Author Archives: Bill Hirschman
PPTOPA’s There’s A Burglar In My Bed Is Hilarity We Need
Pembroke Pines Theatre of the Performing Arts (PPTOPA)’s enjoyable farce, There’s a Burglar in My Bed features impressive energy and comic timing in the company’s theater through this weekend.
Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors Deserves Its Time in the Sun
In ArtBuzz Theatrics’ Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, , the vampire is less interested in “vanting” to suck their blood and more interested in getting them into bed — is a gloriously ludicrous 100 minutes of sexual innuendo and unabashed silliness
Come From Away Still Remains A Life-Affirming Gift At Slow Burn
These are troubling times infected with angst and anxiety. But the never-fail elixir is nearly any production of Come From Away, one of the most life-affirming piece of theater of the past decade. Slow Burn Theater Company’s current gift to audiences earns its place on that roll.
Who Killed Joan Crawford? Proves Murder Can Be a Drag
The campy over-the-top Who Killed Joan Crawford? at Island City Stage is a tenth-anniversary revival, And what an outrageous revival it is. It makes no pretense to cure society’s ills. It is a bitchy, exaggerated and deliberately ridiculous fun little play,
New Take On Hedda Gabler Triumphs Including Superb Lead
Hedda Gabler makes a vain, manipulative woman if not empathic at least understandable as she slowly deliberately tears down those around her including herself. The Shakespeare Troupe of South Florida’s outstanding production of Hedda Gabler: A Life Arranged delivers all the nuances of this 135-year-old brilliant drama, and more.
Classic ‘Bernarda Alba’ Reimagined As Miami Cubans Reconnecting With Family
Audiences at a reading of Alejandro Rodriguez’s developing play, Alba, said it moved them to call a long-estranged grandparent. He hopes its world premiere at Palm Beach Dramaworks next week prompts you to talk about your own family members on the ride home from the theater.
Weather Girl: Dark Dizzying Rampage Into Warped Soul Of America Leavened With Humor
With sardonic humor and biting criticism, Weather Girl at GableStage is a dark warning of a disintegrating society, featuring a bravura one-woman performance and skilled imaginative direction.
Miami Cuban Roots of Choreographer, Writer Help Shape Buena Vista Social Club
When playwright Marco Ramirez was growing up in Hialeah, music from Cuba’s great orchestras could be heard tat family gatherings. Now Ramirez’s grandfather will be in the audience awhen Buena Vista Social Club, the Broadway musical his grandson wrote, comes to South Florida
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