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Wednesday, April 30, 2025

You’ll Fall in Love With ‘Sweet Charity’ at Gulfshore Playhouse by Bill Hirschman

The men in Sweet Charity Hope Valentine's life may not be smart enough to fall in love with her, but any audience member wise enough to see Gulfshore Playhouse's production will fall instant…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:24PM

Pompano Players Sets The World Goes Round Revue In An Airport by Bill Hirschman

Flight is an apt metaphor for life. Indeed, our existence includes highs and lows, But thankfully, life also presents moments of love, levity, and “smooth sailing,” (or flying, in this c…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:24AM
Tuesday, April 29, 2025

The Flawed Four Battle Again In Maltz’s Flawless Virginia Woolf by Bill Hirschman

Anyone not already familiar with t Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? had better hold onto their seat because it’s a bumpy ride indeed. The intimate space in the Maltz Jupiter Theatre is i…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:42AM
Sunday, April 27, 2025

Boca Stage’s Dark Biz Comedy Dry Powder Asks Tough Question by Bill Hirschman

The tense, barbed, well-crafted dark comedy Dry Powder at Boca Stage deals with an age-old question: For what price would you sell your soul? If you don’t believe in souls, substitute the …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:02AM
Saturday, April 26, 2025

POW To Bow Second Open Air Show: Sound of Music by Bill Hirschman

“You will sit in a swivel chair and the show will take place all around you, all over the park,” Director Ronnie Larsen said about its upcoming free outdoor theater production of The Sou…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:06PM
Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Fine Performances, Chilling & Resonating Script Return in Timekeepers by Bill Hirschman

Dan Clancy’s The Timekeepers underscores we share more in common with each other than the differences that separate us. Two concentration camp prisoners – a Jew and a non-Jewish gay find…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:48PM
Saturday, April 19, 2025

Glimpse of Billie Holiday: ‘Emerson’s Bar & Grill’ at Gulfshore Playhouse by Bill Hirschman

Life was not kind to Billie Holiday, but she persevered, channeling her pain into her singing. Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill at Gulfshore Playhouse puts her in her element: onstage a…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:24PM

South Pacific is Enchanting at the Lauderhill Performing Arts by Bill Hirschman

Looking for somewhere to spend an enchanting afternoon or evening? Then look no further than South Pacific, now playing at the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center. With an almost perfect produ…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:12AM
Thursday, April 17, 2025

Two Sides to Every Story in Pigs Do Fly’s Painting Churches by Bill Hirschman

The Church family does not put the fun in dysfunctional. This bothersome trio play out their convoluted story from the comfort of their living room in Pigs Do Fly Productions’ play, Painti…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:18PM
Wednesday, April 16, 2025

South Florida Cappies Lists All Nominees by Bill Hirschman

The Florida Cappies Inc. have announced the nominees from 28 Broward and Palm Beach schools recognition excellence Tuesday, May 20 at 7 p.m. in the Au-Rene Theater at the4 Broward Center for…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:03PM

M Ensemble’s Revival Knock Me A Kiss Is Present Day Look at People in Harlem Renaissance by Bill Hirschman

M Ensemble's current revival of Knock Me A Kiss that it mounted in 2014 has different echoes in 2025. The post M Ensemble’s Revival Knock Me A Kiss Is Present Day Look at People in Harlem …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:24AM
Tuesday, April 15, 2025

A Century Later the Issues Remain in Dramaworks’ Camping With Henry and Tom by Bill Hirschman

Thirty 30 years ago, Mark St. Germain wrote a play Camping With Henry and Tom fictionalizing an actual meeting among Ford, Edison and President Harding. Given the politics, religion, racism,…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:18PM
Friday, April 11, 2025

Comic ‘Fat Ham’ Echoes Hamlet Thru African-American Prism by Bill Hirschman

Fat Ham, which tells of a young gay man at his Black family’s contentious backyard barbeque, is basically a huge grin. The fact that the ingenious plot intentionally echoes Hamlet does not…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:06AM
Thursday, April 10, 2025

‘Sylvia’ is a Bad Dog From Curtain Call Playhouse at the Willow by Bill Hirschman

If all of us liked the same things, it would be a truly dull world, but occasionally, like in Sylvia produced by Curtain Call Playhouse playing at the Willow Theatre, you have to wonder what…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:54PM
Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Beliefs and Responsibility Grapple In Miami New Drama’s World Premiere Birthright by Bill Hirschman

How do deeply held beliefs – religious, social, moral -- guide us, persist, deteriorate or see us mutate as time and events challenge their truth and erode the bond among those raised on …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:24PM
Sunday, April 6, 2025

Dealing With Crippling Grief Is At Center of Theatre Lab’s The Impossible Task of Today by Bill Hirschman

