Tag Archives: GableStage

A Last Look Back At 2017, A Fine South Florida Theater Season

One pleasure of a theater critic’s job are these year-end retrospectives that require looking back at reviews and be reminded, “Oh, yeah, that was really great. And right, there was that. And how could I forget that one?”

Posted on December 26, 2017 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Features | Tagged Actors Playhouse, Anne-Marie Cusson, Area Stage Company, Bruce Linser, Cindy Pearce, City Theatre, Clay Cartland, Conor Walton, David Arisco, David Kwiat, Elena Maria Garcia, Elijah Word, GableStage, Greg Duffy, Gregg Weiner, Ground Up and Rising, Hannah Benitez, Island City Stage, J. Barry Lewis, Jean Josieu, Jessica E. Schulte, Jodi Dellaventura, Joseph Adler, Julie Kleiner, Karen Stephens, Kevin Black, Kevin Reilley, Kimberley Dawn Smith, Lindsay Bell, Main Street Players, Mallory Newbrough, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Margaret M. Ledford, Michael Amico, Michael McClain, Michael Ursua, New City Players, Nicholas Richberg, Niki Fridh, outre theatre company, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Patrick Fitzwater, Shane Tanner, Slow Burn Theatre Company, Stuart Meltzer, Theatre Lab, Thinking Cap Theatre, Vicki Lewis, Wick Theatre, Zoetic Stage | Leave a comment

News: Ben Solmor BENefit, Coconut Grove Hearing, Curtains For Andrews Living Arts

News about benefit concert for ailing choreographer Ben Solmor, another public hearing on the Coconut Grove Playhouse set for Thursday, and Andrews Living Arts closes

Posted on November 28, 2017 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in News | Tagged Andrews Living Arts, Ben Solmor, Coconut Grove Playhouse, GableStage | Leave a comment

GableStage’s Visit With Dr. Ruth Westheimer Is Good Company

A genial older woman with a warm smile, a self-deprecating charm and a cute mittel-European accent via Brooklyn greets the audience to her apartment like new neighbors. While packing for a move, she tells the story of her life in vignettes marked by humor and pathos. The narrator providing such good company is the titular heroine of Becoming Dr. Ruth, a one-woman bio-play.

Posted on November 26, 2017 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Becoming Dr. Ruth, GableStage, Joseph Adler, Mark St. Germain | Leave a comment

A Fraying Promise Exposed In GableStage’s The Humans

GableStage’s production of The Humans is like watching a Kmart photo department family portrait that has been left too near a wall heater. Almost imperceptibly, the edges start to brown, the image shudders a bit, then the edges curl ever so slightly. And suddenly, the perfect image erupts in flames.

Posted on October 9, 2017 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Alex Alvarez, Carol Caselle, Diana Garle, Elizabeth Dimon, GableStage, Joseph Adler, Meredith Bartmon, Michael Gioia, Stephen Karam, The Humans | Leave a comment

GableStage & Dramaworks Team Up To Co-Produce Indecent

In what is believed to be a groundbreaking move, Palm Beach Dramaworks and GableStage plan a co-production of the acclaimed Broadway play Indecent to be next fall.

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in News | Tagged GableStage, Indecent, Joseph Adler, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Paula Vogel, William Hayes | Leave a comment

Curtain Up On The 2017-2018 South Florida Theater Season

If you know where to look, certainly you can find reliable warhorse titles in the upcoming theater season in South Florida, but it’s easier to find vibrant, contemporary and challenging offerings.

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in News | Tagged Actors Playhouse, An Inspector Calls, Area Stage Company, Arsht Center, Arts Garage, Billy and Me, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Broadway Across America, Broward Center, Building The Wall, City Theatre, Delray Beach Playhouse, Evita, Florida Children's Theatre, Fun Home, GableStage, Island City Stage, J’s Cultural Arts Theatre, Lake Worth Playhouse, Main Street Players, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Miami New Drama, Million Dollar Quartet, New City Players, On Your Feet!, outre theatre company, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Parker Playhouse, Pembroke Pines Theatre of the Performing Arts, Primal Forces, Robert Schenkkan, Slow Burn Theatre Company, Terry Teachout, The Humans, Theatre Lab, Thinking Cap Theatre, Wick Theatre, Zoetic Stage | Leave a comment

Music In The Air: A Few Sweet Notes From Radosh, Fantel, Keelor — And Even Ben Hecht

Local stages have some special programs running for only one or two days starting tonight including Palm Beach Dramaworks, GableStage and Arts Garage.

Posted on August 16, 2017 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in News | Tagged Angie Radosh, Arts Garage, GableStage, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Shelly Keelor | Leave a comment

GableStage’s Informed Consent: Is The Search For Truth Paramount? And Whose Truth?

Is knowledge always good? Is its pursuit inherently defensible regardless of the consequences? Is there Absolute Truth?These and another half-dozen ideas careen and crisscross GableStage like electrons colliding in a chain reaction in Deborah Zoe Laufer’s Informed Consent.

Posted on July 31, 2017 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Betsy Graver, Carlos Orizondo, Deborah Zoe Laufer, Elizabeth Dimon, GableStage, Informed Consent | Leave a comment

GableStage’s Georgia McBride Is No Drag, Well, It Is, But….

One pleasure watching a drag show regardless of your sexual orientation is the vicarious joy of seeing people uncorset their secreted urges and find the liberating self-worth to parade it publicly. That is the unspoken strength underlying the delightful hoot , The Legend of Georgia McBride at GableStage

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Clay Cartland, Dave Corey, GableStage, Jade Wheeler, Joseph Adler, Julie Kleiner, Matthew Lopez, Sean Patrick Doyle, The Legend of Georgia McBride, Tom Wahl | Leave a comment

GableStage, Zoetic, MNM & Conundrum Reveals Skeds

So much news: GableStage and Zoetic Stage announcing their new season with titles like The Humans and Fun Home, MNM announces partnership with the Kravis, Conundrum Stages returns to tour. Even more items coming soon.

Posted on May 9, 2017 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in News | Tagged Conundrum Stages, GableStage, Zoetic Stage | Leave a comment