Author Archives: Bill Hirschman
March shows
March 25 – April 17 The Radiant New Theatre Coral Gables World premiere of Shirley Lauro’s play about Madame Curie, starring Angelica Torn. March 25 The Second City — Fair & Unbalanced Off Broadway in Broward Broward Center for the …
Building a mansion and a world for “August: Osage County” at Actors’ Playhouse
In less than two months, a small cadre of craftsmen has designed and built a three-story house in Coral Gables complete with a study, a wraparound porch, a dining room and a bedroom in an attic that looms 40 feet …
Broward Stage Door shines brilliantly with “Light in the Piazza”
To embrace the risk of hyperbole: The Broward Stage Door production of The Light in the Piazza may be the finest locally-produced musical theater since Floyd Collins at Actors’ Playhouse in 2003. It’s not a perfect edition and it requires …
A carp about those overlooked for Carbonells
The saying goes that simply to be nominated for an award among a field of esteemed colleagues is honor enough and those of us who judge these things know how true that statement is. The final selection of a winner …
Intriguing “Ghost-Writer” has only shadowy success at Florida Stage
Michael Hollinger’s Ghost-Writer, which opened at Florida Stage Friday, delves into the link between creativity and human relationships. In 1919, a secretary claims that a dead novelist continues to dictate the end of his masterpiece to her, the true love …
Critic’s Choice
Even though the list of shows worth seeing this season just keeps growing, we’re not even close to exhausting the possibilities. Beginning Saturday, Broward Stage Door in Coral Springs is taking on its most challenging material in many years, The …
Maltz rakes in the moolah
Virtually every theater company in South Florida has been struggling in the current economy, but the Maltz Jupiter Theatre is celebrating a welcome financial boost reflecting what its administration hopes is increasing long-term support. Its eighth annual gala, ‘A Night …
Florida Stage season set with audience participation encouraged
Two works that received a full reading at Florida Stage’s 1st Stage New Play Festival this month attracted such a strong reaction from audiences that the works are being fast-forwarded into the 2011-2012 season lineup as world premieres. Before the …
Sex sells
As with A Round-Heeled Woman at GableStage, now Mosaic Theatre has a super-sized hit with The Irish Curse and has increased performances to keep up with the big audience demand (or insert your own pun). The show has added Sunday …
“Dinner with Friends” shines a glaring light on relationship facades at Dramaworks
Dread festers just underneath the confident facade of Gabe and Karen’s picture book life. The couple may not even know why, but they are treating the disintegrating marriage of their best friends Tom and Beth like a virulent disease. On …
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