Author Archives: Bill Hirschman
“Wonderland” to open on Broadway in April
A Broadway bow in 2011 has been scheduled for’Wonderland: A New Alice, the Frank Wildhorn musical that received its world premiere in Tampa last December starring former Miamian Janet Dacal. The cast has yet to be announced for the show, …
Caldwell’s stripped-down Sondheim to continue with “Follies”
An unvarnished theatrical success of the past two years has been Caldwell Theatre’s stripped down concert versions of Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George and Into the Woods. Caldwell chief Clive Cholerton has teed up the next in …
Nothing comforting about Ground Up’s chilling Pillowman
Murder and imagination take centerstage in the harrowing play, The Pillowman, by Martin McDonagh, now enjoying a strong production by the Miami theatre company Ground Up and Rising. The Pillowman is set in an unnamed totalitarian dictatorship.’ Katurian (Curtis Belz) …
“Whipping” comes to Manhattan
This winter, Manhattan Theatre Club will produce Matthew Lopez’s The Whipping Man, one of last season’s unequivocal hits for Caldwell Theatre Company. This iteration will be directed by Doug Hughes, begins previews Jan. 13 and opens Feb. 1. No casting …
Florida Stage settles into its new, larger home at the Kravis Center
The first thing that hits you is the sense of space. Florida Stage audiences have nestled so long in its intimate amphitheater with the low ceiling that the new home with its stadium feel and lights 30 feet overhead might …
Upcoming Auditions
Cabaret at Entr’Acte Theatrix, auditions to be Aug. 10-11 at Palm Beach Day Academy, Seaview Avenue, Palm Beach, in the Matthews Auditorium.’ Open call begins at 6 p.m. All roles are available.’ Be prepared to sing favorite 16 measures, dance, …
Queen-size comic camp, a la Stanwyck
It’s summer, and camp is in session at Empire Stage in Fort Lauderdale.’ The cozy theatre’s current production is He’s Coming Up the Stairs, a kitschy, cross-dressing, comic take-off on Sorry Wrong Number, a thriller about an invalid who overhears …
24-Hour Theatre Project set for October
The 24-Hour Theatre Project ‘ one of the most anticipated theater events in South Florida each year ‘ has been set for 8 p.m. Oct. 4. The fourth annual fundraiser brings together dozens of local playwrights, directors and actors who …
Art isn’t Easy
Theaters always seek innovative ways to raise money and reward donors, from Actors Playhouse plaques and Bacardi for donating drinks (the company must have a cellar covered with them) to the Caldwell putting a donor’s name on everything except the …
What�s the Korean word for “Congratulations!”?
Academy, the musical that Maltz Jupiter Theatre artistic director Andrew Kato has been working on for ten years, keeps gathering honors and momentum.’ The story about sin and temptation in an exclusive boys’ school had a workshop at the Maltz …
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