Author Archives: Bill Hirschman
Sternhagen to headline New Works Festival
Veteran character actress Frances Sternhagen is returning to Florida Stage next month to headline the fifth annual 1st Stage New Works Festival. Sternhagen is instantly recognizable from scores of roles on stage, in film and on television, most recently playing …
Senior sex sells
Sex after sixty must sell. The demand for tickets has persuaded GableStage to shoehorn extend its run of A Round-Heeled Woman. The comedy-drama starring Sharon Gless depicts a 66-year-old schoolteacher who has not had sex in 30 years and sets …
Caldwell’s “Clybourne Park” probes uneasy continuing issues of race relations
The climax of Clybourne Park comes as the characters tell an increasingly offensive set of undeniably funny jokes turning on racial stereotypes. The audience at the Caldwell Theatre on Saturday night wasn’t sure whether to guffaw or gasp, but ultimately …
Miami City Ballet at its best in two Balanchine classics
A varied program focusing on the choreography of George Balanchine and Twyla Tharp opened the new year for Miami City Ballet Friday night at the Arsht Center. Four highly contrasted works found the company dancing in high gear with not …
Sharon Gless shines as sexed-up senior at GableStage
As droll and insightful as the GableStage production of A Round-Heeled Woman is on its own merits, Sharon Gless brings a surprising dimension to the 66-year-old English teacher who advertises for sex in the New York Review of Books. It’s …
Critic’s Choice
The two major openings this weekend each explore sensitive topics: sex after sixty in A Round-Heeled Woman at GableStage, and race relations in Clybourne Park at the Caldwell Theatre. Clybourne Park is a message comedy with an intriguing premise, The …
New Theatre fills slot with one-woman show
With barely enough time for rehearsals, New Theatre in Coral Gables has filled the TBA hole on its schedule for Jan. 28-Feb. 13. Carbonell winner Barbara Sloan will perform in the one-woman comedy High Dive by Leslie Ayvazian, directed by …
February Shows
Feb. 16-27 Zero Hour Double Chai Theatrical Series (Mazel Musicals at Aventura Arts & Cultural Center) Feb. 17-Mar. 13 Eclipsed Women’s Theatre Project (Fort Lauderdale) Feb. 17-20 An Evening with Lucille Ball: Thank You for Asking Broward Center Biographical play …
Dramaworks’ audience responds to Freudian therapy
Palm Beach Dramaworks has taken the unusual step (for a subscription house in Florida) of extending its production of’Freud’s Last Session until Feb. 13 because shows have been selling out. Tickets available at (561) 514-4042 or’www.palmbeachdramaworks.org.
Broward Stage Door announces populist 2011-2012 season
Florida theaters are famous for delaying announcing their next season because of protracted negotiations for rights, jockeying to counter-program other theaters, vying to get the rights to the latest Broadway hit and a dozen other reasons. Not so at Broward …
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