Author Archives: Bill Hirschman
FGO’s Authentic La bohème; Results Are Perfect Puccini
Florida Grand Opera’s presentation of La bohème is authentically true to Puccini’s original right down to the pink bonnet. Besides an impressive visual production, this would still stand because of the incredible matchups of the performers.
Maltz’s Steel Magnolias Wilts
The perennial tear-jerking Steel Magnolias, now at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre ought to work, but doesn’t succeed this time.. But those objectivity. Those seeking theater that provokes or stimulates, that questions our biases or expands our worldviews — catnip to critics and adventurous audiences — will find little nourishment in Robert Harling’s provincial 1987 dramedy.
More Than One Way To Combat Racism In “One Night In Miami”
The insightful examination in the play One Night in Miami from Miami New Drama depicts four different approaches used by African-American icons — Malcolm X, Jim Brown, Sam Cooke and the champ then known as Cassius Clay — to awake America to racial injustice and to demand equity when they met in February 1964.
2017-18 Silver Palms Recipients Announced, Gala in December
Thirty individuals and organizations will receive the South Florida Silver Palm Theatre Awards this December, founded eleven years ago to honor theatrical excellence, the organization announced Friday with a list of the recipients.
A Floridian On Broadway: Demos-Brown And American Son
Maybe it’s walking under a Times Square marquee with his name emblazoned overhead. Maybe it’s being asked for his autograph at the stage door. Some new level of realization keeps hitting Christopher Demos-Brown on the cusp of becoming one of the first South Florida playwrights to have a work on Broadway when American Son opens Nov. 4.
Tennessee’s Stories Sing In Nightingale But Script Rambles
Confessions of a Nightingale spends time listening to Tennessee Williams escorts visitors through a rambling tour of his life. Actor Christopher Dreeson and director Jeffrey Bruce have worked very hard shaping this fascinating material, which is inherently rewarding, but two problems dog the production.
Riverside’s Smokey Joe’s Cafe – A Magical Night of Music
There’s a party going on at the Riverside Theatre where the jukebox is smokin’! The nostalgic revue Smokey Joe’s Cafe celebrates the music of Leiber and Stoller, whose tunes influenced American music with their crossover style in the 1950’s and 1960’s, by successfully introducing rhythm and blues to traditional pop music audiences.
The Wick’s Pirates Is The Very Model Of A Modern G&S
This may seem a backhanded compliment, but it is meant with awe : The most memorable aspect of The Wick Theatre’s The Pirates of Penzance is you can understand the bloody words. The production has many other virtues: delightfully broad comedy a parade of costumes that are a hoot in themselves, first-rate soloists and an overwhelming choir-smooth ensemble.
Freaky Friday Is Fun For Kids, But Resonating For Adults
Put aside your expectations that the musical Freaky Friday is going to be yet another manipulative Disney raid on its popular film titles, designed primarily for those who fondly recall one of three cinematic versions. Instead, Slow Burn Theatre Company has delivered a thoroughly enchanting evening, one of most polished and downright fun productions it has offered in recent years.
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