Author Archives: Bill Hirschman
Bullets Over Broadway Tour Is Diverting Musical But Not A Good Mix With Original Film
Bullets Over Broadway, a musical based on the Woody Allen film, fits an undemanding appetite for light entertainment at the Kravis Center. But it’s what some theater fans call a “Why Musical,” as in why bother musicalizing the original near-perfect property.
New Theatre’s Ricky J. Martinez Receives Margo Jones Award
Ricky J. Martinez, artistic director for the New Theatre in Miami, has been named the recipient of the 2016 Margo Jones Award presented by The Ohio State University Libraries and OSU Arts and Humanities. The award honors those who have …
Slow Burn’s Spring Awakening Blossoms At Broward Center
Since you can understand the lyrics here better than in any previous production, Slow Burn Theatre Co.’s Spring Awakening, the powerful punch and pungent poetry come through with a clarity that elevates this edition over the others. It ranks among the troupe’s most polished, accomplished and effective work.
Letter From Bill Hirschman To Stephen Sondheim: Come On Down To Visit Actors’ Playhouse
The Actors’ Playhouse production of Sondheim On Sondheim transcends the Broadway edition in nearly every detail. The work by eight inspired performers and the band, molded by director David Arisco and musical director David Nagy, would make the master proud.
Mad Cat’s Tones For Tales Dives Deep Into Bleak Beckett Land
The Mad Cat Theatre Company, which prides itself on experimenting with non-mainstream offerings, has collected three short Samuel Beckett plays under the umbrella title, Tones On Tales. Some people will find this evocative, highly-stylized pieces mesmerizing; others will run screaming for the exit.
The Top Second Banana Of Opera Comes To Palm Beach
With humor, but pride as well, tenor Anthony Laciura refers to many of his roles in a half-century as a professional opera singer as the “second banana.” More formally known as “the comprimario,” another such role is bringing him out of retirement as an opera performer when he appears March 18-20 in the Palm Beach Opera season closer, Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos.
Pigs Do Fly Gains A Little Altitude In Curly Tales
Getting old, or older, is not for sissies, the saying goes… but it’s easier if you can laugh at it and if you know you’re not going crazy all alone. The second half of that is the unspoken maxim beneath Pigs Do Fly Productions as it enters its third season with its newest entry, Curly Tales.
McKeever’s Daniel’s Husband To Get New York City Production
By Bill Hirschman Michael McKeever, one of South Florida’s most popular and acclaimed playwrights, will see what some feel is his finest play, Daniel’s Husband, produced in New York City next year. Primary Stages, a leading off-Broadway house located in …
Outre’s The Violet Hour Is A Daring, Flawed Modern Medea
Sometimes the daring efforts of Outré Theatre Company work beautifully such as Back of the Throat, An Illiad and Thrill Me, sometimes not so well such as Bed and Sofa, and Othello. Often, it’s both as with the current world premiere of The Violet Hour, A Modern Medea.
Volcanic Ethan Henry Erupts In M Ensemble’s The Piano Lesson
Imagine white water rapids raging past you; now imagine the liquid is molten lava – a heedless force of nature threatening to destroy everything. Such images are the by-product of watching the incomparable Ethan Henry bringing one of August Wilson’s tragic heroes to three-dimensional life in M Ensemble’s The Piano Lesson.
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