Author Archives: Bill Hirschman
Love and Lust Rage In Fatal Triangle In Actors’ Playhouse’s Rock Opera “Murder Ballad”
Every couple of years, Actors’ Playhouse – home of the mainstream musical –mounts an edgy modern work that nourishes the creative soul of the theater’s more adventurous patrons like next to normal and Floyd Collins. Add to that list the cult rock opera Murder Ballad that mixes love, lust, loss, passion, fury, pain and violence in a fatal triangle as old as Mankind but as current as last week’s tabloid.
An Unabashedly Heart-Warming Revival Provides Fine Debut For Davie’s Issie Swickle As Annie
Why see Annie yet once again? First is director Martin Charnin has banished the saccharine overkill and played the remaining cuteness and heart-tugging moments against a grimy, downtrodden Depression that should resonate today. Second, savor the national bow of Davie’s Issie Swickle as she nails the title role with thechops of someone a lot older than her nine years.
Slow Burn Theater To Move To Broward Center From Boca Raton For 2015-2016 Season
Slow Burn Theatre Company, the acclaimed troupe specializing in musicals that many companies shy from, is moving its main operation from Boca Raton to the Amaturo Theatre at the Broward Center beginning next season.
Slow Burn’s Wonderettes Is ’50s Prom Punch With a Bit Of A Kick
Slow Burn Theatre Company’s The Marvelous Wonderettes at the Broward Center is a sweet and tasty cotton candy confection of girl group standards from 1950s and 1960s delivered by four terrific actress-comedienne-singers.
Broadway Baby Issie Swickle From Davie Gets Title Role In New Annie National Tour
Issie Swickle. Remember that name. Not that you’d have trouble doing so. But remember when you first heard it, for bragging rights. Because you may be hearing it for a long time.
A Wry Off-Beat Take On A Journey Toward The American Dream in Jamaica Farewell
Jamaica Farewell — Debra Ehrhardt’s semi-autobiographical comedy about her emigration to America – has passages of tension and tears, but it’s not exactly the heart-warming tale of a life-threatening journey that graces the front page of The Herald. It’s is a gently funny chronicle of Ehrhardt’s perilous journey – perilous in that she entered the country smuggling one million dollars,
I Love Lucy Stage Show Just Can’t Recapture The Original
I Love Lucy® Live On Stage is mildly amusing, mildly humorous, mildly pleasant and very mildly entertaining — phrases never attached to Lucille Ball or I Love Lucy. There is little evidence of the irrepressible vitality and downright hilarity of Lucy to be found in this reasonably well-intentioned, well-acted and well-produced offering.
Actors Playhouse Rips Into Auditorium For Murder Ballad
Some patrons might be a tad uncomfortable at Murder Ballad at Actors Playhouse. After all, a lovesick swain likely will pour his heart out while standing on a chair a few inches away from an audience member’s face. A ticket buyer may find herself within spitting distance of a sweaty couple trying to kill each other.
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