Author Archives: Bill Hirschman
Sound Undercuts Joyful/Flawed Diva Diaries About Drag Queens
The latest edition of Diva Diaries about three aging drag performers lands inconsistently – sometimes entertaining or moving, other times feeling thin, perfunctory and artificial. But it;s hard to say because it was difficult to understand what anyone was saying or singing.
Thrilling A Chorus Line Step Kicks Into Riverside Theatre
There’s more than one singular sensation in Riverside Theatre’s thrilling production of A Chorus Line. It takes that heady combination of Michael Bennett’s choreography and Marvin Hamlisch’s music and adds a cast brimming with talent and production values polished to a high sheen. The result is the realization that although A Chorus Line is 40 years old, it’s got legs up to here.
Percussive Polished 42nd Street Tour Delights At The Kravis
From the sequin-bright sparkle to the propulsive power of the 20th Century Limited, the new national tour of 42nd Street at the Kravis on Broadway series is a polished, energizing and thoroughly winning edition of the venerable warhorse.
Stage Door’s “Pompadour” Is Eclectic But Not Exciting Stroll Down Memory Lane Of Pop Hits
By Bill Hirschman Pompadour, the new musical subtitled Hits, Harmony and Hairspray bowing at Broward Stage Door, is what it is and is what it wants to be. So the question that only you can answer is whether it’s what …
The Hills Come Alive With Fresh Take On The Sound of Music
How do you solve a problem of taking a 56-year old American musical classic and making it fresh for a modern audience? If you’re director Jack O’Brien, you lovingly dust the tarnish off of The Sound of Music and imbue it with a freshness that’s as crisp as the snow-covered Austrian Alps.
Holiday Spirit Litmus Test: The Grinch Returns To Broward
The tour of Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas is a reliable litmus test of just how deep into or disaffected you are with the holiday spirit.
This definitively children’s musical with a few sugar plum crumbs thrown to the adults in tow will likely increase the cheery level of those already in a cheery mood and do little to make merry those fighting the holiday blahs
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