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Sunday, December 4, 2011

Playwriting Group Meets by Bill Hirschman

Playwriting Group Meets The Playwrights Drama Group, affiliate with the Writers' Network of South Florida, will hold readings of its members' short plays on Monday, Dec. 12, in Fort Lauderda…

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New Theatre's Twain and Shaw Not Engrossing Enough by Bill Hirschman

An intriguing premise and the words of two witty literary giants are not enough to build an engrossing evening in New Theatre's world premiere of Chambers Stevens' comedy, Twain and Shaw Do …

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Friday, December 2, 2011

Maltz's Joseph is Lavish, Energetic and Winning by Bill Hirschman

By Bill Hirschman The Maltz Jupiter Theatre's almost profligately lush, unflaggingly energetic and totally  winning edition of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat will thankfully…

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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Maltz's Joseph Uses Technology to Wrangle a Cast of 240 " Kids by Bill Hirschman

In what may be the first massive melding of junior thespians and advanced technology, the Maltz Jupiter Theatre's staff has employed cyberspace and digital information to manage the logisti…

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Monday, November 28, 2011

Priming the Play: The Furious Competition that Fuels Red by Bill Hirschman

By Bill Hirschman In a play comprised primarily of complex insights articulated at the audience for nearly 90 minutes, what many people remember most about GableStage's production of Red is …

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Friday, November 25, 2011

Ray Abruzzo Finds His Voice in Mosaic's Lombardi by Bill Hirschman

Knock on wood, halfway through the run of Lombardi, Ray Abruzzo hasn't lost his voice. Portraying the legendary coach whose booming pitbull voice reflected his full-out approach to everythi…

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Florida Grand Opera Mounts First Zarzuela, Luisa Fernanda by Bill Hirschman

The fiery politics of 1868 Spain on the eve of a rebellion are nothing compared to the politics of the heart raging in the Florida Grand Opera's season opener, the zarzuela Luisa Fernanda.

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:35PM[SHARE]
Monday, November 21, 2011

New Theatre Moves to Roxy Theatre Group in central Miami by Bill Hirschman

New Theater, the Coral Gables troupe losing its current home to a wrecking ball, has moved for the rest of the season to the Roxy Theatre Group near Florida International University's south …

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M Ensemble's 'Radio Golf' Is On-Par Perfect by Bill Hirschman

M Ensemble moved into the performance space last June, and makes good use of the comfortable black-box theater for the first presentation of its 40th anniversary season, August Wilson's Radi…

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Saturday, November 19, 2011

Alliance's Lobby Hero is Compassionate Look at Human Beings Facing Tough Choices by Bill Hirschman

Following the consecutive successes of Brothers Beckett, Fool For Love and 'night mother, this production of Lobby Hero cements Alliance's reputation as a company to go out of your way to t…

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Friday, November 18, 2011

Mean Girls Make The Grade In Thinking Cap's Premiere of Death For Sydney Black by Bill Hirschman

The ambitious Thinking Cap Theatre, now in its second season, breathes life into Leah Nanako Winkler's absurdist play about the dog-eat-dog world of high school hierarchy in Death for Sydney…

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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Touchdown! Mosiac Theatre Scores Big with Lombardi by Bill Hirschman

Mosaic Theatre's Lombardi starring Ray Abruzzo brings an intimacy to the game of football as well humanity to a legend. Don't miss it.

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Broadway at Broward's: Beauty and the Beast Still Lovely by Bill Hirschman

The facile and sophisticated pose would be to sneer at the sentiment and, yes, manipulative facets of the new tour of Disney's Beauty and the Beast gracing the Broward Center for the Perform…

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Monday, November 14, 2011

Dramaworks' All My Sons is Triumphant Bow for New Space by Bill Hirschman

Palm Beach Dramaworks opens its new home with a production with the scope and magnitude of All My Sons, Arthur Miller's first Broadway hit. Directed here by J. Barry Lewis, All My Sons is a…

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Saturday, November 12, 2011

Allergist's Wife is No Sneeze at Boca Raton Theatre Guild by Bill Hirschman

The Tale of the Allergist's Wife at Boca Raton Theatre Guild might drag a little at first, but the show soars when Patti Gardner, Michael Beecher, Barbara Sloan and Iris Acker are on stage t…

