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Christopher Demos-Brown: Playwright in Paradise

Christopher Demos-Brown’s creative life right now is what a watershed looks like for an emerging American playwright in the early 21st Century. Our Lady of Allapattah bows at the Caldwell Theatre in Boca Raton in April. The world premiere of When the Sun Shone Brighter was a highlight of Florida Stage’s last season in Manalapan, and Captiva premieres this weekend at Zoetic Stage in the Arsht Center.

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Bill Hirschman
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Jackie Rivera: An Adult At Last in Caldwell’s New Family Drama After the Revolution

Although she just turned 25, Jackie Rivera s best known locally for a procession of pugnacious characters negotiating late adolescence, but now she has the linchpin role as Emma, the idealistic social activist in Caldwell Theatre Company’s season opener, After the Revolution.

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Bill Hirschman
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Palm Beach Dramaworks On Cusp of Unveiling New Home

Even the marquee will also be revamped in the next three weeks/ Photos by Bill Hirschman By Bill Hirschman Even with a month of work remaining before the gala opening on 11/11/11, Palm Beach Dramaworks’ new home in the transmogrified …

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Bill Hirschman
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UM Students, Arsht and Nilo Cruz Join for House of Bernarda Alba

By Bill Hirschman It’s all about synergistic partnerships. The production of The House of Bernarda Alba opening Thursday in Miami is a fusion between The University of Miami and the Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, between professionals and theater …

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Bill Hirschman
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Talkin’ In The Green Room With: Ken Clement

In this edition, we talk with Ken Clement (currently Senex in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at Broward Stage Door). Besides explaining how he avoids a wardrobe malfunction, he shares revealing insights into himself and his profession.

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Bill Hirschman
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David Arisco Find His Feminine Side (Sort Of) As Edna Turnblad in Actors Playhouse’s Hairspray

A look in words and photos of David Arisco trying on Edna Turnblad’s clothes in a fitting before Actors’ Playhouse’s production of Hairspray.

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Bill Hirschman
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Talking in the Green Room With: Dan Kelley

Welcome to a regular, if intermittent feature: Irreverent, lighthearted question & answer sessions with some of South Florida’s best known professionals .  In this edition, we talk with Dan Kelley (currently starring in  and directing A Funny Thing Happened on …

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Bill Hirschman
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Talking in the Green Room With: Dan Kelley

We find talk with Dan Kelley (currently starring in and directing A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at Broward Stage Door) who reveals what he says to a friend who’s appearing in a dog.

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Bill Hirschman
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Looking Back: The Best (and Worst) of the 2010-2011 Season

By Bill Hirschman (CORRECTED 9:47 A.M.) Theater reviewers must have a better than average ego to flatter themselves into believing that their judgment has worth, regardless of what anyone else thinks. So imagine critics asking each other for a reality …

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Bill Hirschman
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Deborah Sherman’s Role in Mosaic’s Side Effects Has Personal Resonances

Actors are accustomed to carving out the marrow of their lives to provide the psychic building blocks of a performance. But for Deborah L. Sherman, her role as a bi-polar housewife in Side Effects opening this weekend at Mosaic Theatre cuts awfully close to the bone.

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Bill Hirschman
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