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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

15 Years, 4 Productions And 400-Plus Performances Later, Wayne LeGette Returns to Role by Bill Hirschman

Sometime after more than 400 performances, Wayne LeGette lost track of how often he had appeared in the enduring musical about relationships I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change. Whatever …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:13PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Nicky Silver's The Lyons Scores As Jet Black Satire Of Dysfunctional Family by Bill Hirschman

Nicky Silver's wickedly hilarious satire The Lyons about self-centered souls in the most dysfunctional family ever seen, on display at The Women's Theatre Project, hides a deeper portrait of…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:33AM[SHARE]
Sunday, December 8, 2013

Bravura Lion In Winter Is Family Battle Royal As Blood Sport by Bill Hirschman

To summarize The Lion in Winter as a drama about a dysfunctional family is to facilely devalue this examination of just how base the human animal can be in the grip of power and ambition. D…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:58AM[SHARE]

Home For The Holidays: Comedy In Making God Laugh Morphs Into Poignancy At Playhouse by Bill Hirschman

Put Actors' Playhouse production of Making God Laugh pretty much in the insightful column. Playwright Sean Grennan uses our recognition of the laughter and pain common to most familial relat…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:34AM[SHARE]
Saturday, December 7, 2013

SantaLand Diaries Good For Seasonal Laughs, But Has Its Share Of Bah-Humbug Moments by Bill Hirschman

While David Sedaris' The SantaLand Diaries has its share of funny, when his script stoops low for laughs, he dashes all the other precious gifts he doles out in this very inventive one-perso…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:31AM[SHARE]
Friday, December 6, 2013

Maltz's Appealing Annie Has Adorable Orphans, Skill & Polish, But Little Magic Or Heart by Bill Hirschman

The Maltz Jupiter Theatre's sumptuous and skillful production of Annie resembles that strange holiday gift that you're not quite sure how to react to. It's beautifully wrapped and artfully m…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:42AM[SHARE]
Sunday, December 1, 2013

A Quiet, Lazy Holiday: 22 Shows Play South Florida This Month by Bill Hirschman

There may be 12 days of Christmas, eight days of Hannukah and seven days of Kwanzaa, but there are 31 days of theater in South Florida underscored by the coming week in which at least 10 sho…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 02:59PM[SHARE]
Saturday, November 30, 2013

Kravis ' Radio City Christmas Spectacular Is, Indeed, A Pretty Spectacular Holiday Present by Bill Hirschman

The Radio City Christmas Spectacular at the Kravis Center is, unlike much in life, precisely what its reputation promises. Start with spectacular, derived from the word spectacle. Nearly 40 …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:36PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Sacrilegious And Sweet, The Book Of Mormon Is Both Hilarious And Profane by Bill Hirschman

Hallelujah, children! We are delivered from the bondage of political correctness, the oppression of reactionary repression and the tyranny of the status quo. Raise up your voice and praise t…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 02:21PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, November 26, 2013

GableStage Tries Funding McCraney's Shakespeare Through Cyberspace by Bill Hirschman

GableStage is raising money for its January production of Antony and Cleopatra with online crowdsourcing. It seeks $55,000 in pledges through Dec. 21 through Kickstarter.com.

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:29PM[SHARE]

Photos From Tarell McCraney's Antony And Cleopatra by Bill Hirschman

These photos were taken of the world premiere of Tarell Alvin McCraney's new take on Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra which premiered this week at the Royal Shakespeare Company's Swan Thea…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:25PM[SHARE]
Monday, November 25, 2013

The Gleefully Irreverent Romp The Book Of Mormon Opens This Week At Broward Center by Bill Hirschman

Aggressively, gleefully and literally irreverent, with the most profane lyric about the Almighty ever heard in a Broadway musical, The Book of Mormon is the most improbable smash since a pre…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:57AM[SHARE]
Sunday, November 24, 2013

My Name Is Asher Lev Is Compelling Work Of Art by Bill Hirschman

Like walking toward a great work of art at the end of a hallway, the magnificence of GableStage's production of My Name Is Asher Lev grows slowly as you approach it, as you spend time with i…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:26PM[SHARE]
Thursday, November 21, 2013

The Last Night Of Ballyhoo Examines Prejudice Among Those Discriminated Against by Bill Hirschman

A solid cast molded by director Hugh M. Murphy adds Alfred Uhry's The Lasy Night of Ballyhoo to the quietly growing list of solid productions that Broward Stage Door has been accumulating i…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:46PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Theatre League Announces Remy Award Recipients by Bill Hirschman

To showcase outstanding work related to local theater, the South Florida Theatre League is honoring five individuals and an organization with the Remy Award.

