Tag Archives: Michael Ursua

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

Wick’s Full Monty Isn’t Half-Bad

The Full Monty is one of those scruffy street mongrels that are undeniably cute and even inexplicably winning for short periods, but not a stray you want to take home. The Wick Theatre’s production of the musical is competent, perhaps one of the better renditions you’ve seen of it, but its not equal to the recent triumph with 42nd Street.

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Alex Jorth, Andy Fiacco, Barry Tarallo, David Yazbeck, Dom Ruggiero, Michael Ursua, Preston Ellis, Reggie Whitehead, Sabrina Lynn Gore, Terrence McNally, The Full Monty, The Wick Theatre | Leave a comment

Wick’s White Christmas Melts The Snow Bank In Your Heart

There’s a warm and comforting triple promise in The Wick Theatre’s pre-Thanksgiving production of the musical White Christmas. One is that the promise of the coming holiday season, a second is the promise that this entertaining production will work out the kinks within a few days and the third is the promise that the Wick is on its way to becoming a reliable source of mainstream theater.

Posted on November 16, 2013 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in General, Performances, Reviews | Tagged Irving Berlin, James Cichewicz, Julie Kleiner, Kelly Shook, Michael Ursua, Missy McArdle, The Wick Theatre, White Christmas | 1 Comment

Wick Theatre Proves Itself With Solid Soaring Sound Of Music

To answer the question that most folks are wondering after The Wick Theatre’s bow Friday night: Yes, there is a credible, substantial new player in town. The inaugural production of The Sound of Music has the feel of a fully-realized no-excuses production because it is, indeed, a polished, three-dimensional work of theater.

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Ann Marie Olson, Jeffrey Bruce, Krista Severeid, Marilynn Wick, Michael Ursua, Renee Elizabeth Turner, The Sound of Music, The Wick Theatre, Tony Lawson | 1 Comment