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Dramaworks’ Fantasticks Is Cool Drink of Summer Lemonade

By Bill Hirschman A gentle, compassionate smile at human folly suffuses The Fantasticks when it’s produced as well as Palm Beach Dramaworks has. Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt’s classic chamber musical is a refreshing tumbler of iced lemonade on a …

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Barry Tarallo, Cliff Burgess, Craig D. Ames, Dennis Creaghan, J. Barry Lewis, Jim Ballard, The Fantasticks | 2 Comments

Dramaworks’ Proof Is Intelligent Examination Of Intelligent People Who Can’t Cope With People Intelligently

The messiness of human relations as opposed to the precision of science is one of the underlying themes of David Auburn’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Proof, enjoying a solid production at Palm Beach Dramaworks. Although set in the milieu of mathematical theorists exploring the abstract mysteries of science, the real truth-seeking is the audience-accessible but far murkier mysteries of the heart.

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances | Tagged Cliff Burgess, David Auburn, Erin Amico, Katherine Michelle Tanner, Michael Amico, Proof, Rich Szczublewski, Ron Burns, Sarah Grace Wilson | 1 Comment

Dramaworks’ All My Sons is Triumphant Bow for New Space

Palm Beach Dramaworks opens its new home with a production with the scope and magnitude of All My Sons, Arthur Miller’s first Broadway hit. Directed here by J. Barry Lewis, All My Sons is a family drama of epic proportions, dealing with the responsibility, honor and the ultimate cost of buying into the American Dream.

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged All My Sons, Arthur Miller, Cliff Burgess, Elizabeth Dimon, J. Barry Lewis, Jim Ballard, Kenneth Tigar, Palm Beach Dramaworks | Leave a comment