Author Archives: Bill Hirschman
Dorothy’s Dictionary at Theatre Lab Is Entry Worth Looking Up
In a time when so much theater and film seem dependent on sling-shots of unexpected left turns there’s a quiet life-affirming pleasure in a work that follows precisely the arc you expect from its familiar telegraphy. Such is the world premiere of E.M. Lewis’ Dorothy’s Dictionary at Theatre Lab – a warm and poignant celebration of words, books and bonds between people who love them
Brinin’ Back The Quartet With Holiday Holly and Spangles
Elvis, Carl, Johnny and Jerry Lee return for the Million Dollar Quartet Christmas at Actors’ Playhouse with the same virtues and flaws as the previous editions: impressive musicians with winning personalities delivering a driving evening of kick-butt rock and a few holiday carols mixed in.
Report From New York: Almost Famous Is Pleasant If Not Memorable Musical
There’s nothing badly constructed or even half-baked about the pleasant Almost Famous based on the film, but only Boomers will see it as much more than a mildly diverting curiosity. It’s a decent effort from earnest professionals that you’re not likely to remember two weeks later.
Remembering Jan McArt Next Week
A large crowd of fans and colleagues from all over the country are expected to gather next week for the memorial for The First Lady of South Florida Theater Jan McArt who died in January 2021. Florida Theater On Stage published a lengthy portrait of McArt in 2015. It can be found by clicking here. https://tinyurl.com/2kkwfff6. Her obituary on the site can be read by clicking here. https://tinyurl.com/2fabjbte
Race & Diversity Honored in Return of Live Carbonell Awards
Concerns about race and diversity in South Florida theater – issues that absorbed its leaders’ attention during the pandemic – garnered considerable attention at the 45th Carbonell Awards Monday recognizing excellence. In 10 of the 20 competitive categories, the statues were won by African-Americans, Latinx artists or productions centered on diverse cultural issues.
Winners, Nominees and Stats for the 45th Carbonell Awards
Winners and Nominees of the 25 Annual Carbonell Awards competitive categories
Seniors Revitalize Their Lives In The Savannah Sipping Society.
The Savannah Sipping Society from Pigs Do Fly Productions is a hilarious, moving, and rejuvenating play about older women determined to live life to the fullest by seeking out new adventures.
‘Thin Place’ Explores a Conduit ‘Tween the Living & the Dead
The hard truth is that virtually no live theater is really chilling. A moment might make you jump, but a production likely will not haunt you. Okay, the London production of The Woman in Black. Now there’s a new contender, Boca Stage’s discomfiting mounting of The Thin Place, a kind of late Halloween gift.
Not the Retelling of the Elian Saga You Might Expect
The world premiere Elián at Miami New Drama is not remotely what you expect. Elián is not really about Elián. It’s about the political, social and moral firestorm fueled by ego, pride and bureaucracy that created one of the community-defining incidents in Cuban-American history — told with passion, yes, but shot through with satire, one-liners, a Castro puppet and sex jokes.
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