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Presidential Politics Make Shorts Gone Wild Even Wilder
Christina Groom and Gladys Ramirez in City Theatre and Island City Stage’s Shorts Gone Wild 4: Decision 2016 production of Jenny & Simone by Christopher Demos-Brown / Photo by George Wentzler. By...
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Silver Palm Theatre Awards Announces 28 Honorees
The South Florida Silver Palm Theatre Awards committee honoring theatrical excellence in South Florida will present the award to 28 individuals and organizations in its ninth season. The recipients...
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Zoetic Stage Debuts Premiere of McKeever’s Emotion-Filled After
Mia Matthews in a tense moment with Karen Stephens and Jeni Hacker in the world premiere of Michael McKeever’s “After” at Zoetic Stage / Photos by Justin Namon The South Florida theater season has...
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What Kind Of Year Was It? Our Critics’“Best Of” 2016 Lists
Mia Matthews in a tense moment with Karen Stephens and Jeni Hacker in the world premiere of Michael McKeever’s “After” at Zoetic Stage / Photos by Justin Namon Critics and award judges have been...
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Zoetic’s Shimmering Sunday Explores Conflict Between Artists’ Calling And...
The second act opening tableau of Zoetic Stage’s Sunday in the Park With George / Photos by Justin Namon By Bill Hirschman A wave of sheer glory lifts the audience into a firmament of validation,...
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Fuacata!: Zoetic Stage’s Hilarious And Touching Journey Through Miami-Dade’s...
Elena Maria Garcia co-wrote and performs Fuácata! (Or a Latina’s Guide to Surviving the Universe) at Zoetic Stage / Photos by Justin Nsmon By Bill Hirschman One genre we rarely see in South Florida...
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Whatever It Means, Zoetic Stage Delivers Bravura Edition Of Harold Pinter’s...
David Kwiat, Daniel Capote and Nicholas Richberg as the strange trio in Zoetic Stage’s The Caretaker / Photos by Justin Namon By Bill Hirschman In 1956, a New York critic came to the Coconut Grove...
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McKeever/Zoetic’s ‘After,’ GableStage’s ‘Royale’ Top Winners At 41st Carbonells
Carbonell winners Mia Matthews, left, and Jeni Hacker, right, in Zoetic Stage’s After which won Best New Work for playwright Michael McKeever By Bill Hirschman Michael McKeever, a beloved and prolific...
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In Goldberg Variations, Traumatic Family Gathering Becomes Re-enactors’...
The titular family in Island City Stage’s world premiere of Stuart Meltzer’s The Goldberg Variations with (from left) Peter Librach, John Manzelli, Patti Gardner, Ilana Isaacson, Ryan Didato / Photos...
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Zoetic Stage Deals Perfect Hand With Parks’ Topdog/Underdog
Brothers Booth and Lincoln share a strange moment of fraternal symbiosis in Zoetic Stage’s Topdog/Underdog / Photos by Justin Namon By Michelle F. Solomon The cat and mouse game in Zoetic Stage’s...
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A Last Look Back At 2017, A Fine South Florida Theater Season
Michael Mckenzie and Shane Tanner in ‘Sweeney Todd’ at Palm Beach Dramaworks By Bill Hirschman One pleasure of a theater critic’s job are these year-end retrospectives that require looking back at...
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Demos-Brown Is Opening New Play This Week At Zoetic, But The Big News Is...
Autumn Kioti, Vanessa Elise and Laura Turnbull surround Ryan Didato in the world premiere of Christopher Demos-Brown’s new play Wrongful Death and Other Circus Acts, bowing this week at Zoetic Stage /...
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Tragedy And The Law As Circus Acts In Zoetic’s Wrongful Death
Plaintiff attorneys Laura Turnbull and Ryan Didato plead their case to a gorilla judge as their client Vanessa Elise and the defense attorney Autumn Kioti look on in the world premiere of Christopher...
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Dancing Lessons Teaches More About Life Than Fancy Steps
Lindsey Corey tries to get Caleb Scott to dance in Dancing Lessons from Zoetic Stage / Photos by Justin Namon. By Bill Hirschman Dancing Lessons is punctuated with interpersonal strife, frustration,...
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The Joy And Pain Of Discovery Make Zoetic’s Fun Home Soar
Jeni Hacker as the mother explaining her past to daughter Kimmi Johnson and narrator Anna Lise Jensen in Zoetic Stage’s Fun Home / Photos by Justin Namon By Bill Hirschman The stirring musical Fun Home...
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Dracula’s Prey At Zoetic: No Helpless Fainting Victims Here
A quiet evening at an English country manor in Zoetic Stage’s world premiere of Michael McKeever’s Dracula / Photos by Justin Namon By Bill Hirschman In Zoetic Stage’s world premiere deconstruction of...
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The Vision Is The Star In Highly Theatrical Curious Incident
A trip to the seashore in Zoetic Stage’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time / Photos by Justin Namon By Bill Hirschman Usually, Zoetic Stage’s supremely skilled director Stuart Meltzer’s...
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Warm, Witty & Very Interactive: Every Brilliant Thing… Well..Is
By Bill Hirschman The premise of Every Brilliant Thing might fool you into thinking that it’s kin to a Hallmark card or a “very special” Lifetime Movie of the Week: a seven-year-old boy tries to ease...
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Classic Todd Tale Gets Fresh Approach From Zoetic Stage
Aloysius Gigl and Jeni Hacker plan a new enterprising way of making money and getting revenge in Zoetic Stage’s Sweeney Todd / Photos by Justin Namon By Bill Hirschman One definition of classic theater...
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Funny & Poignant Grindr Mom Turns A Wife’s Life Inside Out
Jeni Hacker as the title heroine in Grindr Mom By Bill Hirschman Crucial to know about Grindr Mom is that while the heroine is a middle-class pearl-wearing politically conservative Mormon who...
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