Author Archives: Bill Hirschman
Complete List Of Carbonell Awards 2016 And Statistics
All the winners, nominees and statistics for the 41st anniversary Carbonell Awards presented Monday.
Whatever It Means, Zoetic Stage Delivers Bravura Edition Of Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker
Zoetic Stage’s brilliantly-executed bravura production of Harold Pinter’s 1960 The Caretaker may be as baffling as Waiting For Godot. But every element of this comic drama is superb from acting that embraces Pinter’s notorious silences to the fluid staging to the evocative set design to the transcendent lighting.
Thinking Cap’s Grounded Soars With Not-To-Be Missed Effort
Niki Fridh gives a tour de force performance under Nicole Stodard’s direction in Grounded at Thinking Cap Theatre
Dry Powder Paints Merciless Portrait Of The Conscienceless
Dry Powder, GableStage’s excoriating tour that delves into the barren ethical landscape of big business is an unsparing drama whose copious humor comes from one character’s blithely limitless ability to do anything to maximize the bottom line with absolutely no concern for the human cost of her proposals.
Timely ‘All The Way’ Exposes How Your Sausage Is Made
Although the Actors’ Playhouse folks are working very hard to master this Everest of a play, All The Way, about Lyndon Johnson’s campaign to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964, this time they have barely fought the work to a standstill.
Everything’s Coming Up Roses With Lewis & Dodge In Gypsy
Merman. Lupone. Daly. Lansbury. Taking not a scintilla away from those iconic performances, you have never seen a Mama Rose like the one Vicki Lewis incarnates in Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s unique but masterful take on Gypsy.
Something Rotten Is A Hoot For Theater Nerds & Novices Alike
If there is a corner of Heaven reserved for musical theater nerds who know Stephen Sondheim’s middle name, likely one stage is rotating The Drowsy Chaperone, [title of show] and, as proven by the Broadway Across America national tour now at the Broward Center, Something Rotten.
Miami New Drama’s Inventive A Special Day Finds Whimsy, Melancholy In Fascism’s Rise
Once it gets going, Miami New Drama’s A Special Day, is a hallmark of wily invention and Brechtian artifice, a celebration of theater’s ability to create something from nothing in front of our eyes.
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