Tag Archives: Holly Budney

To Go or Not to Go? to I Hate Hamlet at West Boca Theatre 

I Hate Hamlet at the West Boca Theatre Company sounds like a swashbuckling comedy, it’s actually an often clever “play within a play” dramady about learning to step out of your comfort zone and embrace your destiny.

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Broadway Bound is Long And Full of Angst At West Boca Theatre

Broadway Bound at the West Boca Theatre Company finds its supporters among those who enjoy thoughtful family dynamics, literary humor, and Neil Simon’s unmistakable voice. Others may think its is to tied to theatrical tropes to fully enjoy.

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Late Love In Life at West Boca Theatre’s The Last Romance

West Boca Theatre Company;s The Last Romance is a play that does exactly what it’s supposed to do; remind us that love can find us long after we’re sure that door has closed.

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“Art” Gets Hung at the West Boca

We wish we could give a good review to Art noat the West Boca Theatre Company, but the award-winning script doesn’t seem to work despite the cast’s efforts.

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West Boca’s My Name Is Asher Lev Is Emotional Rollercoaster

Suffused with the environment of a young Jewish man in America. My Name Is Asher Lev may not be for everyone’s interest, but that doesn’t mean it’s not great theater at the West Boca Theatre Company, an adaptation of the 1972 semi-autobiographical book by Chaim Potok.

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2020 SoFla Theater: What A Long Strange Trip It’s Been

A look back at 2020: Yes, South Florida theater was crippled by the pandemic. But its acolytes remained driven to express their artistry, and patrons remained ravenous for their work. They continued to explore projects, create avenues and seek paychecks with efforts ranged from filmed full-fledged productions to monologues newly penned in bedrooms.

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Asher Lev Is Moving Look At The Joy & Cost of Being An Artist

Across the face and embedded in the voice of the hero-narrator we can see a drive he can’t ignore, the profound costs and the unequaled joy of creating art in West Boca Theatre Company’s moving production of My Name Is Asher Lev. This tale of a Jewish boy maturing into a world-class painter incisively depicts the considerable price of heeding, pursuing and staying true to an artistic calling.

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West Boca’s Brighton Beach Memoirs Mostly Disappointing

The first half to two-thirds of the West Boca Theatre Company’s Brighton Beach Memoirs is sincere, but unsubtle and unsatisfying theater. Then this production slowly starts to ramp up with increasingly affecting, occasionally moving performances that you wish had been there in the previous 90 minutes of stage time.

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My Bubbie, Crossing Delancey Is Heartwarming At The Levis JCC

Levis JCC mounts charming and touching Crossing Delancey complete with matchmaker, a young woman eligible for a match and potential applicant.

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Ambitious ‘Promises, Promises’ Still Makes Good On Some

Ambitious is the word for the Levis JCC production of the musical Promises, Promises. Sometimes the commitment by everyone involved to make the show work helps it stay aloft, and, other times, it isn’t enough to make this funny, yet dated, piece rise to any occasion.

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