Author Archives: Bill Hirschman
Theater Shelf: Gift Guide To CDs & Books For Your Theater Junkie
Puzzled what to give that theater fan for the holidays. Check out Brad Hathaway’s suggestions. And of course, a season subscription is always welcome.
Hilarious, Profane Yet Oddly Reverent Book of Mormon Returns To Arsht And Kravis
Hallelujah, children! We are delivered from the bondage of political correctness, the oppression of reactionary repression and the tyranny of the status quo. Raise up your voice and praise the bringer of these blessings — the national tour of the Broadway musical, The Book of Mormon now at the Arsht Center and en route to the Kravis Center (where it is already sold out).
On The Road Again: Brian Stokes Mitchell & Other Bway Stars Visit South Florida For Concerts
When Brian Stokes Mitchell comes to the Broward Center with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra and his deep, lush baritone on Dec. 8, he will be among numerous stage stars swinging through South Florida this winter and spring to feed their aesthetic soul.
Original Review Of Carbonell-Winning Timekeepers Being Reprised Intact In Boca JCC
Timekeepers bowed at Island City Stage in October 2013. In April, the production won Carbonells for best play, best director, best actor Michael McKeever, best sound, best lighting and best set design. The production is being remounted with all the …
A Life In Theater, Next Stop Palm Beach For Estelle Parsons, Angelica Page, Tim Altmeyer
Estelle Parsons, Angelica Page, Tim Altmeyer, about to open in Israel Horovitz’s My Old Lady at Dramaworks, talk about the life of “a working actor.”
UPDATED: After Decades Singing Jerry Herman, Leslie Uggams Finally Plays Mame At The Wick
For someone who has been singing virtually the entire Jerry Herman songbook for decades, it’s ironic that only now is Leslie Uggams getting to play the title role of Mame in the musical bowing next week at The Wick Theatre.
Well-Acted If Flawed Look At Race In Gospel According To Jerry At New Theatre
Sometimes when the company is engaging, it doesn’t matter whether the journey itself is a little bumpy or overly-familiar. Such is the power of winning performances by Christina Alexander and John Manzelli under Stephen Neal’s direction in New Theatre’s production on The Gospel According To Jerry.
Strife Over Faith, Heritage Devastates A Family In GableStage’s Searing Bad Jews
As if it was even needed, molten lava in the guise of scalding verbal acrimony ravages the apartment where incendiary family strife already was poised to detonate into devastation in GableStage’s uproarious and upsetting Bad Jews.
The Phantom Rises Again In Retooled Edition, Still Lush And Lovely If Missing Something
For all the derision and adoration that the basic material has engendered over 28 years, the thoroughly-retooled The Phantom of the Opera gliding over a fog-shrouded lake into the Broward Center remains a sturdy craft buoyed by a soaring muscular score delivered by a talented crew.
Report From New York: Margulies Echoes Chekhov In Well-Built The Country House
Donald Margulies’ The Country House riffs on Chekhov’s The Seagull but stands as its own as a compassionately sad-funny portrait of an emotional landscape.
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