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Thursday, October 19, 2023

Time To Go Into the Woods With Slow Burn by Bill Hirschman

    By Oline H. Cogdill The forest explored in Slow Burn Theatre Company’s vigorous production of the musical “Into the Woods” is the place to be. These woods might seem to be a sett…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:03PM
Thursday, October 12, 2023

Don’t Wait Until Tomorrow To See Annie at Broward Center by Bill Hirschman

    By Oline H. Cogdill Theater is timeless, ever evolving, ever expanding. Themes that playwrights explored a thousand years ago are—with a bit of updating—still relevant. There’s a…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:43PM
Friday, October 6, 2023

Carbonell Awards Announces Honorees of Six Special Awards 2023 by Bill Hirschman

      So many people contribute their talents to making South Florida theater soar—directors, actors, technical expers, support staff, playwrights—the list is endless. But also many p…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:19PM
Monday, October 2, 2023

How I Learned What I Learned opens GableStage’s 25th season by Bill Hirschman

  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,…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:25PM
Friday, September 29, 2023

Carbonell Awards Announce 120 Nominations for 2022-2023 Season Zoetic Stage Tops List with 20 Nominations, Maltz Jupiter Theatre Earns 19, GableStage by Bill Hirschman

        South Florida’s 2022-2023 theater season has been another terrific season. That excellence is shown in the nominations for the annual Carbonell Awards, as well as the Silver Pa…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 05:33PM
Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Clark Gable Slept Here at The Foundry in Wilton Manors by Bill Hirschman

      By Aaron Krause Picture yourself almost continuously laughing while maintaining an iron grip on the novel you are reading. Your eyes have remained wide open for so long that your ey…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:03PM
Monday, September 25, 2023

2023 Silver Palms Announce Honorees by Bill Hirschman

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 recognize…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:13PM
Monday, September 18, 2023

The Many Wondrous Realities of Jasmine Starr-Kidd at Theatre Lab by Bill Hirschman

By Jan Sjostrom Jasmine Starr-Kidd is having a tough time dealing with her parents’ divorce. In that she’s much like many other 12-year-olds today. But Jasmine has a fix. A science prodi…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:37PM
Monday, September 11, 2023

MNM’s Five Guys deliver a love letter to Louis Jordan by Bill Hirschman

By Jan Sjostrom Five Guys Named Moe, the rollicking love letter to the music of Louis Jordan, works its magic in a tuneful production by Marcie Gorman & MNM Theatre Company through Sept.…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:07PM
Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Auditions Tonight – August 29, 2023 by Bill Hirschman

We are looking for actors for our next production, Dr. Seward’s Dracula by Joseph Zettelmaier, this is a paid acting opportunity. Synopsis: “People need monsters. They need to believe th…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:25PM
Sunday, August 13, 2023

Thrill Me makes a riveting musical at Island City Stage by Bill Hirschman

  By Aaron Krause Nobody in their right mind would condone the titular character’s actions in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Yet, we can sympathize with this fictional se…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:49PM
Monday, July 31, 2023

Friendships are in season at Last Summer at Bluefish Cove by Bill Hirschman

WOW, Women of Wilton launches its first production By Oline H. Cogdill Love and friendship, grief and death are timeless themes that are the foundation of the entertaining production of …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:43PM
Tuesday, July 25, 2023

Lindsey Corey seamlessly slips into 15 characters in Defending the Cavewoman at Actors Playhouse by Bill Hirschman

Defending the Cavewoman explores the differences between women and men. The post Lindsey Corey seamlessly slips into 15 characters in Defending the Cavewoman at Actors Playhouse first appear…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:33PM
Monday, July 10, 2023

NCP’s Little Montgomery Morphs From Cute Comedy To Exam of the Human Comedy by Bill Hirschman

New City Players’ Little Montgomery starts as a satisfyingly cute summer chuckle of a comedy, but morphs into a deeper examination of human beings struggling awkwardly to cope with the wor…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:33AM
Sunday, June 25, 2023

What You’ve Seen And Will See Next Season Crippled By Lack Of Competent Craftspeople by Bill Hirschman

What audiences have seen, are seeing and will see across stages has been crippled and artistically hidden in a strangulation that only insiders know about. Simply, it’s extremely difficult…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:04AM
Wednesday, June 21, 2023

6 Dance Lessons/6 Weeks Returns From New ‘ArtBuzz Theatrics’ Company by Bill Hirschman

ArtBuzz Theatrics’ compelling professional production of Six Dance Lessons In Six Weeks features impressively realistic, nuanced, and multi-faceted performances from veterans Larry Buzzeo …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:07PM
Friday, June 16, 2023

