Author Archives: Bill Hirschman

Maltz Jupiter’s Staged Frozen Musical Is Disney Turned To Gold

How superb is the Maltz Jupiter Theatre;s newest production? Just ask the opening night audience of Frozen the Broadway Musical, who were on their feet cheering well before Elsa and Anna sang the last note of the spectacular “Let It Go.”

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“Life is Less Terrible” With My Old Lady at West Boca Theatre

Rarely does a play come along where ieach character has a clearly defined story arc, or narrative path. Such is not the case with My Old Lady at West Boca Theatre Company, because when the figurative curtain comes down, all three individuals whose lives we’ve just been part of are markedly changed forever.

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Palm Beach Dramaworks Unveils Five Developing Titles You Definitely Have Not Seen

Over the next few months, Palm, Beach Dramaworks and Theatre Lab based at FAU will be producing full productions and public readings that will give playwrights a chance to spot where to fine tune their work based on the actors’ on-stage performances and the audiences reactions to specific sections.

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Plucky Pompano Players Pleases With Herman’s Jerry’s Girls

One note-worthy addition in Pompano Beach’s evolution is the Pompano Players, a plucky new theater group offering Jerry’s Girls, a charming musical revue to tickle your funny bone and warm your heart.

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Walk the Walk Productions’ First Effort ‘From Brooklyn To Boca’ Is Struggling Comedy

From Brooklyn to Boca covers a lot of territory, geographically speaking. Not so much when it comes to the heavy-footed comedy making its world premiere at The Studio at Mizner Park in Boca Raton.

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POTUS Embraces Everything From Farce to Political Satire

Timing, of course, is a crucial element in comedy. But it doesn’t hurt that it occurs when the social-political world around you conveniently coincides as it dies in Zoetic Stage’s hysterical POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive.

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Maltz Creates Frozen’s Olaf With The Magic Of Puppet And Actor

The twin creators of the Olaf — h is puppet designer and actor — detail how the Frozen character is brought to life at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s current production

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Anastasia is Gloriously More Entertaining Than Other Editions

By Oline Cogdill The myth that the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova survived the Russian royal family’s execution by a group of Bolsheviks in 1918 has spawned numerous articles, books, movies, an animated film and the musical Anastasia, now enjoying …

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The Illusions of Theater Celebrated, Exposed in Dramaworks’ The Dresser

Illusions – those we create for others, those ones we create for ourselves, those we create for survival – are at the heart of Palm Beach Dramaworks’ laudatory yet merciless exposé The Dresser, a portrait swirling around the most illusory element of all: theater.

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MiND Escorts You Through 3rd Immersive: Lincoln Road Hustle

Miami New Drama’s third immersive Lincoln Road Hustle is mounted in, on and around the titular locale — a logistically and artistically challenging tale reflecting the cultural and economic vibe of the area.

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