Author Archives: Bill Hirschman
Surprisingly, One More Time, Chicago Razzle Dazzles ‘Em
Productions of some musicals are like Original Cast Recordings that you don’t play too often for fear they might get stale. When you do revisit them, you say, “Oh, right, that’s why I liked it.” Such is the current national tour of Chicago kicking off the Broadway Across Fort Lauderdale series.
Theaters Plan a “Horror”ble Season For This Halloween
Never have the undead been more alive than in South Florida theaters this month as companies take advantage of the spooky season to raise money or just let their unnaturally hirsute hair down. Both the original play The Rocky Horror Show and the cult film, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, are mainstays of various events. But there’s more than that.
Light-Hearted Spotlight On The Arts TV Show Debuts Next Week
Iris Acker has transformed her 25-year-old interview TV series into a no-holds-barred and light-hearted panel discussion of thought-provoking topics with Ms. Acker leading an irreverent group including Karen Stephens, Michael McKeever and Bill Hirschman
Whimsical Premise, Energetic Acting Can’t Support Half-Hour Skits In The Monster Project
Imagine if the writers at Saturday Night Live created an evening of comedy skits with a Twilight Zone/Rocky Horror sensibility. They’d probably produce something akin to The Monster Project, a quartet of playlets by local writer Brian Harris mounted by Playgroup LLC.
Our First Honest-To-Goodness Theater Geek Trivia Contest
So you think you know nearly everything about theater except what will be a guaranteed hit on Broadway next year? On an intermittent random basis, we will run our exclusive no-cheat trivia contest. There are no prizes other than to be able to brag that you aced it. You are on the honor system – you cannot look up the answers on the Internet.
Here Are The Answers To Our First Honest-To-Goodness Theater Geek Trivia Contest
The answers are below. Don’t peek until you’ve tried to answer them. No, don’t use Google, Boogle, Boggle, Chrome, Krome.
John O’Hurley Comes “Home” To Broward With Bway Across Fort Lauderdale’s Road Show Chicago
Yes, he’s tall with tanned good looks, a shock silvery white hair and a smile made for a toothpaste commercial, but you could zip John O’Hurley into an opaque body bag and still recognize him by that Voice.
Theater Shelf: New CDs Of Pippin, Annie, Hands On A Hardbody & Mordden’s Latest
Theater Shelf, a recurring feature, reviews recently-released books, CDs and DVDs of interest to theater lovers. Some are popular titles like a new Original Cast Recording, others are works you’ll be intrigued by, but didn’t even know about.
Andrews Living Arts Studio Explores Female Psyche In Evening of One-Act Plays
Andrews Living Arts Studio’s An Evening of 1-Acts pairs two decidedly different plays, offering interesting book ends with an eye on how women think, feel and perceive themselves.
Ground Up’s Gruesome Playground Injuries Depicts Wounded Bodies And Souls
The old joke goes “How do porcupines make love? Very carefully.” In Ground Up and Rising’s sad and ultimately moving production of Gruesome Playground Injuries, the answer may be “not at all.” The difficulty of forging relationships among emotionally wounded people is at the heart of this decidedly off-beat, oddly-made play.
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