Tag Archives: Palm Beach Dramaworks

Vogel Encourages Dramaworks To Use Indecent Script As Blueprint Not Straitjacket

Paula Vogel welcomes, even celebrates how imaginative directors and committed casts use her work as a starting blueprint for their own explorations. She is pleased that this week the team at Palm Beach Dramaworks will unveil their particular vision of Indecent, just one of 20 productions that have been or are being mounted around the country last season and this season.

Posted on October 18, 2018 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Features | Tagged Avi Hoffman, Dani Marcus, Indecent, J. Barry Lewis, Kathleen Wise, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Paula Vogel | Leave a comment

In-Depth: State Cuts Will Affect What You See On Stage; Theaters Pledge To Fight Back

Some South Florida theaters are scrapping some of what they plan to put on stage this season or next. Some are leaving support positions unfilled. Some plan smaller cast shows. Some have sidelined plans for growth. Theaters are scrambling to cope with an unexpected 90 percent slash in state funding. But theater champions vow to fight back by organizing patrons and leading citizens to influence lawmakers.

Posted on October 7, 2018 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Features | Tagged Actors Playhouse, Americans for the Arts, Arts funding, ArtServe, Barbara Stein, City Theatre, Florida Children's Theatre, Florida Council on Arts and Culture, Florida Cultural Alliance, Florida Grand Opera, GableStage, Gobioff Foundation, Janeen Mason, Janet Erlick, Jaye Abbate, Joseph Adler, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Margaret Ledford, Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, Michael Spring, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Rick Scott, Sherron Long, Sue Ellen Beryl, Susan Westfall, William Hayes | Leave a comment

New Plays At Dramaworks, Danis Stays At FGO, Space Now Wilton Theater Factory

News About Dramaworks’ January festival of readings of works in development, Susan Danis stays at Florida Grand Opera, Infinite Abyss and Island City Stage rename their home Wilton Theater Factory

Posted on September 25, 2018 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in News | Tagged Florida Grand Opera, Infinite Abyss Productions, Island City Stage, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Wilton Theater Factory | Leave a comment

Stunning Excoriating Equus Gallops Across Dramaworks

Mere hours before the opening night of Equus at Palm Beach Dramaworks – a drama prompted by the true story of a troubled teen who blinded five horses – another troubled teen murdered 10 people in a nightmarish school shooting. But independent of that, its Equus stands among the most effective, perfectly executed productions that this company has wrought in its mission to deliver “theater to think about.”

Posted on May 19, 2018 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Anne-Marie Cusson, Domenic Servidio, Equus, Frank Vomero, J. Barry Lewis, John Leonard Thompson, Julie Rowe, Mallory Newbrough, Meredith Bartmon, Nicholas Lavalvo, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Peter Simon Hilton, Robert Richards Jr., Steve Carroll | 1 Comment

Wit And Wisdom, Life And Death Spar in Dramaworks’ Premiere of Edgar (Poe) & Emily (Dickinson)

Edgar & Emily, the premiere at Palm Beach Dramaworks, is a fascinating and funny fantasia about Edgar Allan Poe visiting Emily Dickinson late one night dragging his coffin behind him. Joseph McDonough’s wry play examines sensitive introspective artists’ challenge to be fully alive in the ever-present shadow of death – an evening laced with copious quips and witty banter.

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Bill Hayes, Edgar and Emily, Gregg Weiner, Joseph McDonough, Margery Lowe, Palm Beach Dramaworks | Leave a comment

So, The Dead Edgar Allen Poe Drops Into Emily Dickinson’s Bedroom With His Coffin….

Emily Dickinson is huddling in her bed when Edgar Allen Poe barges into her bedroom pulling his coffin behind him. This is even stranger than it sounds since Poe is believed to have died about 15 years earlier. Such is opening of the world premiere, Edgar and Emily, opening this weekend at Palm Beach Dramaworks.

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Features | Tagged Bill Hayes, Edgar and Emily, Gregg Weiner, Joseph McDonough, Margery Lowe, Palm Beach Dramaworks | Leave a comment

Theaters Rolling Out The Titles For 2018-2019 Season, Part 1

If it’s February, then theater companies are taking advantage of the visiting snowbirds presence to announce what they hope will be an enticing slate of titles for the 2018-19 season.

Posted on February 16, 2018 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in News | Tagged Arsht Center, Broadway Across Miami, Broward Center, Florida Grand Opera, Kravis Center, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Palm Beach Opera, Slow Burn Theatre Company, Thinking Cap Theatre, Wick Theatre | Leave a comment

On Golden Pond Is Pleasant Charmer At Dramaworks

Palm Beach Dramaworks’ production of On Golden Pond is a pleasing charmer suffused with warmth and aided immeasurably by a skilled cast and director. It’s well worth an evening’s divertissement. But do not go expecting to the kind of vibrance you remember from the 1981 film because few actors are Katharine Hepburn and Henry Fonda.

Posted on February 4, 2018 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Jim Ballard, John Felix, Karen Stephens, On Golden Pond, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Pat Bowie, Paul Stancato | Leave a comment

Difference In Dramaworks’ ‘On Golden Pond’ Will Be Obvious

Audiences sitting down this weekend to see Palm Beach Dramaworks’ production of the venerable play On Golden Pond will get a visual shock. It’s intentional, but not quite as originally planned.

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Features | Tagged Jim Ballard, John Felix, Karen Stephens, On Golden Pond, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Pat Bowie, Paul Stancato | Leave a comment

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