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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

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

Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s 2021-2022 Season

The Maltz Jupiter Theatre has announced its 2021-22 season.

Posted on July 26, 2021 by Bill Hirschman

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Palm Beach Arts To Lose Estimated $48 Million This Year

Palm Beach County may be famous for the number and generosity of arts donors, but recent losses paint a deeply unsettling portrait. Survey responses from 33 non-profit arts groups produced an estimated total $48 million in revenue already lost and expected to be lost by the end of the calendar year due to the pandemic.

Posted on November 1, 2020 by Bill Hirschman

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Maltz Postpones Season A Full Year To Jumpstart Construction

Taking advantage of the uncertain months ahead for full productions, the Maltz Jupiter Theater is delaying its entire next season a full year so that it can speed up its long-planned $30-plus million expansion project, breaking ground in three weeks rather than April 2021.

Posted on August 18, 2020 by Bill Hirschman

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Act Two For SoFla Theater: A 2-Part Portrait One Month In

PART TWO: One month into the nation-wide shutdown of live communal theater due to COVID-19, South Florida companies, like those in so many other regions, are trying to write Act Two with little clue how Act Three will play out. In this first of two parts, leaders from local companies and venues a limn this tale of confident hope and chilling fear, cold balance sheets with seven digits in the red, and blue sky imagining what theater will look like in two, three, 18 months.

Posted on April 19, 2020 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Features | Tagged Actors Playhouse, Andrew Kato, Andy Rogow, Arsht Center, Barbara Stein, Bree-Anna Obst, Broward Center, Christopher Demos-Brown, COVID-19, David Arisco, Island City Stage, Judith Mitchell, Kelley Shanley, Kravis Center, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Marilynn Wick, Miami New Drama, Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, Michael McKeever, Michael Spring, Michel Hausmann, Nicole Stodard, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Patrick Fitzwater, The Wick Theatre, Theatre Lab, Thinking Cap Theatre, William Hayes, Zoetic Stage | Leave a comment

Act Two For SoFla Theater: A 2-Part Portrait One Month In

PART ONE: One month into the nation-wide shutdown of live communal theater due to COVID-19, South Florida companies, like those in so many other regions, are trying to write Act Two with little clue how Act Three will play out. In this first of two parts, leaders from local companies and venues a limn this tale of confident hope and chilling fear, cold balance sheets with seven digits in the red, and blue sky imagining what theater will look like in two, three, 18 months.

Posted on April 18, 2020 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Features, General | Tagged Actors Playhouse, Andrew Kato, Andy Rogow, Arsht Center, Barbara Stein, Bree-Anna Obst, Broward Center, Christopher Demos-Brown, COVID-19, David Arisco, Island City Stage, Judith Mitchell, Kelley Shanley, Kravis Center, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Marilynn Wick, Miami New Drama, Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, Michael McKeever, Michael Spring, Michel Hausmann, Nicole Stodard, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Patrick Fitzwater, The Wick Theatre, Theatre Lab, Thinking Cap Theatre, William Hayes, Zoetic Stage | Leave a comment

Open A New Window: SoFla Theaters Reach Out Online

South Florida stages are dormant, but the theaters themselves are not. Already, the community is trying to adapt to the exigencies of the current brave new world by offering imaginative initiatives to serve their patrons and their fellow artists. We will update this story as more projects are announced.

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Bill Hirschman

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