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Comic ‘Fat Ham’ Echoes Hamlet Thru African-American Prism

Fat Ham, which tells of a young gay man at his Black family’s contentious backyard barbeque, is basically a huge grin. The fact that the ingenious plot intentionally echoes Hamlet does not cover up that this is simply a fun farce.

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Bill Hirschman
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Summer, 1976 Investigates Levels In The Bonds of Friendship

By Bill Hirschman One benefit of aging is the ability to see where we came from, where we have travelled, contemplate our past decisions, but most significantly to wisely re-evaluate the meaning, standing and worth of that journey’s elements. Summer, …

Posted on April 4, 2025 by Bill Hirschman
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Resentments, Perceptions and Racism Swirl in Ultimate Family Dysfunction of Appropriate

Imagine a half-dozen out-of-control freight trains howling and careening toward each other – a rough metaphor for the emotional collision after collision of egos and anger in the epic family dysfunctional play, Branden Jacob-Jenkins’ Appropriate, receiving an outstanding production at GableStage.

Posted on February 6, 2025 by Bill Hirschman
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Joni Mitchell-Leonard Cohen Revue Freshly Re-Covers Precious Music Of Decades Ago

The magic of Both Sides Now: The Music and Lives of Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen is that of a time machine. It instantly regenerates feelings and visions a half-century old as if they are happening here for the first time.

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Bill Hirschman
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Full Court Press In Gablestage’s King James Is As Much About Friendship As Basketball

Trust us, the considerable verbal dribbling and turnovers in Rajiv Joseph’s season opener at Gablestage is only the top layer over the profound examination of the underlying defining themes of friendship and betrayal and returning home to find peace.

Posted on November 5, 2024 by Bill Hirschman
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Laughs in Spanish at Coral Gables is oh-so Miami

By Raquel V. Reyes Laughs in Spanish is like a Friday night in Wynwood without the next day’s hangover. The one-act play by Alexis Scheer, Laughs in Spanish is making its Florida premiere at GableStage through June 23. The “all …

Posted on May 29, 2024 by Bill Hirschman
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Old Wicked Songs at GableStage

By Oline H. Cogdill The relationship between student and teacher often goes beyond the learning experience, fraught on both sides with understanding, resentment, frustration, respect, among other feelings. These, among other emotions, ebb and flow in the absorbing drama Old …

Posted on January 20, 2024 by Bill Hirschman
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The Thanksgiving Play at GableStage

By Oline H. Cogdill Years ago, one of my sisters-in-law said that Thanksgiving was her favorite holiday because it was not connected to any religion and had no political nor controversy connotations. Well, those days have certainly passed as Thanksgiving …

Posted on November 21, 2023 by Bill Hirschman
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How I Learned What I Learned opens GableStage’s 25th season

  By Oline H. Cogdill August Wilson was one of the most insightful—if not THE most insightful—chronicler of Black life in America. He found the music in the language of ordinary people, the poetry in the minutiae of daily life. …

Posted on October 2, 2023 by Bill Hirschman
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2023 Silver Palms Announce Honorees

South Florida continues to have stellar theater in the tri-county area. That level of excellence is reinforced by the list of Silver Palm honorees. The Silver Palm honorees will be recognized when the awards return to The Addison of Boca …

Posted on September 25, 2023 by Bill Hirschman
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