Tag Archives: Jeni Hacker

Most Happy Fella Among Best Sung Musicals Of The Season

Palm Beach Dramaworks’ current staged concert of Frank Loesser’s 1956 musical The Most Happy Fella overflows with a purity of emotions common to even the most ordinary of us, proclaiming them one of the glories of existence to be welcomed, not shied away from.

Posted on July 19, 2014 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Abby Perkins, Elizabeth Sackett, Frank Loesser, Gabriel Zenone, Howard Breitbart, Jeni Hacker, Jim Ballard, Ken Clement, Laura Hodos, Matthew Korinko, Michael Ursua, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Shane Tanner, The Most Happy Fella | 1 Comment

World Ends With A Bang Not A Whimper In Arts Garage’s Satirical Hummingbird Wars

The world premiere of Carter W. Lewis’ jet black satire The Hummingbird Wars at Theatre at Arts Garage is hysterically funny but unnervingly upsetting because the depiction of a society disintegrating around and under you is too damn recognizable to allow unimpeded belly laughs.

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Carter W. Lewis, Gretchen Porro, Jeni Hacker, The Hummingbird Wars, Theatre At Arts Garage, Todd Allen Durkin | 2 Comments

Showbiz Lampoon Ruthless Is A Bit Long, But Wickedly Funny

Everything about Ruthless! The Musical at Actors Playhouse from dripping furs to the Ethel Merman voices, everything is over the top. Way over the top. Thank goodness. Well, actually, don’t thank goodness. Ruthless is a gleefully uninhibited celebration of greed, venality, ambition and ego. In other words, show business.

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Amy Miller Brennan, David Arisco, Eric Alsford, Jeni Hacker, Julia Dale, Leigh Bennett, Ruthless the Musical, Sally Bondi | Leave a comment