Author Archives: Bill Hirschman
Gloucester Blue At Arts Garage Melds Sex, Murders, Laughs
Israel Horovitz’s Gloucester Blue, getting a gleefully mischievous world premiere at the Arts Garage, is a black comedy with all three Aristotelian verities – beer, blackmail and blood. The internationally honored playwright has penned an offbeat tale rooted in blue collar rage against the one-percenters as two workmen and two Brahmins interact in wildly varying ways that will leave dead bodies in their wake.
Plaza Theatre Adds New Shows & Holds Birthday Celebration
The fledgling Plaza Theatre began its existence relying on musical revues and cabaret shows, although it has recently added plays like Driving Miss Daisy, Luv and Chapter Two. Now, the company based in a Manalapan shopping center is adding more …
2013 Carbonell Nominations Honor New Companies And Theaters That Closed
The 2013 Carbonell Award nominations announced today mirror the changing face of South Florida theater. There are farewells for three companies that closed in 2012 and recognition of five troupes mounting their first works in 2012, plus community-by-community figures that presage shrinking theatrical options in Broward County.
Complete Carbonell Nominations And Statistics 2013
Best New Work (play or musical) Baby GirL, Kim Ehly, Kutumba Theatre Project A Measure of Cruelty, Joe Calarco, Mosaic Theatre Moscow, Michael McKeever, Zoetic Stage Off Center of Nowhere, David Sirois, Alliance Theatre Lab roomies, Mark Della Ventura, Alliance …
UM Law School Presents Reading Of Proposition 8
Law schools are not the usual sponsors for theater, but the University of Miami School of Law is presenting Jan. 27 a staged-reading of “8,” a play chronicling the historic trial of the federal constitutional challenge to California’s Proposition 8, …
Podcast: Tyrell Talks About Arts Garage & The Future Of Theater
As part of our On The Boards podcasts in cooperation with Arts Radio Network, Florida Theater On Stage’s Bill Hirschman sits down for a conversation with Arts Garage Artistic Director and founder Lou Tyrrell for a comprehensive discussion about the season, the challenges of presenting new work, and the state of theater today. Arts Garage presents the world premiere this weekend of Israel Horovitz’s Gloucester Blue.
Neil Simon’s Chapter Two Masters The Meld Of Wit And Pathos At The Plaza
Director Michael Leeds and a solid cast at the Plaza Theatre in Manalapan have mastered Neil Simon’s challenging meld of witty comedy and throat-choking heartache, and make both perfectly plausible facets of life in Chapter Two.
Outre Theatre Slates Reading Of Nicky Silver Play Tuesday
Outré Theatre Company has scheduled a staged reading of Nicky Silver’s Fat Men In Skirts at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22 at Empire Stage, 1140 N Flagler Drive in Fort Lauderdale. The plot is described as: “After their plane crashes, …
Agatha Christie’s Radio Plays The BBC Murders Intriguing, Entertaining, But Not Riveting
There’s the canny germ of an idea in producer Zev Buffman’s pet project to fuse radio, theater and modern technology into a hybrid exemplified in his latest production, Agatha Christie’s The BBC Murders at the Parker Playhouse. The end result is undeniably entertaining in a quiet smile kind of way, although this is clearly an early foray into this genre and, arguably, not the most enthralling material to do it with.
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