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:07AM[SHARE]
Sunday, November 17, 2013

New Theatre's My First, My Fist Is Sincere, Stylized Misfire by Bill Hirschman

New Theatre's world premiere of Megan Breen's examination of sexual repression and liberation, My First, My Fist, My Bleeding Seeded Spirit is a well-intentioned but overheated, self-indulg…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:49PM[SHARE]
Saturday, November 16, 2013

Wick's White Christmas Melts The Snow Bank In Your Heart by Bill Hirschman

There's a warm and comforting triple promise in The Wick Theatre's pre-Thanksgiving production of the musical White Christmas. One is that the promise of the coming holiday season, a second …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:06PM[SHARE]
Thursday, November 14, 2013

Margot Moreland & Oscar Cheda Are Playing Your Song In Boca by Bill Hirschman

Margot Moreland and Oscar Cheda's presence in Boca Raton Theatre Guild's production of They're Playing Our Song is, indeed, more than enough reason to see this tuneful but far from iconic 19…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:34PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Alliance's Savage In Limbo Examines Everyday Lives Of Not-So-Quiet Desperation by Bill Hirschman

Inarticulate people hold forth in a bar in a torrent of existential philosophy and metaphorical verbiage in John Patrick Shanley's Savage In Limbo at the Alliance Theatre Lab. But if Shanley…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:38AM[SHARE]
Monday, November 11, 2013

Plaza Theatre's Fingers and Toes Needs More Happy Feet by Bill Hirschman

There are bits and pieces to love in what Plaza Theatre is billing as a tap comedy musical, Fingers and Toes. But the musical suffers from a lack of identity. Is it a send-up of classic "le…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:35PM[SHARE]
Saturday, November 9, 2013

Demos-Brown's Fear Up Harsh At Zoetic Is Explosive Inquiry Into Our Need For Heroes by Bill Hirschman

Christopher Demos-Brown's compelling word premiere Fear Up Harsh from Zoetic Stage is a mercilessly penetrating interrogation of how our need for heroes can trump the very values of truth, h…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:46PM[SHARE]
Friday, November 8, 2013

Mourning Becomes Electra Is Glorious Spectacle Of Raging Passions From Marvin Levy by Bill Hirschman

It's impossible to say whether Marvin David Levy's Mourning Becomes Electra is The Great American Opera that it has been touted to be, but it unquestionably is a glorious spectacle of raging…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:22PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Back From Exile, Levy's Mourning Becomes Electra Finally Gets Local Bow At Florida Grand Opera by Bill Hirschman

Considering that some aficionados say Mourning Becomes Electra is one of the most thrilling operas ever written, Fort Lauderdale composer Marvin David Levy can be forgiven a bit of curmudgeo…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:39PM[SHARE]
Sunday, November 3, 2013

Outre's Ambitious Vision Of Much Ado About Nothing Only Works Part Of The Time by Bill Hirschman

In keeping with Outré's commitment to go-big-or-go-home, its Much Ado About Nothing is a valiant effort that only works some of the time. There are low comedy laughs, but the intricate word…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:01PM[SHARE]
Saturday, November 2, 2013

Arts Garage Hosts Premiere of Daniel Mate's Affecting "The Longing and the Short Of It" by Bill Hirschman

Daniel Maté holds up a mirror so we can examine ourselves in his new musical The Longing and The Short Of It at the Theatre at Arts Garage. But his vision has such incisive clarity that he …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:04PM[SHARE]
Friday, November 1, 2013

Maltz's Dial M For Murder Is Sturdy Piece Of 1950s Theater by Bill Hirschman

If you wonder what theater was like back when it was as popular as film and far more influential than the upstart television, you can see a prime example in the Maltz Jupiter Theatre's time …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:06PM[SHARE]

Photo Slideshow of Renovations at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre by Bill Hirschman

Photos of Thursday's ribbon cutting for the Maltz Jupiter Theatre's $2.5 million renovation plus photos of the new interior.

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:01PM[SHARE]
Thursday, October 31, 2013

Stage Door's Sophisticated Ladies Revels In Stylishness by Bill Hirschman

Broward Stage Door's Sophisticated Ladies resurrects a vibrant echo of that class and panache in their entertaining revue of Duke Ellington's music. If the show doesn't quite sizzle and snap…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:57AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, October 30, 2013

The D*Word From Creator Of Menopause The Musical Tries To Mine Similar Vein Of Sisterhood by Bill Hirschman

It's easy to be snarky about The D*Word this mélange of a Lifetime movie, Harlequin romance, Mamma Mia sing-along and the racy banter of Sex in the City. But if you can ignore feeling manip…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:10AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, October 29, 2013

New Theatre Postpones "My First" A Week; Four Openings This Week; Six Next Week by Bill Hirschman

New Theatre is postponing opening night one week for its world premiere of Megan Breen's My First, My Fist, My Bleeding Seeded Spirit, moving from Nov. 8 to Nov. 15.

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:38PM[SHARE]

24-Hour Theatre Project Gets "Plenty Scary" For Halloween by Bill Hirschman

Time is not always kind to continuing enterprises like The Naked Stage's annual fundraiser The 24-Hour Theatre Project. But the seventh edition on Monday proved once again to be stronger and…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:01PM[SHARE]

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