Tag Archives: Colin McPhillamy

The Illusions of Theater Celebrated, Exposed in Dramaworks’ The Dresser

Illusions – those we create for others, those ones we create for ourselves, those we create for survival – are at the heart of Palm Beach Dramaworks’ laudatory yet merciless exposé The Dresser, a portrait swirling around the most illusory element of all: theater.

Posted on December 24, 2024 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Anne Mundell, Brian O'Keefe, Cliff Goulet, Colin McPhillamy, David A. Hyland, Denise Cormier, Dennis Creghan, Elizabeth Dimon, Gary Cadwallader, J. Barry Lewis, Kelly Gibson, Kirk Bookman, Palm Beach Dramaworks, plus returning John Campagnuolo, Ronald Harwood, The Dresser, William Hayes | Leave a comment

Time Is A Crucial Element In Dramaworks’ Upcoming Return Of ‘The Dresser’

Time’s implacability and theater’s ephemerality seem inherently antithetical. Yet time is imbued several ways in Palm Beach Dramaworks’ upcoming production this month of the decades-old English backstage drama leavened with wry humor, The Dresser.

Posted on December 9, 2024 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Colin McPhillamy, J. Barry Lewis, Palm Beach Dramaworks, The Dresser, William Hayes | Leave a comment

We’re Still Here: A Look Back at South Florida Theater 2022

Quite a come back year: World premieres, epic musicals, moving two-character dramas, you name it. Here’s not so much a “best of the year” list – no such list can be reliable or complete – but a random recognition of outstanding performances, productions, trends and just moments that theaterlovers will carry with them into 2023.

Posted on December 27, 2022 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Features | Tagged Aaron Bower, Annastasia Victory, Bari Newport, Ben Sandomir, Boca Stage, Brinie Wallace, Colin McPhillamy, Elizabeth Dimon, Elizabeth Price, Empire Stage, Eytan Deray, Florida Grand Opera, GableStage, Gabriell Salgado, Island City Stage, Jerel Brown, Juson Williams, Kim Ostrenko, Laura Hodos, Lindsey Corey, M Ensemble, Main Street Players, Margaret M. Ledford, Margery Lowe, Miami New Drama, Michael O. Mitchell, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Pembroke Pines Theater of the Performing Arts, Rita Cole, Ronnie Larsen, Sahid Pabon, Slow Burn Theatre Company, Steve Trovillion; Michael McKeever, Stuart Meltzer, the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Theater Lab, Theatre Lab, Thinking Cap Theatre, Zoetic Stage | 1 Comment

Uncertainty is the Desired Hallmark in Heisenberg

There is a delightful irony to Heisenberg, GableStage’s enthralling play about uncertainty: When you leave it, you’re not quite sure what it was really about. The reward is you can debate it in the car ride home and theorize about it the next morning. About the only thing you can be really sure of is, if were willing to open yourself, you have had an engrossing night of thought-provoking, challenging theater.

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Bari Newport, Colin McPhillamy, GableStage, Heisenberg, Jeni Hacker, Margery Lowe, Simon Stephens | Leave a comment

Conolly Adds Dramaworks Role to Seven Decade Career

Patricia Conolly is one of the most prolific actresses you’ve likely never heard of. But you’ve very likely seen her: 3 times as Blanche, 1 as Stella, 2 as Hedda, 16 Shakespearean heroines. This month Conolly will play the 91-year-old grandmother trying to connect with her grandson in Palm Beach Dramaworks’ 4000 Miles.

Posted on October 6, 2022 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Features | Tagged 4000 Miles, Colin McPhillamy, Palm Beach, Patricia Conolly | Leave a comment

Dickens Nailed It: South Florida Theater Two Years In Review

If Dickens’ opening line in A Tale of Two Cities has become a trite cliché through overuse it has become a painfully accurate truism about theater over the past two years, especially South Florida theater. Crippling loss and inspiring resurrection. Surrender and perseverance. And , now, the Covid threat has reasserted. But looking back on those two years delivers a testament worth celebrating and learning from.

Posted on December 28, 2021 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Features | Tagged Actors Playhouse, Adrienne Arsht Center, Bari Newport, Broward Center, Carbonell Awards, Cecilia Snow, Clay Cartland, Clive Cholerton, Coconut Grove Playhouse, Colin McPhillamy, Darius J. Manuel, Elijah Word, GableStage, Gabriell Salgado, Heather Jane Rolff, Island City Stage, Joe Adler, Karen Stephens, Kimmi Johnson, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, M Ensemble Company, Main Street Players, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Margaret M. Ledford, Miami New Drama, Michael McKeever, Nicole Stodard, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Peter Haig, Slow Burn Theatre Company, Stuart Meltzer, Theatre Lab, Timothy Michael Quinn, William Hayes | Leave a comment

‘Jacob Marley’ Gifts Welcome New Angle On Ye Olde Carol

For all of us who have seen 17 too many editions of A Christmas Carol, City Theatre gifts us a joy-inducing riff on Charles Dickens’ public domain property, the gospel according to Jacob Marley.

Posted on December 9, 2021 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged City Theatre, Colin McPhillamy, Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol, Margaret Ledford, Tom Mula | Leave a comment

Coming: Hamlet in the A.M., MNM Gets Closer Than Ever, Lupone Sends A Live Concert

With exploratory baby steps, South Florida theater companies are staging events: A cut-down Hamlet by the Shakespeare Troupe, a filmed full production of Closer Than Ever by MNM, and Patti LuPone in a livestreamed concert for the Broward Center.

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in News | Tagged Aaron Bower, Broward Center, Chiz Chisholm, Christine Chavers, Clifford Michael Spulock, Colette Rice, Colin McPhillamy, Elijah Word, Emily Tarallo, Eric Alsford, Jeremy Quinn, Johnbarry Green, Jonathan Van Dyke, Karen Stephens, MNM Theatre Company, Peter Wayne Galman, Rafe Martinez, Renee Elizabeth Turner, Seth Trucks, Shakespeare Troupe, Shelley Keelor, Stephen G. Anthony, Steve Carroll, Todd Allen Durkin | Leave a comment

GableStage Opens Season Of Premiered Multi-Media Work

The actual stage at GableStage may be dark, but the company has replaced the rest of its virus-interrupted 2019-2020 season with a glimpse of what may be one of the evolving facets of the future of theater. It has commissioned 12 area artists to produce nine online projects that meld traditional theater with digital storytelling.

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in News | Tagged Brandon Urrutia, Caleb Scott, Colin McPhillamy, GableStage, George Schiavone, Gregg Weiner, Jessica Farr, Joshua Hernandez, Kunya Rowley, Matt Corey, Michael Yawney, Rachel Finley | Leave a comment

It’s A Hard-Knock Life Between The Laughs In Inishmaan

Palm Beach Dramaworks’ team finds the special vibe of Martin McDonagh’s dark comedy set in an unforgiving climate of the heart in The Cripple of Inishmaan.

Posted on May 20, 2017 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Colin McPhillamy, Dennis Creaghan, Elizabeth Dimon, Franne Lee, Harriet Oser, J. Barry Lewis, Jim Ballard, Martin McDonagh, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Paul Black, Steve Shapiro, Wesley Slade | Leave a comment