Author Archives: Bill Hirschman
South Florida Theater League’s Annual Festival Kicks Off Next Month
By Bill Hirschman Free theater tickets, a gala party, a marathon fund raiser, a panel discussion and open-mike storytelling are the major events in the South Florida Theater League’s sixth annual festival that takes place over three weeks in October. …
Talking in the Green Room With: Dan Kelley
We find talk with Dan Kelley (currently starring in and directing A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at Broward Stage Door) who reveals what he says to a friend who’s appearing in a dog.
Two of Best Plays Yearbook’s Best Plays Are Heading To South Florida
After the Revolution and The Motherf**ker with the Hat, two of the plays slated to open in South Florida this season, are among the works that will be featured in the prestigious yearbook, The Best Plays of 2010-2011.
24-Hour Theatre Project Madness To Benefit Naked Stage and Promethean
The scrappy Naked Stage and Promethean Theatre and about 50 of their friends stage a coffee-fueled marathon jam for a mostly sleepless 24-hour period to produce and present from scratch an evening’s worth of skits, playlets, goofs and hoots. The curtain will rise on the fifth annual edition at 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 3, in the Caldwell Theatre Company in Boca Raton.
Life and Death Hangs in the Balance in Provocative ‘night Mother at Alliance Theatre Lab
Marsha Norman’s powerful play, ‘night Mother, gets a moving production at the Alliance Theatre Lab.
Scenes from a (Mentally Ill) Marriage — Mosaic Scores with a Powerful Production About a Marriage in Crisis
Side Effects by Michael Weller, a raw, visceral look at a marriage at the mercy of the wife’s mental illness, comes to stunning life at Mosaic Theatre in Plantation.
News Briefs: Dramaworks Gets $2 Million; Gepner Goes to Papermill
The South Florida theater scene is so busy that often the news comes too fast for us to keep up with. From time to time, we’ll run a column like this one, containing several items. If we don’t get …
Deborah Sherman’s Role in Mosaic’s Side Effects Has Personal Resonances
Actors are accustomed to carving out the marrow of their lives to provide the psychic building blocks of a performance. But for Deborah L. Sherman, her role as a bi-polar housewife in Side Effects opening this weekend at Mosaic Theatre cuts awfully close to the bone.
Rising Action’s As Bees in Honey Drown Not As Sweet As It Should Be
As Bees in Honey Drown, the first Rising Action production under the leadership of new producing director Andy Rogow, is a few cuts above the company’s typical fare, but is not without its own missteps.
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