Author Archives: Bill Hirschman
Thinking Cap’s The Rover Is Ambitious, Smart & Delightful
There’s more to Thinking Cap Theatre’s inventive The Rover than staging a 300-year-old play with oomph enough to keep a 21st century audience interested. What director Nicole Stodard (who is also the artistic director of Thinking Cap Theatre) has done is to craft an inventive, ambitious and quite delicious offering of England’s first professional female playwright’s navel gazing study of the dating games people play. And watching Stodard’s adaptation of Aphra Behn’s The Rover proves that the battle of the sexes hasn’t changed much since 1677.
Breaking News: Delray Beach Commissioners Delay Sale Of Arts Garage Property
The Delray City Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to postpone selling the Arts Garage’s home base for two months, giving the venue a reprieve from relocating or even closing. Faced with an overflow crowd of arts patrons ready to speak at a public hearing, a box with 1,800 petition signatures and a lose-lose choice, Mayor Thomas Carney proposed delaying action until April 16 – suggesting that two parties interested in buying the property are willing to explore a compromise.
Christina Alexander Explores Varied Relationships In Hate! An American Love Story At MTC
Admit up front that the world premiere of Christina Alexander’s one-woman show Hate! An American Love Story is a tad unfocused, undisciplined, even sloppy theater. Then acknowledge that it’s also one of the most insightful and moving depictions that South Florida audiences have seen of the emotional viscera inside inter-racial, inter-gender relationships.
Fort Lauderdale Broadway Across America 2013-14 Offers The Book Of Mormon
The Book of Mormon, Broadway’s biggest hit musical since The Producers, is the headlining entry in the 2013-2014 season of national tours announced Sunday by Broadway Across America – Fort Lauderdale.
La Sonnambula Is No Snooze Thanks To Stunning Turn By Rachele Gilmore
You don’t have to be a musicologist or opera aficionado to recognize the stunning meld of emotion and technique in the artistry of Rachele Gilmore’s performance of the title role in Florida Grand Opera’s production of La Sonnambula.
Maltz Names Next Season: Other Desert Cities, Annie, Chorus Line, The King And I
The Maltz Jupiter Theatre, with its reputation as a quintessential mainstream house, will mix up its 2013-2014 season with titles dating back decades and the hottest play on Broadway last year: Dial M For Murder, Annie, A Chorus Line, The King and I and Other Desert Cities plus a benefit concert by Brian Stokes Mitchell.
Side Show Burns With Passion About Love Among Outsiders
There is more passion pouring off the stage in Slow Burn Theatre Company’s thrilling Side Show than in ten other musicals we’ve seen in the past year put together. That may result in one too many deafening power ballad after power ballad for some tastes and eardrums, but for those wanting to be touched by a poignant, but very dark tale skillfully delivered, Side Show is a powerful example of what the modern musical can be.
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