Author Archives: Bill Hirschman
Miamian Westfall to have play published in anthology
Theater may be an ephemeral art form, but playwrights have a slightly better shot at immortality if they can get their work published. Susan ‘Susi’ Westfall , one of the founders of City Theatre and its Summer Shorts program, will …
“Spelling Bee” proves wry and endearing, even with appallingly ignorant audience members
The authors of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee know that inside the most self-assured, accomplished adult are hidden the whispers we endured on the cusp of adolescence that insisted we were misfits eternally doomed to be outsiders. The …
“Les Miz” revival is a show not to miss at the Broward Center
Is it worth buying a ticket to the 349th road show of the allegedly retooled production of Les Miserables that opened Tuesday at the Broward Center where there’s likely an entire wall with graffiti from companies that have trundled to …
Dated “Sister George” makes for long, dull evening at Rising Action Theatre
If you’re planning to see The Killing of Sister George at Rising Action Theatre, load up on the caffeine.’ You’ll need it. With three acts and two intermissions, The Killing of Sister George clocks in at two and a half …
State Theatre Project’s “Billboard” pushes agenda, but not the envelope
In his wry protest against consumerism, playwright Michael Vukadinovich asks the question: Can love survive a clash of art and capitalism? The State Theatre Project was founded just over a year ago with a stated mission to present socially relevant …
Glorious singing lifts Maltz Theatre’s “Sound of Music”
Put away the insulin. The Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s production of The Sound of Music may have a few flaws, but cloying schmaltz isn’t one of them. Instead, the classic gets a musically resplendent production that respects the difference between genuine …
Donna McKechnie returns to Florida in February
Donna McKechnie, one of Broadway’s most beautiful and talented dancers, brings her one-woman show to South Florida for three performances next month. My Musical Comedy Life, a song and dance memoir she has toured, will play at The PlayGround Theatre …
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 …
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