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News: Fund-raising Readings for GableStage & Mosaic, Remy Awards Announced, Carbonells Offer Scholarships, Staged Reading of Who Killed Joan Crawf by Bill Hirschman

Fund-raising Staged Readings for GableStage and Mosaic Here's an approach you've never seen before: two separate staged readings of the same play to benefit two local theaters. Television an…

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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Unfunny Guys and Dolls at Broward Stage Door is a Flat Sucker Bet by Bill Hirschman

While Broward Stage Door's edition of Guys and Dolls has some talented artists named in the playbill, this is no one's best work, to be kind about it. The most glaring problem is that only o…

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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Tommy's New Tune: A Musical About Studio 54 at U of Miami by Bill Hirschman

After a half-century in show business, dancer-director-choreographer Tommy Tune knows the gamut of pre-Broadway tryouts. But the process for 54 Forever that opens tonight is new for him. He …

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17 Silver Palms To Be Awarded For Theatrical Excellence In 2011 by Bill Hirschman

The Silver Palm Awards, founded four years ago to spotlight theatrical excellence in South Florida, will be presented to 17 individuals on Dec. 5.

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Monday, November 7, 2011

Breaking News Exclusive: Costume World Inc. to Buy Broward Stage Door by Bill Hirschman

Broward-based Costume World, billed as the largest theatrical costumer distributor in the country, will buy the 16-year-old Broward Stage Door theater in Coral Springs on Nov. 21, according …

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GableStage's Red Explores the Nature of Artistic Creation by Bill Hirschman

Editor's Note: The local season is ramping up so quickly, more than 40 shows this month, that we can't keep reviews posted in the center spot more than a day. Please look for recent reviews …

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Saturday, November 5, 2011

Zoetic Stage's Captiva is Incisive Look Inside the American Family by Bill Hirschman

Captiva is a brilliantly observed, finely etched portrait of the familial ties that bind in every sense of the word. It's also one of the finest works of theater we've seen in the strongest …

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Photos from Zoetic Stage's Captiva by Bill Hirschman

All photos courtesy of the Adrienne Arsht Center/Photos by Justin Namon for WorldRedEye.com  

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Friday, November 4, 2011

Maltz's Vaudevillian Farce of The 39 Steps Runs On Laughter by Bill Hirschman

The Maltz Jupiter Theatre's The 39 Steps is blessed with a steady procession of sight gags, puns, pratfalls and vaudevillian humor all delivered with enough energy and skill to keep a satisf…

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More Photos of Maltz Jupiter Theatre's The 39 Steps by Bill Hirschman

All photos courtesy of the Maltz Jupiter Theatre

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Thursday, November 3, 2011

Theatre Shelf " Jerry Orbach: Prince of the City by Bill Hirschman

Jerry Orbach, Prince of the City: His Way from The Fantasticks to Law and Order by John Anthony Gilvey. Hal Leonard Corporation. Theater Shelf, a recurring feature, will review recently-rele…

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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Christopher Demos-Brown: Playwright in Paradise by Bill Hirschman

Christopher Demos-Brown's creative life right now is what a watershed looks like for an emerging American playwright in the early 21st Century. Our Lady of Allapattah bows at the Caldwell Th…

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Monday, October 31, 2011

Palm Beach Dramaworks Unveils Marquee by Bill Hirschman

Don and Ann Brown, who donated $2 million toward Palm Beach Dramaworks' new home, pull back the curtain on the newly-renovated marquee bearing their name Wednesday. Workers are cleaning …

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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Back Talk at Mosaic by Bill Hirschman

Post-show talk back bull sessions between actors and audiences have become a popular way to engage jazzed-up crowds after a performance and cement a relationship between the theater and its …

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Friday, October 28, 2011

Zev Buffman Returns to Florida by Bill Hirschman

Famed South Florida theater producer Zev Buffman will become president and CEO of Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater in January, the performing arts center announced last week. Buffman, one of t…

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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Changes in Latitude for Alliance, Stage Door by Bill Hirschman

Alliance Theatre Lab had to postpone its first musical, [title of show] slated for next month when two cast members dropped out. But the good news is they are substituting Kenneth Lonergan's…

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