Issues Woven Into Warm Comedy in GableStage’s Native Gardens by Bill Hirschman

Native Gardens is, indeed, a comedy infused with character-based humor that satisfies as a warm summer evening of laughs. But Karen Zacarías’ social satire at GableStage gently weaves in …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:55AM
Thursday, June 15, 2023

Beetlejuice Reappears To Wreak Havoc — This Time In a Musical by Bill Hirschman

The musical Beetlejuice, part of the Broadway Across America series, is resplendent with silly, often stupid, jokes, over-the-top acting and sometimes forgettable songs that actually all com…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:04AM
Wednesday, June 14, 2023

High-Energy & Enthusiasm Mark Front Page Edition of Newsies by Bill Hirschman

The Newsboy Strike of 1899 is the foundation of a high-energy, enthusiastic and plain old fun production of the musical Disney’s Newsies closing out Slow Burn Theatre Company’s season. T…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:55AM
Monday, June 12, 2023

Summer Shorts Return With a Miami/ BIPOC / LatinX Flavor by Bill Hirschman

City Theatre’s Summer Shorts vibrates with the unique distinctive essence that exceeds traditional adjectives and can best be captured in the word “Miami.” Indeed, the production is su…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:49PM
Saturday, June 10, 2023

Report From New York (Tony Edition) Kimberly Akimbo Fuses Humor & Pain Of Adolescence by Bill Hirschman

The musical Kimberly Akimbo sounds like the premise for a Disney comedy: A teenager afflicted with a disease that ages her 4 ½ times faster than normal tries to cope at the same time with t…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:19PM
Friday, June 9, 2023

Report From New York (Tony Edition): Parade’s Unblinkingly Focuses On Anti-Semitism by Bill Hirschman

Parade forces you watch to first-hand the inexorable horror of anti-Semitism, not in a newspaper, but rising feet in front of you with the complexity, the fear and the human enmity envelopin…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:55AM
Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Report From New York (Tony Edition): The Play Goes Wrong Again Gleefully With Peter Pan by Bill Hirschman

The precise use of the technically forensic terms “fun,” “delightful” and “rollicking” are absolutely accurate when describing Peter Pan Goes Wrong, the latest in the development…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:07AM
Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Jodie Langel’s New Youth Company To Present Musical ’13’ by Bill Hirschman

Jodie Langel promises that audiences attending the inaugural production of South Florida’s newest theater company will be “blown away” by the young performers’ talent. Her Off Glades…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:33AM
Monday, June 5, 2023

Report From New York (Tony Edition): Looking In On Sidney Brustein 50 Years Later by Bill Hirschman

Lorraine Hansberry’sThe Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window about a liberal couple and their circle in Greenwich Village is an worth seeing (and mounting locally). but acknowledge that it …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:32AM
Sunday, June 4, 2023

Let Your Hair Down With Honky Tonk Angels At Riverside by Bill Hirschman

After a season filled with provocative drama and lavish musicals, Riverside Theatre lets its hair down with Honky Tonk Angels, a juke box musical filled with country music and down-home humo…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:02AM
Friday, June 2, 2023

Report From New York (Tony Edition): Sweeney Returns With Scope Rarely Seen Since 1979 by Bill Hirschman

Sweeney Todd has rarely been restored to the breathtaking visual scope of that initial production featured, but the current revival is the return of a full-fledged, full-throated, fully-pro…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:02AM
Thursday, June 1, 2023

Report From New York – Tony Edition: Some Like It Hot Is A Time Machine With Asterisks by Bill Hirschman

It’s a safe bet that the stage floor has been reinforced and tts speakers upgraded to accommodate the pounding tap dancers and the whirlwind of music pouring out at Some Like It Hot. If y…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:24PM
Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Report From New York (Tony Edition): Life of Pi Puppetry Gifts Visual Triumph by Bill Hirschman

On occasions, you run into people who have dismissed seeing plays without having seeing one, people who don’t understand the absolutely unique magic of live Theater. Drag them to see Life …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:54PM
Monday, May 29, 2023

Dramaworks’ Ends Season With Electric Topdog/Underdog by Bill Hirschman

Palm Beach Dramaworks’ immersifying edition of Topdog/Underdog laudably justifies in its delivery, this masterwork has a depth and complexity that gifts each outing with the opportunity to…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:24AM
Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Hundreds of Students’ Work in Theater Honored At Cappies by Bill Hirschman

Amid protracted and repeated cheers of a volume rarely heard in the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, hundreds upon hundreds of high school students and their families celebrated the c…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:18PM

All that Chat

2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards