christine Dolen Carbonell Award
Ali Tallman, resident dramaturg at GableStage, has been named the first recipient of the Carbonell Awards’ Christine Dolen Award honoring the outstanding debut of a Carbonell-eligible performer, playwright, producer, director or designer.
My Book Report: Bill Reviews 7 Theater-Related Tomes Including New Sondheim Bio
Florida Theater On Stage’s summer reading list worth for a few evenings encompasses three looks at Sondheim including a fresh off the press biography. Plus we dissect a detailed look at Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf’s evolution from play to film, plus a newly prefaced edition of Raisin in the Sun with post-script analysis,.
‘Burst’ Explodes As Integrity And Ambition Collide at New City Players Season Closer
Fury, frustration, deception, integrity, ambition and amorality combine and collide in a super-charged spiral downward that cements a cuttingly wry satire liberally seasoned with chuckles and giggles in New City Players’ all-too-well-titled Burst.
Our Look Behind The Curtain Going Up Next Season — Plus List Of Full Titles And Dates
By Bill Hirschman and Britin Haller Once again, the coming season of South Florida theater proves that in terms of artistic ambition – not to mention potential entertainment – the quality of local companies equals that of a majority of …
Coming Comedy-Thriller Burst Aims At Corporate Issues Of Integrity, Responsibility
Rachel Bublitz likes to describe her play, Burst, as a “bullet train… a powerhouse barreling ahead at tremendous speed not noticing if it’s going to crash.” Yet the dark comedy’s central character is intent not on destruction but on saving the world. An inside look at the play opening July 11 at New City Players.
Larsen’s Fall Well Satirizes Falwell Jr, Wife & The Pool Boy
Jerry Falwell Jr. and his wife, Becki, take a tumble in Ronnie Larsen’s new play Fall Well at The Foundry in Wilton Manors. But before their downfall they revel in frolicking with their toothsome, much younger Cuban boy toy Giancarlo.
Todo Lo Que No Dije From Miami New Drama Is Magical.
Todo Lo Que No Dije, having its world premiere from Miami New Drama, is a triumph. Harley Elias’ Spanish language play with live English translation is whimsical, poignant, and magical. It is clever, delightful, and magical.
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