Author Archives: Bill Hirschman
Beetlejuice Reappears To Wreak Havoc — This Time In a Musical
The musical Beetlejuice, part of the Broadway Across America series, is resplendent with silly, often stupid, jokes, over-the-top acting and sometimes forgettable songs that actually all come together to make it work. at the Broward Center.
High-Energy & Enthusiasm Mark Front Page Edition of Newsies
The Newsboy Strike of 1899 is the foundation of a high-energy, enthusiastic and plain old fun production of the musical Disney’s Newsies closing out Slow Burn Theatre Company’s season.
Summer Shorts Return With a Miami/ BIPOC / LatinX Flavor
City Theatre’s Summer Shorts vibrates with the unique distinctive essence that exceeds traditional adjectives and can best be captured in the word “Miami.” Indeed, the production is subtitled “Homegrown Edition,” but the venerable company has committed for the first time to brand new works exclusively written by, directed by and acted by BIPOC/LatinX artists who reflect the region’s multi-culturalism.
Report From New York (Tony Edition) Kimberly Akimbo Fuses Humor & Pain Of Adolescence
The musical Kimberly Akimbo sounds like the premise for a Disney comedy: A teenager afflicted with a disease that ages her 4 ½ times faster than normal tries to cope at the same time with the normal challenges of adolescence. But the original playmay still have laughs but its initial strength and its continued impact is the deep affecting portrait not just of adolescence but the importance of savoring life.
Report From New York (Tony Edition): Parade Unblinkingly Focuses On Anti-Semitism
Parade forces you watch to first-hand the inexorable horror of anti-Semitism, not in a newspaper, but rising feet in front of you with the complexity, the fear and the human enmity enveloping you.
Report From New York (Tony Edition): The Play Goes Wrong Again Gleefully With Peter Pan
The precise use of the technically forensic terms “fun,” “delightful” and “rollicking” are absolutely accurate when describing Peter Pan Goes Wrong, the latest in the development of no-holds-barred comedy from London’s Mischief Company.
Jodie Langel’s New Youth Company To Present Musical ’13’
Jodie Langel promises that audiences attending the inaugural production of South Florida’s newest theater company will be “blown away” by the young performers’ talent. Her Off Glades Theater Company, a nonprofit, non-professional company dedicated to developing young people in the performing arts, will offer the musical 13 on June 23 and 24 in Boca Raton.
Report From New York (Tony Edition): Looking In On Sidney Brustein 50 Years Later
Lorraine Hansberry’sThe Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window about a liberal couple and their circle in Greenwich Village is an worth seeing (and mounting locally). but acknowledge that it is dogged by a sense of an undisciplined roller coaster within Hansberry’s passionate sincere script.
Let Your Hair Down With Honky Tonk Angels At Riverside
After a season filled with provocative drama and lavish musicals, Riverside Theatre lets its hair down with Honky Tonk Angels, a juke box musical filled with country music and down-home humor.
Report From New York (Tony Edition): Sweeney Returns With Scope Rarely Seen Since 1979
Sweeney Todd has rarely been restored to the breathtaking visual scope of that initial production featured, but the current revival is the return of a full-fledged, full-throated, fully-produced edition.
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