Author Archives: Bill Hirschman

Las Aventuras de Juan Planchard Bows At Miami New Drama

By Christine Dolen artburst.com Not long after filmmaker-screenwriter Jonathan Jakubowicz published his debut novel in late 2016, Venezuelans at home and abroad began asking each other the same question: “Have you read it?” “It” is the politically pointed, darkly comic …

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Clyde’s launches Zoetic Stage’s 14th season

By Oline H. Cogdill A sandwich is more than ingredients between two slices of bread at Clyde’s, the truck stop diner that is the setting and title of Lynn Nottage’s deliciously insightful play now receiving a superb production at Zoetic …

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Murder on the Orient Express at Maltz Jupiter Theatre

By Jan Sjostrom Prepare to be entertained when you board Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express. The play, which was adapted for the stage by Ken Ludwig from Christie’s classic 1934 novel, is taking audiences on an action-packed ride …

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Hilarious and Heartwarming is Morning After Grace at Pigs Do Fly

By Britin Haller Pigs Do Fly’s Morning After Grace is laugh-out-loud funny, with Carey Crim’s script chock with just about every adult theme imaginable, this is a big feat indeed. It’s early morning in a condo somewhere on Florida’s Suncoast …

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Wait Until Dark launches Boca Stage move to Delray Beach Playhouse

By Oline H. Cogdill Boca Stage smoothly navigates the psychological thriller’s nuances in its suspenseful production of Wait Until Dark that launches its 2023-2024 season and marks its debut at its new home in the Delray Beach Playhouse. Director Keith …

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I Love a Piano at the Wick Theatre

By Jan Sjostrom They really ought to have a starting gun to fire off I Love a Piano.  The song-and-dance tribute to Irving Berlin that opens the season at the at The Wick Theatre in Boca Raton races through about …

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Twelve Angry Men judging  at PPTOPA

By Aaron Krause Few plays are as riveting as Reginald Rose’s tense classic drama, Twelve Angry Men. In it, the stakes are sky-high as 12 people must decide whether a stranger lives or dies. Late last year, South Florida theater …

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Lobby Hero opens at Palm Beach Dramaworks

By Jan Sjostrom You might be hard-pressed to identify the hero in Lobby Hero, the 2023-2024 season opener at Palm Beach Dramaworks in West Palm Beach. None of the show’s four characters qualifies for Superman’s cape. What Kenneth Lonergen’s chatty …

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Time To Go Into the Woods With Slow Burn

    By Oline H. Cogdill The forest explored in Slow Burn Theatre Company’s vigorous production of the musical “Into the Woods” is the place to be. These woods might seem to be a setting one should fear—and they are. …

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Don’t Wait Until Tomorrow To See Annie at Broward Center

    By Oline H. Cogdill Theater is timeless, ever evolving, ever expanding. Themes that playwrights explored a thousand years ago are—with a bit of updating—still relevant. There’s a reason why audiences never tire of Shakespeare as producers find fresh …

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