For some, grief is a long haul, the raw pangs never subsiding, but thriving, almost dictating a person’s daily actions even years later. At least that’s the way it is for Jack Jordan, th…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 02:03PM
Friday, April 4, 2025

Summer, 1976 Investigates Levels In The Bonds of Friendship by Bill Hirschman

By Bill Hirschman One benefit of aging is the ability to see where we came from, where we have travelled, contemplate our past decisions, but most significantly to wisely re-evaluate the mea…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:06AM
Thursday, April 3, 2025

A Sweet Slice of Theater: “Waitress” at Actors’ Playhouse by Bill Hirschman

By Mariah Reed Waitress follows the story of Jenna, a talented pie maker working in a small-town diner who is trapped in an unhappy marriage. Haunted by her mother’s legacy of hardship, …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:54AM
Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Feature: Theatre Lab New Play Festival Explores ‘The Happiness Gym’ by Bill Hirschman

Over a decade, Theatre Lab has built a reputation for exploring some of the newest scripts, visions and techniques in the field. But this month’s The Happiness Gym as part of its annual fe…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:54PM
Tuesday, April 1, 2025

‘Something Rotten’ Isn’t; It’s Hilarious For Musical Fans by Bill Hirschman

In one of the most hilarious production numbers in recent musical comedy written specifically for musical fans, imagine: alternating lyrics among Shakespearean quotes, ribald puns and a chor…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:24PM
Monday, March 31, 2025

Respect: A Musical Journey of Women at Pompano Beach Cultural Center by Bill Hirschman

  By Jan Sjostrom   Respect: A Musical Journey of Women mixes potholes with well-maintained pavement. A checklist from a recent road test of the Pompano Players’ production at the Pompan…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 05:32PM
Sunday, March 30, 2025

Wick’s No, No, Nanette Will “Make You Happy Too” by Bill Hirschman

No, No, Nanette is a blast from the past. It’s a comedy of errors, set in the Roaring 1920’s jazz-age flapper era, full of farcical moments with plenty of tap-dancing, and oodles of hear…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:42PM
Thursday, March 27, 2025

“Follow the Fold” to Guys and Dolls at the Maltz Jupiter by Bill Hirschman

The Guys and Dolls at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre has an embarrassment of riches including actors, orchestra technical display and dance number after dance number each more toe-tapping than t…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:54PM
Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Poignant and Powerful, All the Natalie Portmans Addresses Resilience in the Face of Tragedy by Bill Hirschman

How do you deal with a deeply troubled family? You retreat into a rich fantasy life where famous white actresses befriend you and dreams lull you into something approaching hope. All the Nat…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:54PM
Monday, March 17, 2025

When It All Goes So Wonderfully Wrong: Noises Off at Gulfshore by Bill Hirschman

You feel perturbed when things go wrong in real life, but it’s such delicious fun when it happens onstage. And Noises Off at Gulfshore Playhouse is filled with missed cues, forgotten and d…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:54PM
Sunday, March 16, 2025

Not Quite Like Any Fiddler On The Roof You’ve Seen Before by Bill Hirschman

No, Zoetic Stage’s production is not yet another Fiddler on the Roof. This re-imagined production infused with joy has imagination, power, vitality and a freshness that gifts you as if you…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:06PM
Tuesday, March 11, 2025

“Art” Gets Hung at the West Boca by Bill Hirschman

We wish we could give a good review to Art noat the West Boca Theatre Company, but the award-winning script doesn't seem to work despite the cast's efforts. The post “Art” Gets Hung at t…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:24PM
Sunday, March 9, 2025

Legally Blonde The Musical Bends and Snaps at LPAC by Bill Hirschman

The jury is in, the gavel has come down, and Legally Blonde The Musical, now playing at the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center, is guilty, your honor. Guilty of being funny, silly, entertaini…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:06PM
Thursday, March 6, 2025

Riverside Theatre’s Glorious Cause For Singin’ in the Rain by Bill Hirschman

The ‘glorious feeling’ is hard to escape, even after final bows, for Riverside Theatre’s production of Singin’ in the Rain. ‘Having fun’ is what’s at the crux of the film. Rive…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:48PM
Wednesday, March 5, 2025

‘Confessions Of A Retired Witch’ Bows With D’Jamin Bartlett by Bill Hirschman

Confessions Of A Retired Witch hit the ground running in a short run through this weekend at The Studio at Mizner Park written by and featuring experienced theater hands D’Jamin Bartlett a…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:36PM
Saturday, March 1, 2025

Comedy Tonight In Wilton Manors, But Bring A Blanket by Bill Hirschman

POW! in the Park’s inaugural production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum this month is the culmination of the company's dream to produce free outdoor theater in Wilton Man…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:03PM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre