Author Archives: Bill Hirschman
Report From New York: You Can’t Take It With You Still Celebrates The Free Spirit
You Can’t Take It With You features some inspired performances (and some surprisingly disappointing ones) in a production with a sagging first act completely redeemed by two acts of jocularity if not hilarity.
Report From New York: The Real Thing Remains A Puzzlement
Tom Stoppard’s play about the war between head and heart in romance, The Real Thing, is reputedly his most accessible. Yet on my fourth connection with it through the revival at Roundabout Theatre Company, it still doesn’t cleanly despite a starry cast.
The Best Of Times Is Now: Memorable Moments Of 2014
Here’s a look back at 2014 including a very subjective subjunctive reductive list of outstanding shows, performances and developments guaranteed to make someone unhappy they were not on the list. Take comfort in that there was so much good work that this is the crème de la crème de menthe.
Joint is Jumpin’ At Broward Stage Door’s 5 Guys Named Moe
This production of Five Guys Named Moe is an energetic romp with some of the most energized performers to burn up the floorboards at Broward Stage Door. The joint is most definitely jumpin’.
Film Version Of Sondheim-Lapine’s Into The Woods Is Holiday Wish Come True
If you can accept that film is a different storytelling medium from theater, this version of Into The Woods is not only faithful to Sondheim and Lapine’s vision of darkness and light, it actually clarifies and deepens the musical’s themes and narrative. This present opening Christmas Day is an unalloyed triumph.
News Of Slow Burn, New Theatre And Infinite Abyss
News about a fundraiser for Slow Burn Theatre Company, the semi-annual 1-Acts at New Theatre and the resurrection of Infinite Abyss
Miracle On South Division Street: Comedy Is Surprising Gift
Actor’s Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre’s production of ,Miracle on South Division Street has all the makings to become a perennial holiday comedy favorite.
Uggams’ Glorious Voice Is Primary Virtue In Sluggish Mame
Whenever Leslie Uggams lets loose that glorious voice, whenever the live band swings into one of Jerry Herman’s standards, the Wick Theatre’s production of Mame is an irresistible pleasure. But when the music stops, so does the show. The non-musical scenes – and some of the musical ones – just lie there on the stage limp and colorless.
Young Cast Displays Talent In Crest Theatre’s First Musical, A Mirror Edition of A Chorus Line
Delray Beach Center for the Arts’ first in-house theater production, A Chorus Line, delivers a faithful recreation with young local talent, although it’s almost a carbon copy of the original.
Sins Of The Father…And Mother In Dramaworks’ Witty, Moving, Deftly Acted My Old Lady
Israel Horovitz’s My Old Lady at Palm Beach Dramaworks is a cornucopia of delightful wordplay and an insightful examination of human relationships, featuring superb performances by Estelle Parsons, Angelica Page and Tim Altmeyer
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