Tag Archives: Kimberly Doreen Burns

The Spitfire Grill Is Rewarding Evening Of Joy And Hope

Profound joy, infectious joy, genuine joy emerging out of prosaic life, out of darkness, out of life-scraped people, that joy in musical theater is rare and precious. Arguably nowhere can audiences mesh with the expert evocation of joy and hope than in Actors’ Playhouse’s glorious The Spitfire Grill.

Posted on October 12, 2025 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Mile, Emily Van Vliet Perea, Heather Jane Rolff, Jim Ballard, Kimberly Doreen Burns, Laura Turnbull, Nate Promkul, The Spitfire Grill, Tom Wahl | Leave a comment

Folk-County Music & Soaring Actress Power Actors’ Playhouse’s Bright Star

Actors Playhouse’s lively Bright Star is a folk-country fable replete with spirited dances, classic character types, a genuine respect for everyday folk, and, ultimately, a moral about bedrock virtues persevering over profound tragedy. But this production’s strengths are its banjo-and-fiddle bluegrass score and its soaring performance by Kimberly Doreen Burns.

Posted on April 6, 2023 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Actors Playhouse, Alex Jorth, Alexandra Van Hasselt, Barry Tarallo, Bright Star, Charity Van Tassel, Conor Walton, David Arisco, Eric Alsford, Jim Ballard, Kimberly Doreen Burns, Teddy Warren | Leave a comment

Classic Todd Tale Gets Fresh Approach From Zoetic Stage

One definition of classic theater is a piece that not only remains popular or relevant through time, but which can be endlessly reinterpreted or restaged without losing any of its brilliance, Shakespeare’s work being the most obvious example. Zoetic Stage’s latest entry working its way through the Stephen Sondheim canon underscores how Sweeney Todd qualifies.

Posted on March 16, 2019 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Aloysius Gigl, Becky Montero, Henry Gainza, Jeni Hacker, Jodi Dellaventura, Kevin Veloz, Kimberly Doreen Burns, Marina Pareja, Natalie Taveras, Nate Promkul, Paul Tine, Shannon Nicole Booth, Stuart Meltzer, Sweeney Todd, Terry Hardcastle, Zoetic Stage | Leave a comment

Zoetic’s Shimmering Sunday Explores Conflict Between Artists’ Calling And ‘Real Life’

A wave of sheer glory lifts the audience into a firmament of validation, redemption and pure beauty in the last ten minutes of Zoetic Stage’s production of the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine masterpiece Sunday in the Park with George.

Posted on January 21, 2017 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Adrienne Arsht Center, Anna Lise Jensen, Carole Caselle, Chaz Mena, Cooper Grodin, Eric Alsford, Greg Duffy, James Lapine, Jayne Ng, Jeni Hacker, Jonah Robinson, Kimberly Doreen Burns, Lucia Fernandez de los Muros, Margot Moreland, Michael Freshko, Michael McClain, Michael Scott Ross, Rebecca Montero, Rick Hvizdak, Shannon Booth, Stephen G. Anthony, Stephen Sondheim, Stuart Meltzer, Sunday in the Park With George, Zoetic Stage | Leave a comment