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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…

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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 dis…

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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'r…

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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 the W…

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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…

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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. Riverside director…

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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 and…

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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 Manor…

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Monday, February 24, 2025

Dynamic All My Sons Charts Domestic Descent Into Tragedy by Bill Hirschman

What New City Players' ensemble achieves in its dynamic production of Arthur Miller's classic All My Sons is making totally believable the slow descent from the warmth of family gatherings t…

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Sunday, February 23, 2025

JupiterMatltz FL Review: "The Lehman Trilogy" Depicts Generations Who See Selves As "Merchants of Money" by Bill Hirschman

The three-hour challenging & thought-provoking production spread over three acts and two intermissions rarely flags because imaginative director Peter Flynn and his three actors David Studwe…

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Saturday, February 22, 2025

Maltz's Lehman Trilogy Depicts Generations Who See Selves As "Merchants of Money" by Bill Hirschman

The Lehman Trilogy is the journey of a country pursuing a Dream viewed through the prism of financial acquisition, following generations of an immigrant family rising to economic triumph " …

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Friday, February 21, 2025

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change Perfect For Valentine's by Bill Hirschman

Perfect for Valentine's Day month is I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change staged by the Off-Glades Theatre Company at the Willow Theatre in Boca Raton. ILYYPNC is a musical revue themed ar…

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Sunday, February 16, 2025

Dissolving Family in Dramaworks' The Humans Is Clearer Than Ever by Bill Hirschman

This third time seeing Stephen Karam's Tony-winning The Humans again becomes clearer with Palm Beach Dramaworks' fine depiction of a normal family deteriorating over Thanksgiving dinner from…

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Saturday, February 15, 2025

Peck to Direct Arthur Miller's All My Sons at New City Players by Bill Hirschman

It is safe to say that South Florida theater artist and educator Jason Peck knows Arthur Miller's masterpiece, All My Sons. "I've read the play close to 100 times by now," Peck notes. He'…

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Thursday, February 13, 2025

West Boca's My Name Is Asher Lev Is Emotional Rollercoaster by Bill Hirschman

Suffused with the environment of a young Jewish man in America. My Name Is Asher Lev may not be for everyone's interest, but that doesn't mean it's not great theater at the West Boca Theatre…

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Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Riverside Theatre's Master Class Soars As Callas' Dramatic Aria by Bill Hirschman

You are in for quite the theater treat at Riverside Theatre's splendid production of Master Class. Starring award winning Broadway actress Karen Ziemba, this production rings with artful sop…

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Monday, February 10, 2025

Slow Burn's Dark Musical 'Parade' Is Among The Season's Finest by Bill Hirschman

There is a moment in the finest musical theater when lyrics, acting, direction, and, above all, the music meld into a power-driven force that almost physically lifts the audience out of thei…

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Saturday, February 8, 2025

Epic, Compelling 'The Lehman Trilogy' at Gulfshore Playhouse by Bill Hirschman

Just call The Lehman Trilogy the Walt Whitman of plays: it is large and contains multitudes. performed by three actors at the Gulfshore Playhouse whose characters are born, grow, age, die,…

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Thursday, February 6, 2025

Resentments, Perceptions and Racism Swirl in Ultimate Family Dysfunction of Appropriate by Bill Hirschman

Imagine a half-dozen out-of-control freight trains howling and careening toward each other " a rough metaphor for the emotional collision after collision of egos and anger in the epic family…

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Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Knowing Who We Are Is Central In Premiere 'two of us on the run' by Bill Hirschman

The fears, frustrations and universal questions of who we are"all of which are magnified when you're 16 years old, on the cusp of being an adult"swirl in the provocative but uneven world pre…

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Monday, February 3, 2025

In Memoriam: Christine Dolen Transformed Florida Theater by Bill Hirschman

The world of South Florida theater -- from its presentations to its artists to its standing in the national scene -- was inestimably transformed in large part to the dedication and vision of…

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Beautiful Is Not As Good As Others, But Quite Entertaining If You've Haven't Seen It Before by Bill Hirschman

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical now playing at the Wick Theatre is "so far away" from another local production, but that doesn't mean the Wick's edition is not entertaining, or that you s…

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Friday, January 31, 2025

Is Artist Acting Like A Dog Or Believes It Or What: Premiere Asks Questions Inside Satire by Bill Hirschman

Obviously, the attention-getting element of Bad Dog is the sight of a Miami New Drama actor dressed in a jock strap and a few yellow straps, inhabiting the bizarre essence of a performance a…

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Thursday, January 30, 2025

 How to Murder Your Wife: 'Dial M for Murder' at Gulfshore Playhouse in Naples by Bill Hirschman

If you feel chills running down your spine, it could be another Polar Vortex cold snap in Florida. Or maybe you're in Naples, watching Gulfshore Playhouse's production of Dial M for Murder. …

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Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Jersey Boys Transports Us To A Time of Innocence And Hope by Bill Hirschman

During these turbulent divided times, it is delightfully refreshing to be transported back to a time of innocence and hope, when four boys from immigrant families could rise to fame and glor…

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Monday, January 27, 2025

Promising Lakehouse Delivers Absurdist Four Coloring by Bill Hirschman

In Four Coloring at the newLakehouseRanchDotPNG troupe, characters are redesigning the American flag. which asks what does the flag stand for? Is it time for a new one? Without providing eas…

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Sunday, January 26, 2025

LPAC's 9 To 5 Will Have You Laughing In The D4ive Home by Bill Hirschman

Broadway LPAC's season is off to a clack, the clacking of a typewriter because of the entertaining 9 to 5 The Musical. The post LPAC's 9 To 5 Will Have You Laughing In The D4ive Home first a…

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Saturday, January 25, 2025

'To Life 5' Proves A Worthy Successor at the Willow Theatre by Bill Hirschman

Just like "To Life," the Fiddler on the Roof song that it's named for, To Life 5 at the Willow Theatre is a celebration of the Jewish people, the latest in the ongoing series.. The post 'To …

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Thursday, January 23, 2025

Superb Cast & Direction Triumph In Island City's Complex, Challenging A Delicate Balance by Bill Hirschman

A nameless terror has upended the fragile homeostasis in Agnes and Tobias' carefully-ordered uppercrust existence, all the more frightening because its anonymity makes it uncomfortably unive…

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Tuesday, January 21, 2025

2025 Remy Awards Recognize Service to SoFla Theater by Bill Hirschman

The 2025 Remy Awards recognizing outstanding service of theater professionals who work behind the scenes and in the theater community have been announced by the of the South Florida Theatre …

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Monday, January 20, 2025

Boca Stage's Living on Love Is Lightweight But Full-Throttle Fun by Bill Hirschman

Living on Love at Boca Stage aims for full-throttle fun. It has no truck with deeper meanings or intellectual stimulation. The post Boca Stage's Living on Love Is Lightweight But Full-Thrott…

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2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off