Tag Archives: Island City Stage

Cancelled, Postponed, Understudies: The Show Goes On In SoFla Theater — Sort Of

The calendars in South Florida theater are being written in pencil—with erasers. Regional theaters are forging through the Covid spike with no panic and limited public fuss, but with a total lack of certainty of anything—cancelling performances, jettisoning titles, postponing productions a week, a month, a year; inserting swings; and calming ticket buyers by email.

Posted on January 8, 2022 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Features | Tagged Actors Playhouse, Andy Rogow, Bari Newport, Covid, David Arisco, Geoffrey Short, Island City Stage, Julie Jacobs, Matt Stabile, Patrick Fitzwater, Pembroke Pines Theatre of the Performing Arts, Slow Burn Theatre Company, The Wick Theatre, Theatre Lab, Zoetic Stage | 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

Swirling Realities Within Realities In Gay-Themed ‘Twentieth Century Way’

The Twentieth Century Way creates intersecting, overlapping realities in Island City Stage’s celebration of its 10th season by restaging its 2012 inaugural play. This thought-provoker melds questions about people acknowledging their true identity, amalgamating actors in general hiding behind their roles, and gay men hiding their sexuality from a homophobic society and themselves.

Posted on October 2, 2021 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Alfonso Vieites, Clay Cartland, Island City Stage, Michael Leeds, The Twentieth Century Way, Tom Jacobson | Leave a comment

2021-22 SoFla Theater Will Be A Season Of Asterisks (Part 3 of 3)

The show will go on for SoFla theater, but 2021-2022 will be a season of asterisks, what ifs and when. In a three-part series, we talk to artistic and managing directors about why this season will be unlike any other: from COVID to diversity. While local theaters survived the past 17 months the coming season may determine whether every Florida company will still be here a year from now.

Posted on September 12, 2021 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Features | Tagged Actors Playhouse, Andrew Kato, Andy Rogow, Barbara Stein, Boca Stage, Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Island City Stage, Keith Garsson, Kelley Shanley, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Marilynn Wick, Martin Childers, Matt Stabile, Michael McKeever, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Patrick Fitzwater, Slow Burn Theatre Company, Sue Ellen Beryl, Theatre Lab, Wick Theatre, William Hayes, Zoetic Stage | 1 Comment

2021-22 SoFla Theater Will Be A Season Of Asterisks (Part 2 of 3)

The show will go on for SoFla theater, but 2021-2022 will be a season of asterisks, what ifs and when. In a 3-part series, we talk to artistic and managing directors about awhy this season will be unlike any other: from COVID to diversity. While local theaters survived the past 17 months the coming season may determine whether every Florida company will still be here a year from now.

Posted on September 11, 2021 by Bill Hirschman

2021-22 SoFla Theater Will Be A Season Of Asterisks (Part 1 of 3)

The show will go on for SoFla theater, but 2021-22 will be a season of asterisks, what ifs and when. In a three-part series, we talk to artistic and managing directors about why this season will be unlike any other: from COVID to diversity. While local theaters survived the past 17 months the coming season may determine whether every Florida company will still be here a year from now.

Posted on September 10, 2021 by Bill Hirschman

Studying Themselves Instead Of Lines, SoFla Artists Look At Lessons From Pandemic

Many artists define themselves by a calling that relies on faith that their art form will always be there. But in 2020, the foundation of their sense of who they were and what they believed made their lives worthwhile vanished. They were forced into introspection about the primacy of their profession and their art in their lives. Here, they reveal what they learned about South Florida theater and especially themselves.

Posted on June 28, 2021 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Features | Tagged Adalberto Acevedo, Amy London, Anna Lise Jensen Arvelo, Barbara Bradshaw, Beth Dimon, Boca Stage, Elizabeth Price, Gaby Tortoledo, Geoffrey Short, Island City Stage, Jeffrey Bruce, Jessica Sanford, John Thomason, Keith Garsson, Martin Childers, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Patti Gardner, Shelley Keelor, Theatre Lab, Tom Wahl, Wayne LeGette | 1 Comment

Bright Colors Is Manic Tour de Force for Island City Stage

Drew Droege’s Bright Colors and Bold Patterns deftly avoids common tropes of the solo show in its compulsively watchable regional premiere at Island City Stage, a fringe festival-style tour de force for actor Thomas Mark.

Posted on June 6, 2021 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Bright Colors and Bold Patterns, Drew Droege, Island City Stage, Michael Leeds, Thomas Mark | Leave a comment

Island City To Deliver Williams’ Summer, Ludlam, Premiere

Island City Stage celebrates its tenth season with the anticipated Tennessee Williams’ Suddenly, Last Summer sidelined by the pandemic, plus a world premiere, a Charles Ludlam classic, a return of an earlier success and a contemporary play described as “an unflinching portrait of being Black and gay in America today.”

Posted on May 13, 2021 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in News | Tagged Island City Stage | Leave a comment

Island City Stage Dives Deep Into Current Racial Divide

In an exceedingly timely appearance, Island City Stage mounts a scathing production mirroring current tumult about race in America — a taut, intense, drama The Niceties.

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Eleanor Burgess, Island City Stage, Lisa Kay King, Michael Leeds, Michelle Bryant, The Niceties | Leave a comment