Tag Archives: Bob Ruggles

Not Hamlet or Hamilton, But The Full Monty Eventually Wins Over

True, there’s not particularly buff former factory workers stripping down to G-strings, pumping and grinding in a ladies’ bar, but The Full Monty is the kind of pleasant mainstream musical that folks used to complain wasn’t being made anymore.

Posted on January 19, 2023 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Aaron Atkinson, Alex Jorth, Arts Center, Bob Ruggles, City of Lauderhill, Jodie Langel, Kate Delaney, Kieran Danaan, Management, Marcus Davis, Michael Ursua, Nicholas Barnes, Richard Weinstock, Ryan Michael James, The Full Monty | Leave a comment

Sorry, Can’t Resist: PPTOPA’s Gleeful ‘Something Rotten’ Isn’t

You don’t have to know that Sondheim and Webber share the same birthday to adore the broad send-up of musical comedy tropes melded with an equally wicked spoof of Shakespeare in PPTOPA’s Something Rotten — which isn’t.

Posted on April 3, 2022 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Ben Sandomir, Bob Ruggles, Geoffrey Short, Matthew Korinko, Pembroke Pines Theatre of the Performing Arts, Sara Grant, Shalia Sakona, Something Rotten, Stephen Keenan | Leave a comment

PPTOPA’s Cabaret Once Again Warns Of Current Dangers

PPTOPA’s earnest, merely passable production of Cabaret is notable for a few solid performances, but especially for the script which, decade after decade, becomes an increasingly relevant warning. Even more than the original stories, Masteroff’s 1966 “book” warns of an everyday populace willing to accommodate the rise of a totalitarian regime that promises answers, even to the point of self-inflicted blindness to its dangers.

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Anna Cappelli, Bob Ruggles, Cabaret, Christopher Dreeson, Colleen Pagano, Del Marrero, Gabriella Giardina, Gaby Tortoledo, Geoffrey Mergele, Jeffrey Bruce, Jesse Veliz, John Henry Parks, Karen Cohen, Lito Becerra, Meagan Nagy, Pablo Pernia, Pembroke Pines Theatre of the Performing Arts, Rick Prada, Sarah Gorfinkel | Leave a comment