Author Archives: Bill Hirschman

Coconut Grove Playhouse Reaches Crucial Stage Thursday

The resurrection of the Coconut Grove Playhouse is poised to take a major step forward Thursday afternoon, but precisely what that phoenix will look like when it rises is nearly guaranteed to remain blurry as different groups jockey for their vision to prevail in the long run.

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Bill Hirschman
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Tyrrell’s Arts Garage Takes Final Bow With Uncertain Terms

The key to enjoying world premieres like Uncertain Terms at The Theatre at Arts Garage is to understand that you are seeing a work in progress. So picking out what works and what doesn’t is part of the reason to look in on Allison Gregory’s flawed but droll exercise in quirky whimsy about an extended family laying conflicting claims to the same home.

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Bill Hirschman
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Breaking News: Louis Tyrrell Leaving Theatre At Arts Garage

Lou Tyrrell, founder of The Theater at Arts Garage in Delray Beach, will resign as its artistic director at the end of the run of its current show this month, which closes the company’s fourth season.

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Bill Hirschman
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Emotions, Not S & M Is The Real Attraction in Zoetic’s Trust

Even though chains hang from the rafters before Trust opens and the buzz will fixate on the S&M, sex is only the milieu for Zoetic Stage’s rollicking yet incisive study of how people’s need for dominance in a relationship is tied to their desperation to reaffirm their illusory self-worth.

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Bill Hirschman
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Wide Range In Broadway Across Miami Tour Series in 2015-2016

Flash, punk glam, rhythm & blues and about as traditional an offering as possible comprise the Broadway In Miami series next season.

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Bill Hirschman
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Alliance Bathes Frankie and Johnny In Quirky Moonlight

The Alliance Theatre paints a lovely, off-beat love affair between two wounded souls in Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Bill Hirschman
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Palm Beach Dramaworks To Buy Theater Outright On Monday

Palm Beach Dramaworks will purchase outright its new home in downtown West Palm Beach on Monday morning, several months earlier than planned, managing director Sue Ellen Beryl confirmed Thursday.

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Bill Hirschman
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Can You Spell Hilarious Or Poignant? Slow Burn’s Bee Can

Slow Burn Theatre Company gives the perennial favorite The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee as excellent a production as we’ve seen of it, hitting the perfect balance between the hilarious and poignant, marked with a child’s exuberance for living and an adult’s compassion for the angst over the process of losing innocence.

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Bill Hirschman
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Words Have Special Meaning In Guild’s Tuesdays With Morrie

Boca Raton Theatre Guild’s production of Tuesdays With Morrie has increasing resonance for Boomers caring for their parents.

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Bill Hirschman
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Minor Quibbles Aside, Success Still In The Cards For Gin Game

More so than the play’s sudden violence or its firecracker bursts of profanity, it’s The Gin Game’s references to nursing homes as God’s waiting rooms that stick with you in Evening Star’s production.

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Bill Hirschman
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