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The Banality of Evil Is At The Crux of GableStage’s Powerful We Will Not Be Silent

Evil thrives when good people, normal people, do nothing. This banality of evil provides the crux of playwright David Meyers’ incisive play We Will Not Be Silent, receiving a bold, powerful production at GableStage.

Posted on January 10, 2023 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Bari Newport, Bobby Eddy, David Meyers, GableStage, Jason Peck, Meredith Casey, We Will Not Be Silent | 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

Diversity Inside Identity Is Central Issue In Fade At GableStage

Fade predictably indicts talent succumbing to ambition, but what’s special is how the verbally intense script infuses an insider’s incisive depiction of a diversity within modern Latinx life in a predominantly Anglo society.

Posted on August 26, 2022 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Alex Alvarez, Alexandra Acosta, GableStage, Tanya Saracho, Teo Castellanos | Leave a comment

84-Year-Old Clown Ruben Rabasa Leads Quirky Comic Ride

In the 84-year-old Ruben Rabasa, a tall skinny but gnome-like looking creature brimming with life and humor, GableStage audiences are treated to a wild and quirky interaction with this winning clown in Rubenology: The Making of An American Legend.

Posted on July 15, 2022 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged GableStage, Ruben Rabasa, Rubenology: The Making of An American Legend, Vanessa Gar, Victoria Collado | Leave a comment

SoFla Theaters Strive To Entice Patrons Next Season By Designing Intriguing Schedules

The upcoming seasons listed here are as varied as anyone could plan with time-tested bets and works so new that no one knows what to expect. GableStage’s Bari Newport spent months juggling a dozen factors. “Most people know what it’s like to plan a big wedding,” she said. But “every single one of these (productions) is a big wedding that happens not once but 25 to 31 times.

Posted on June 21, 2022 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in News | Tagged Bari Newport, GableStage | Leave a comment

GableStage’s Magical Thinking Is Unnerving Look at Grieving

As death and grieving surround us, Joan Didion’s play at GableStage, The Year of Magical Thinking, is guaranteed to be uncomfortable, even upsetting. But that should not dissuade you. Her account of processing the death of her husband daughter is an exemplar of why stage drama exists.

Posted on June 6, 2022 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Bari Newport, GableStage, Joan Didion, Sara Morsey, The Year of Magical Thinking | Leave a comment

GableStage’s Comedy “Boca” Would Gladden The Golden Girls

GableStage takes a break from race relations and Arthur Miller to create Boca, a chuckle-fest as well-constructed and skillfully executed as any episode of The Golden Girls, the Mary Tyler Moore show or a Carol Burnett skit.

Posted on April 28, 2022 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Avi Hoffman, Barbara Bonilla, Beverly Blanchette, Boca, Deborah Kondelik, GableStage, Jessica Provenz, Julianne Boyd | Leave a comment

SoFla Theaters Begin Relaxing Covid Measures For Patrons

A sea of unmasked faces at FGO’s opening Saturday signaled South Florida theaters on the cusp of relaxing restrictions, some only for certain productions and some cautiously gingerly peering ahead to determine what to do.

Posted on March 15, 2022 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in News | Tagged Actors Playhouse, Adrienne Arsht Center, Broward Center for the Performing Arts, GableStage, Island City Stage, Michael Spring, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts | 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