Tag Archives: Del Marrero

Four Decades On, Evita Still Resounds With Relevance

So when the political player at the center of a 1978 musical is a conscienceless, ambitious, charismatic and manipulative “populist” with a media background, 2022 audiences should be forgiven for hearing deafening echoes in Evita at PPTOPA

Posted on July 18, 2022 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Austin Gardner, Del Marrero, Evita, Gabi Gonzalez, Geoffrey Short, Irma Gloria, Josha Roland-Bramkamp. Sahid Pabon, Pembroke Pines Theatre of the Performing Arts, Shalia Sakona | Leave a comment

PPTOPA’s Cabaret Once Again Warns Of Current Dangers

PPTOPA’s earnest, merely passable production of Cabaret is notable for a few solid performances, but especially for the script which, decade after decade, becomes an increasingly relevant warning. Even more than the original stories, Masteroff’s 1966 “book” warns of an everyday populace willing to accommodate the rise of a totalitarian regime that promises answers, even to the point of self-inflicted blindness to its dangers.

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Anna Cappelli, Bob Ruggles, Cabaret, Christopher Dreeson, Colleen Pagano, Del Marrero, Gabriella Giardina, Gaby Tortoledo, Geoffrey Mergele, Jeffrey Bruce, Jesse Veliz, John Henry Parks, Karen Cohen, Lito Becerra, Meagan Nagy, Pablo Pernia, Pembroke Pines Theatre of the Performing Arts, Rick Prada, Sarah Gorfinkel | Leave a comment