Tag Archives: Gaby Tortoledo

Studying Themselves Instead Of Lines, SoFla Artists Look At Lessons From Pandemic

Many artists define themselves by a calling that relies on faith that their art form will always be there. But in 2020, the foundation of their sense of who they were and what they believed made their lives worthwhile vanished. They were forced into introspection about the primacy of their profession and their art in their lives. Here, they reveal what they learned about South Florida theater and especially themselves.

Posted on June 28, 2021 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Features | Tagged Adalberto Acevedo, Amy London, Anna Lise Jensen Arvelo, Barbara Bradshaw, Beth Dimon, Boca Stage, Caryl Fantel, Elizabeth Price, Gaby Tortoledo, Geoffrey Short, Island City Stage, Jeffrey Bruce, Jessica Sanford, John Thomason, Keith Garsson, kenneth kay, Martin Childers, MNM Theatre Co., Palm Beach Dramaworks, Patti Gardner, Shelley Keelor, Theatre Lab, Tom Wahl, Wayne LeGette | 1 Comment

Island City’s “Compensation” Pregnant With Potential

Every emotion associated with pregnancy and pending parenthood is present in the 95 minutes of Hannah Manikowski’s smart and promising play Compensation. In fact, most of them appear on the playbill cover photo for Island City Stage’s world-premiere production, an image that encapsulates the disconnected expectations that propel the drama.

Posted on February 12, 2021 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Reviews | Tagged Compensation, Gaby Tortoledo, Hannah Manikowski, Island City Stage, Israel Vinas, Stephen Kaiser | Leave a comment

Theater Artists Struggle With Unique Fears, Fallout And Uncertainty From Virus Drama

Six months into the pandemic, theater artists are struggling with a profoundly damaging dimension particular to their purgatory-like limbo: The calling that gives their lives meaning requires interaction with other people in the same room. Late this summer, 33 South Florida storytellers agreed to draw back the curtain on their backstage battles that form the spine of an all too real three-act drama.

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Features | Tagged Alexa Lasanta, Allesandra Lasanta, Amy Rauchwerger, Angie Radosh, Anna Lise Jensen, Clay Cartland, Elizabeth Dimon, Elizabeth Price, Emily Tarallo, Eric Alsford, Erin Pittleman, Eytan Deray, Gaby Tortoledo, Gregg Weiner, Irene Adjan, Jeanine Gangloff Levy, John Larivere, Julie Kleiner Davis, Krystal Millie Valdes, Laura Hodos, Manny Schvartzman, Margery Lowe, Margot Moreland, Matt Corey, Michael Leeds, Missy McArdle, Nick Duckart, Patti Gardner, Ron Hutchins, Sabrina Lynn Gore, Sandi Stock, Tom Wahl, Wayne LeGette | 1 Comment

Ideals Prevail Over Darkness In MNM’s Man Of La Mancha

When Man of La Mancha is performed as well as MNM Theatre Company’s production, then the magic is savoring how the innate worth of ideals ultimately prevails over an all-too-recognizable world of violence and evil. Its message does not ignore the profound power of darkness, it avers that its virtues can transcend the darkness, and that their pursuit is an informed choice.

Posted on September 15, 2019 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Anna Lise Jensen, Ellie Pattison, Gaby Tortoledo, Johnbarry Green, Mark Kirschenbaum, Michael McKenzie, Milton Mendez, Paul Reekie | 1 Comment

Neil Simon’s Gingerbread Lady: Harrowing Descent Into Alcoholism — With Laughs

Neil Simon’s dark comedy The Gingerbread Lady gets a fine production at Primal Forces featuring a bravura performance from Patti Gardner.

Posted on March 24, 2019 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Gaby Tortoledo, Genie Croft, Janice Hamilton, Jeffrey Bryce, Joey de la Rua, Neil Simon, Patti Gardner, Primal Forces, The Gingerbread Lady | Leave a comment

Oy Vey! So Jackie Mason and a Belly Dancer Walk Into Wolfie’s

Both Sides of a Famous Love Affair – The Jackie Mason Musical, the semi-autobiographical comedy about a young South Florida woman whose affair with the famed comedian results in a love child, flat does not work despite the earnestness of the cast and creative team.

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances | Tagged Both Sides of a Famous Love Affair - The Jackie Mason Musical, Charles Baran, David R. Gordon, Elaine Budnick, Empire Stage, Gaby Tortoledo, Ginger Reiter, Jackie Mason, Joseph Long, Kelly Olson, Meredith Caroski, Sheba Mason, Vicki Klein | Leave a comment