Tag Archives: Emily Freeman

‘Nice Work If You Can Get It’ Is… Well, You Can Get It If You Try

Often critics start their reviews with some analysis of the life lessons that a theatrical work contains. Not this time. The deep inner meaning of Broward Stage Door’s peppy perky production of Nice Work If You Can Get It is unabashedly “let’s have fun.”

Posted on March 10, 2018 by Bill Hirschman
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Stage Door’s Nine Nearly A Ten

Broward Stage Door’s production of the musical Nine, based on Fellini’s 8 1/2, is a fine evening of exuberant music and even more soaring voices.

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Bill Hirschman
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Rites of Passage Pass Very Rapidly In Stage Door’s The Bris, The Bar Mitzvah And Beyond

Broward Stage Door’s The Bris, The Bar Mitzvah and Beyond is an amusing afternoon mixing early Neil Simon-Woody Allen humor with serious issues ranging from father-son relationships to parenting to the unique demands of Jewish tradition. But for much of the show, everything races by like a freight train running a half-hour behind schedule.

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Bill Hirschman
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Guaranteed To Split The Audience: Seriously Strange ‘Cuddles’ At Arts Garage

“Here be monsters” repeatedly warns one of the two weird sisters at the center of the bizarre Gothic horror play Cuddles at Theatre at Arts Garage, but the creatures to beware are much different than the ones referenced by the ancient sea maps. But it is safe to say that Cuddles rates as one of the most “out there” plays you will have seen in the past year.

Posted on November 22, 2016 by Bill Hirschman
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