Tag Archives: Roland Rusinek

Hoary, Dependable Mousetrap Springs Again At The Maltz

The Mousetrap at the Maltz is indeed a hoary old chestnut chock full of clichés which weren’t even new when it bowed in 1952. But director Peter Amster and his cast wisely don’t try to fight it or update it. Instead they embrace it with gusto and with hardly a post-modern wink other than playing up everyone’s suspicious facets with a gleeful melodramatic flair that is usually, but not always under control.

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Agatha Christie, Barbara Bradshaw, Barry Tarallo, Christian Pedersen, Eric Parks, Gail Rastorfer, Katherine Amadeo, Peter Amster, Richard Iverson, Roland Rusinek, The Mousetrap | Leave a comment

Casa Valentina Explores The Men Beneath The Pearls And Lipstick At GableStage

Harvey Fierstein’s thought-provoking Casa Valentina play at GableStage explores is that sexuality as an infinitely varied stew of preferences, prejudices and other ingredients in varied measures

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Casa Valentina, Cliff Burgess, GableStage, Harvey Fierstein, Howard Elfman, Irene Adjan, Joseph Adler, Kevin Reilley, Patti Gardner, Peter Galman, Roland Rusinek, Ryan Didato, Wayne LeGette | 1 Comment

This Is A First Date Worth Going Out On At Actors’ Playhouse

The utterly charming new show at Actors’ Playhouse is a musical for, by and about the 21st Century Urban Neurotic Young Adult in that eternal crucible of awkward human relations: the “First Date.”

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in General | Tagged Clay Cartland, Conor Walton, David Arisco, Erica Lustig, First Date, Jessica Booth, Laura Hodos, Nick Duckart, Roland Rusinek | Leave a comment

DreamCatcher’s Uneven Into The Woods Thrills And Disappoints

This Into The Woods by DreamCatcher Theatre and Theater Up Close is so heartbreakingly uneven that it may bring Sondheim lovers close to tears. Long stretches are so skillfully and lovingly executed that you want to cheer. Others fail to conquer this difficult work. But the misstep is the high-profile casting of Tituss Burgess in the linchpin role of the Witch.

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged April Soroko, Arsht Center, Bruno Vida, Bryan Kaschube, Christina Flores, DreamCatcher Theatre, Elaine Flores, Elizabeth Dimon, Into The Woods, J.J. Caruncho, James Lapine, Jeni Hacker, Justin Fortunato, Justin John Moniz, Kelsey Flynn, Laura Hodos, Laura Turnbull, Magan Dee Yantko, Marina Perez, Matthew Janisse, Natalie Caruncho, Oscar Cheda, Robert Neumeyer, Roland Rusinek, Ron Castonguay, Stephen Sondheim, Theater Up Close, Tituss Burgess, Wayne LeGette | Leave a comment