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Folk-County Music & Soaring Actress Power Actors’ Playhouse’s Bright Star

Actors Playhouse’s lively Bright Star is a folk-country fable replete with spirited dances, classic character types, a genuine respect for everyday folk, and, ultimately, a moral about bedrock virtues persevering over profound tragedy. But this production’s strengths are its banjo-and-fiddle bluegrass score and its soaring performance by Kimberly Doreen Burns.

Posted on April 6, 2023 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Actors Playhouse, Alex Jorth, Alexandra Van Hasselt, Barry Tarallo, Bright Star, Charity Van Tassel, Conor Walton, David Arisco, Eric Alsford, Jim Ballard, Kimberly Doreen Burns, Teddy Warren | Leave a comment

Report From New York: Folky Bright Star May Be Fading On Bway, But Look For It Locally

The new musical Bright Star is a 21st Century celebration of the folk tradition complete with plucky heroines, gentle humor, unbending fundamentalists, facile fiddling, profound personal tragedies and the eventual reconciling redemption with a distinct but not overbearing reliance on faith in a higher power.

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Reviews | Tagged Bright Star, Carmen Cusack, Edie Brickell, Steve Martin | Leave a comment