Author Archives: Bill Hirschman

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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Open a New Window in Handle With Care at West Boca Company

1.7 million packages a day get lost or stolen. If it’s your new hairdryer, it might not be so bad, but if the lost item is your dead relative’s body, that’s a completely different story. Such is the case in Jason Odell Williams’s Handle With Care romcom at the West Boca Theatre Company. 

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Joni Mitchell-Leonard Cohen Revue Freshly Re-Covers Precious Music Of Decades Ago

The magic of Both Sides Now: The Music and Lives of Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen is that of a time machine. It instantly regenerates feelings and visions a half-century old as if they are happening here for the first time.

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Once Again, Broadway’s Fifth Our Town Remains A Worthy Tale Despite Time And Place

As the newest New York production of Our Town proves — yet again over 86 years –this work is a reliable property whether it’s being done by this Broadway cast led by Jim Parsons or by your kid’s high school drama class.  Its appeal t lies in a title still resonant in the public consciousness; in its accessible universal theme; in its many easy-to portray and distinct characterizations.

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