Author Archives: Bill Hirschman
Zoetic Stage debuts with “South Beach Babylon,” a stinging satire of Miami’s cultural pretensions
There’s a riveting monologue that actor Michael McKeever ardently delivers Friday (written by playwright Michael McKeever) during the world premiere of his wicked satire South Beach Babylon. ‘Why do we work so hard to produce something that brings in so …
Miami City Ballet’s “Nutcracker” opens with a mixed performance at the Kravis Center
Miami City Ballet’s presentation of The Nutcracker began its annual run Friday night at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach. Despite the immense popularity of this perennial holiday spectacle, there were a considerable number of empty seats in the …
Critic’s Choice
Three big openings this week: the world premiere of Michael McKeever’s South Beach Babylon (and the first full production by Zoetic Theatre); the Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s original musical Academy, and New Theatre’s Fizz, the story of the development of the …
PlayGround Theatre receives $100K Knight award
The PlayGround Theatre in Miami Shores, known for its lush and imaginative productions for children, has received a $100,000 matching grant this week from the John S. And James L. Knight Foundation to help produce the world premiere of a …
Zoetic Stage ready to debut with timely “South Beach Babylon”
Among the highly anticipated evenings in local theater this season, few are in this league: a world premiere about South Beach to inaugurate a Miami theater company made up of some of the best talents in the region. Friday not …
A clean well-lighted space at The Light Box for two companies
At least two theaters will be performing at The Light Box at Goldman Warehouse when Miami’s newest performing arts space opens early next year in the Wynwood Arts District. M Ensemble, which contends it is the oldest continuously operating African-American …
Young Voices having their theatrical say
Florida Stage’s 2010-2011 Young Voices Monologue Festival put the lie to the conventional wisdom that theater is a dying art form that only well-heeled Boomers, Gleeks and seniors care about. Students in grades 7-12 wrote and performed original monologues earlier …
Gunzburger, Finstrom receive Jack Zink Spirit Award
Broward County Mayor Sue Gunzburger and longtime arts supporter Tony Finstrom have been named the 2011 winners of the Mosaic Theatre’s Jack Zink Spirit Award for having ‘demonstrated excellence in the areas of leadership, creativity, commitment and passion for the …
Lionel Bart fans may not buy this problematic “Oliver!”
Sometimes theater is not fair. You can have strong singers and skilled character actors, you can have an experienced director, you can have a glorious score, you can invest lavishly in sets, costumes and a stageful of chorus members including …
Kristina Wong’s comedy goes green the right way
Comic Kristina Wong loves dancing near the precipice of what society considers acceptable topics in mixed company, then diving over it. She revels in the profane and the gross, not for shock’s sake, but simply as tools in her kit …
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