Author Archives: Bill Hirschman
Enter Stage Left
Some promising openings spice up the pre-holiday period. Don’t blink or you’ll miss the very limited run of Mad Cat Theatre’s Going Green the Wong Way, a one-woman comedy about the difficulty of being environmentally responsible, starring the playwright Kristina …
“Vices” has its virtues in Caldwell Theatre revival
If you saw the Caldwell Theatre Company’s world premiere musical Vices: A Love Story a year ago, rest assured the reprise is as sultry and sensual as you remember. What worked before works even better now; what didn’t work still …
Boca Raton Theatre Guild moving forward
The Boca Raton Theatre Guild is evolving this season from a community theatre to professional company, in part by paying ‘competitive salaries,’ even hiring an occasional Equity actor, said artistic director Keith Garsson. The 20-year-old organization is moving from ’emerging …
Miami playwright commissioned for Humana Festival
Miami playwright’Marco Ramirez confirmed that he has been commissioned to write a ten-minute play for the 2011 Humana Festival of New Plays’ apprentice anthology program. The month-long festival presented by the Actors Theater of Louisville is one of the country’s …
Bradshaw and Dean unforgettable in Mosaic Theatre’s “Collected Stories”
The temptation is to liken Barbara Bradshaw and Kim Morgan Dean’s performances in Mosaic Theatre’s Collected Stories to shooting stars intertwining on their blazing path across the heavens. But the miraculous artistry on display Friday was pointedly not pyrotechnic. These …
Critic’s Choice
‘ It’s November and there’s plenty on the theater scene to be thankful for in the week ahead. ‘ ”’ The most promising is Collected Stories, opening Friday at the Mosaic Theatre in Plantation. Pulitzer-winner Donald Margulies’ 1996 two-hander depicts …
Hey, the guy�s not really a bum, he�s an Actor
When an actor inhabits a series of characters so well, even savvy theatergoers forget that he’s just playing a role. For years, South Florida audiences got accustomed to seeing white-haired Dennis Creaghan exemplify patrician Brahmins in A.R. Gurney’s The Dining …
“12 Angry Men” lives again in Maltz Theatre’s top-drawer revival
There is something achingly nostalgic about a 1954 script built on the premise that men of good will can engage in rational debate and persuade each other to change their minds because both sides acknowledge that truth matters. And yet …
Alliance Theatre’s “House of Yes” receives a less-than-affirmative production
Wendy MacLeod’s viciously funny The House of Yes struggled to escape Thursday from under The Alliance Theatre Lab’s muffled, muted production. There were some passing moments when MacLeod’s whip-smart script filled with snappy repartee was well-served by director Adalberto Acevedo …
“Culture jammer” Wong brings new one-woman show to Miami
To quote that theological philosopher, Kermit the Frog, ‘It’s not easy being green.’ It’s a sentiment Kristina Wong plans to dramatize with a vengeance in her one-woman comedy, Going Green the Wong Way, a slightly surreal memoir from Mad Cat …
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