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Pigs Do Fly’s 2 Across Is No Puzzle, Just a Warm Comedy

You may never view crossword puzzles the same way again after watching Jerry Mayer’s romantic, touching, and hilarious character-driven comedy, 2 Across. Fortunately, the Ft. Lauderdale-based nonprofit professional theater company, Pigs Do Fly Productions, is giving Mayer’s warm, compelling play a believable and energetic production.

Posted on March 7, 2022 by Bill Hirschman
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Helen on Wheels at Pigs Do Fly

The Helen in Helen on Wheels is Helen Wheeler, a spirited, allegedly 70-something widow who speaks her mind and challenges anyone who crosses her as she continues to mourn her husband. But Helen on Wheels, from Pigs Do Fly Productions is more than an amusing story about a feisty widow. It also looks at the devastation of losing a loved one, of moving on with your life and keeping your independence.

Posted on March 8, 2020 by Bill Hirschman
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‘Lost Virginity Tour’ A Golden Years Trip Down Memory Lane

The Lost Virginity Tour, produced by Pigs Do Fly Productions, tells of four senior women who take a roadtrip across the country to revisit the sites where they…. well, read the title.

Posted on November 11, 2019 by Bill Hirschman
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Pigs Do Fly’s ‘2 Across’: Strangers On A Train Of A Different Sort

Pigs Do Fly’s production of 2 Across is the story of two radically different but similarly lonely neurotic urbanites who meet on a pre-dawn San Francisco commuter train. They start as strangers on a train, but you can see the improbable inevitable bonding coming numerous stations ahead, no matter how seemingly incompatible they are in temperament.

Posted on March 9, 2019 by Bill Hirschman
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Friendship, Revelation, Determination Are Hallmarks of The Ladies Foursome

The Pigs Do Fly company, dedicated to work by and for people over 50 years old, examines women’s issues during a day on the golf course in the full-length play The Ladies Foursome.

Posted on October 4, 2018 by Bill Hirschman
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Impressions Is A Pleasant Stroll Through Gallery Of Imagination

Not every theatrical event has to be an outsized venting of passion filled with intellectual pyrotechnics. Sometimes a work can be satisfying to the brain and the heart as a gentle celebration of imagination and human behavior as with Pigs Do Fly’s world premiere of Michael Leeds’ Impressions.

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Bill Hirschman
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Michael Leeds Makes ‘Impressions’ With Pigs Do Fly

Pigs Do Fly Productions — which has done mostly short plays by, for and about people 0ver 50 — has jumped even deeper into the play-ing field by presenting the world premiere of Michael Leeds’ Impressions, which opens this weekend.

Posted on July 21, 2017 by Bill Hirschman
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