Tag Archives: Elissa Solomon

Pigs Do Fly Gains A Bit More Altitude With New “Flying High!”

The writing seems a little sharper, the direction more incisive and the acting a bit more credible at Pigs Do Fly Productions’ new Flying High. Some of the playlets still are a bit lamer than others and some still limp along a bit, but there’s a noticeable uptick in the quality of this evening meant to provide a quiet, gentle smile.

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Carol Sussman, Carol White, David Susman, Donna Warfield, Elena Maria Garcia, Elissa Solomon, Ellen Wacher, Flying High, Gail S Garrisan, Jim Gibbons, Miriam Kulick, Pamela Schueler, Pigs Do Fly Productions, Steven A. Chambers, Todd Caster | 1 Comment

Pigs Do Fly Launches Seven Short Plays For The Over 50 Set

Ellen Wacher’s Pigs Do Fly Productions opens its second season by, for and about people over 50 years old arguing that F. Scott Fitzgerald was wrong about no second acts in American life with its newest anthology of playlets under the umbrella title No Fear of Flying.

Posted on May 9, 2015 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Beverly Blanchette, Carol Sussman, Donna Warfield, Elena Maria Garcia, Elissa Solomon, Ellen Wacher, Harry Marsh, Marjorie O'Neill-Butler, Michael H. Small, Michael Leeds, Michael McKeever, No Fear Of Flying, Pigs Do Fly Productions, Todd Caster | Leave a comment

Come Hear The Music Play: Darker, Lewder, Deeper Cabaret

Broward Stage Door’s courageously adult and resplendently lewd production of Cabaret ain’t your condo grandmother’s musical comedy. The only thing missing from this vision echoing the Sam Mendes revival is the nipple ring.

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Ben Prayz, Ben Solmor, Broward Stage Door Theatre, Cabaret, Elissa Solomon, Katherine Amadeo, Michael H. Small, Ronen Bay | Leave a comment

Don’t Trust Anyone Under 30: Pigs Do Fly’s A New Attitude Is 2nd Evening Of Short Plays

Pigs Do Fly’s second outing of short comedies Fifty Plus: A New Atttude is a mildly entertaining, pleasant diversion punctuated by several guffaws and chuckles. But the undemanding evening generates little electricity and too few stretches of outright hilarity.

Posted on September 13, 2014 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Beverly Blanchette, Elissa Solomon, Fifty Plus -- A New Attitude, Kerry Sensenbach, Marjorie O'Neill-Butler, Todd Caster, Troy Stanley | Leave a comment