Tom Wahl and Josh Canfield in Next Fall.(Photo by Dustin Hamilton)By Hap ErsteinMore than a year and a half ago, Caldwell Theatre co-founder Michael Hall handed off the artistic reins of the Boca Raton stage company he had run for 36 years. But he suspected it was just a matter of time before we would be back directing a production there, and that time is … [Read more...]
Theater review: With ‘Something’s Afoot,’ Caldwell stubs its toe
Michael Shawn Lewis, Elizabeth Dimon and Lisa Manuliin the Caldwell Theatre's Something's Afoot.(Photo by Sean Lawson)By Hap ErsteinBOCA RATON -- Throughout its history, the most outstanding element of Caldwell Theatre productions has been its scenic designs, nearly all by the tirelessly inventive Tim Bennett.So you have to wonder with the murder mystery musical spoof … [Read more...]
ArtsPaper Interview: Michael Hall, artistic director of the Caldwell Theatre
Michael Hall, founding director of the Caldwell Theatre.(Illustration by Pat Crowley)In early March, the Caldwell Theatre’s founding artistic director, Michael Hall, announced that he was stepping down into retirement after 34 years at the Boca Raton nonprofit resident professional theater.Three weeks later, Hap Erstein of Palm Beach ArtsPaper sat down with Hall to discuss his … [Read more...]
Commentary: Caldwell’s Michael Hall steps down
Michael Hall, left, and Clive Cholerton at the 2006 dedicationof the Count de Hoernle Theatre in Boca Raton.By Hap Erstein It is the topic that most founding artistic directors have to eventually grapple with -- finding a successor for themselves. It must be particularly hard for Michael Hall, who has devoted most of his adult life to running Boca Raton’s Caldwell Theatre, the … [Read more...]
Theater review: ‘Frost/Nixon,’ verbal sparring match over Watergate guilt
Wynn Harmon, left, as David Frost, and Bruce Sabath as former President Richard Nixon, in Frost/Nixon.By Hap ErsteinPlaywright-screenwriter Peter Morgan understands where history leaves off and drama has to take over. The difference between the two is what makes Frost/Nixon such a gripping evening of theater.With his acclaimed play about the videotaped interviews between a … [Read more...]