Author Archives: Bill Hirschman
Florida Stage’s Kravis debut is “Low Down” and far away
Perhaps the least explored phenomena in the alchemy of theater is the chemistry between the production and the logistics of the venue. There can be no argument that Low Down Dirty Blues, Florida Stage’s first offering in its new space …
Laugh, blast you, laugh
Other than cell phones going off, is there anything half so aggravating as the woman sitting next to you laughing her head off at something on stage that really isn’t all that funny or some guy weeping copiously when it’s …
Dramaworks� “Gin Game” plumbs the painful depths of aging
Residents of the Bentley Retirement Home are not going gentle into that good night. The septuagenarians are shouting, crying and cursing to punctuate their refusal to lay down and die in Palm Beach Dramaworks’ The Gin Game, which opened Sunday. …
Welcome to South Florida Theater Review
Today, I’m very happy to announce the launch of South Florida Theater Review. Bill Hirschman will be the lead critic for this new website, which will cover the theater scene in Broward, Palm Beach, and Miami-Dade counties with the same …
Casting details on Mosaic Theatre season
Artistic director Richard Jay Simon unveiled the Mosaic Theatre’s season last week and now some of the initial casting is emerging. Collected Stories, the Donald Margulies drama that just closed in NYC, will play in November with Barbara Bradshaw as …
Raising the Curtain
The stars are aligned tonight, literally. Some of the best-known names in local theater gather at 7 p.m. Monday as South Florida’s newest company, Zoetic Stage, bows with a one-night-only fund-raising performance of McKeever’s Briefs on the borrowed Caldwell Theatre …
October Shows
Oct. 27-Nov. 28 Cane Florida Stage West Palm Beach (Kravis Center) World premiere mystery by local playwright Andrew Rosendorf about the human toll from changes in Florida’s ecosystem and ties to the land. Oct. 29’Nov. 21 No Exit Naked Stage …
ON THE WHEELS OF A DREAM: PART THREE
On The Wheels of a Dream Part 3: Actually putting bodies on the stage may be the most formidable issue. Starting just with pure numbers, interviewees disagreed whether there are plenty of actors, or a dearth of actors, or a shortfall in talented actors, or a shortage of experienced actors. And each might be correct within limits.
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