Author Archives: Bill Hirschman
Island City Stage’s ‘Joan Crawford’ Cranks Up The Camp
Island City Stage gives the first full performance of Michael Leeds’ Who Killed Joan Crawford, a comedy mystery about male friends invited to a birthday party dressed as Crawford characters.
Break out the martinis. It isn’t perfect, but it’s still a helluva lot of fun
Haunting Jewish-Cuban ‘The Golem Of Havana’ Explores Cross Cultural Tragedies
Miami New Drama’s musical The Golem of Havana melds warm comedy and profound tragedy in an intriguing, sometimes moving, often thought-provoking evening. It encompasses the Holocaust, the Castro revolution, a hymn to a Yoruban deity, and Old World klezmer music pivoting instantly into a hot salsa celebration.
Area Stage’s The Nether: Moral Implications Of Living Forever In An Internet Fantasy World
Area Stage Company delivers an unsettling, thought-provoking evening with its musings on the implication of an unbridled Internet of the future in The Nether.
Joyful Matt Loehr Leads A Winning “Will Rogers Follies”
The Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s pull-out-the-stops revival is about as lush and entertaining a rendition as anyone could hope for and benefits immeasurably from Matt Loehr in the title role.
Willow Theatre’s Jazz Singer Lacks Historical Perspective
The Jazz Singer: The Musical never really takes its audience back in time, but has a false feeling that we’re watching actors put on a play. But there are reasons this production at the Willow Theatre is an audience crowd pleaser: audience sing-a-longs of timeless standards and talented actors who give it their all.
Carbonell Nominations Reflect Epic And Intimate Productions
Three epic productions stretching the resources of their companies are among the musicals vying to collect the most gold in the 40th anniversary edition of the Carbonell Awards recognizing excellence in South Florida theater this spring. Conversely, the leading contenders for best play are intensely focused stories of passion in nominations announced Wednesday .
Complete List of Carbonell Awards Nominations For 2015
Complete list of nominations for the 2015 Carbonell Awards and county, theater and show breakdown analysis
Punchline’s #Unhappy Hour Is Intriguing Field Trip Into World Of South Florida Millennials
Because they write what they know, the five playwrights of Punchline Theatre Company’s #Unhappy Hour provide another peek into the evolving saga of Millennials in America in the 21st Century – South Florida Division. It’s an unusual imaginative slice-of-life that is engaging and illuminating despite that some facets work better than others.
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