Author Archives: Bill Hirschman

Laughs, Drama, Death Jointly in Cemetery Pub At Pigs Do Fly

Cemetery Pub, a play in its second production by playwright-actor Tom Dugan at Pigs Do Fly Productions, is a mash-up of multiple genres as three relatives hash out troubled pasts and an uncertain future in a blue collar New Jersey bar.

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Swirling ‘Sequel’ to A Doll’s House Provokes Incisive Thought

The intense and dense cyclonic swirl of ideas expertly delivered in GableStage’s production of Lucas Hnath’s A Doll’s House Part 2 is the theatrical embodiment of “thought-provoking.” This deep-diving examination of human relationships – but especially marriage – is some of the best work since Bari Newport inherited the mantle of producing artistic director.

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‘A Comedy of Tenors’ Is Welcome Sequel to ‘Lend Me A Tenor’

Those needing a good hearty laugh will find the right medicine in Riverside Theatre’s achingly hilarious production of A Comedy of Tenors. The show is awash with impeccable split-second timing, zany, over the top half-clad characters, mistaken identity and jokes galore.

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Maltz’s Good People Asks How We Turned Out The Way We Did

The path we take in life and the place we end up – how much of that is a matter of luck, socio-economic circumstance, and how much is a matter of choices ? The insight-laden Good People at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre intentionally doesn’t directly answer the questions. Instead, it lays out the conflicting philosophies for audiences to debate on the way home.

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“Come On Along And Listen To…..” In Lauderhill-ACM

If you’ve got a competent, committed team as the Broadway at LPAC series does for 42nd Street, you’re nearly guaranteed a rousing gift of pure hallelujah as the love of musical theater grows into the triumphantly cresting cakewalk of “Lullaby of Broadway.”

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Part 4: I’m Still Here: SoFla Theater’s Epic Journey Through the Pandemic and Beyond

Part 4 of a 4-part in-depth series tracking South Florida theater’s arc of paralysis and pivot through the pandemic and into the future, certainties becoming uncertain, and an unquenched drive to not just survive but prevail, worthy of a Shakespearean epic. Today, theaters and artists plan for the what you will see and how it will be delivered.

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Part 3: I’m Still Here: SoFla Theater’s Epic Journey Through the Pandemic and Beyond

Part 3 of a 4-part in-depth series tracking South Florida theater’s arc of paralysis and pivot through the pandemic and into the future, certainties becoming uncertain, and an unquenched drive to not just survive but prevail, worthy of a Shakespearean epic. Today, theaters and artists respond to criticisms about racism, sexual abuse and working conditions.

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Part 2: I’m Still Here: SoFla Theater’s Epic Journey Through the Pandemic and Beyond

Part 2 of a 4-part in-depth series tracking South Florida theater’s arc of paralysis and pivot through the pandemic and into the future, certainties becoming uncertain, and an unquenched drive to not just survive but prevail, worthy of a Shakespearean epic. Today, theaters and artists begin their struggle back.

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Part 1: I’m Still Here: SoFla Theater’s Epic Journey Through the Pandemic and Beyond

Part 1 of a 4-part in-depth series tracking South Florida theater’s arc of paralysis and pivot through the pandemic and into the future, certainties becoming uncertain, and an unquenched drive to not just survive but prevail, worthy of a Shakespearean epic

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I’m Still Here: SoFla Theater’s Epic Journey Through the Pandemic and Beyond

Part 3 of a 4-part in-depth series tracking South Florida theater’s arc of paralysis and pivot through the pandemic and into the future, certainties becoming uncertain, and an unquenched drive to not just survive but prevail, worthy of a Shakespearean epic. Today, theaters and artists respond to criticisms about racism, sexual abuse and working conditions.

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