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Slow Burn’s Practically Perfectly Delightful Mary Poppins

Of course, Mary Poppins does fly in Slow Burn Theatre Company’s glorious production at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. As the song goes, this Mary Poppins is “Practically Perfect,”

Posted on March 27, 2023 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Adam T. Biner, April Strelinger, Dalia Aleman, Ellie Patterson, Heather Jane Rolff, Jerel Brown, Kareema Khouri, Mary Poppins, Matthew W. Korinko, Melissa Whitowrth, Michael Kreutz, Michael Scott Ross, Michael Ursua, Patrick Fitzwater, Slow Burn Theatre Company | Leave a comment

Cut Loose With Slow Burn Theatre’s Rousing Footloose

A hallmark of Slow Burn Theatre Company is its knack in finding new, mostly young talent and shaping those performers’ creativity. That approach—and this current round of talent—are on full display in the high energy, highly entertaining production of Footloose, now at the Broward Center.

Posted on December 19, 2022 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Caiti Marlowe, Camryn Handler, Chris Alvarez, Dalia Aleman, Dorian Quinn, Footloose, Heather Jane Rolff, Irene Adjan, Jeffrey Keller, Jerel Brown, Kristi Rose Mills, Kyle Southern, Michael Dean Morgan, Michael Ursua, Nikki Dikun, Patrick Fitzwater, Shannon Mullen, Slow Burn Theatre Company | Leave a comment

Dickens Nailed It: South Florida Theater Two Years In Review

If Dickens’ opening line in A Tale of Two Cities has become a trite cliché through overuse it has become a painfully accurate truism about theater over the past two years, especially South Florida theater. Crippling loss and inspiring resurrection. Surrender and perseverance. And , now, the Covid threat has reasserted. But looking back on those two years delivers a testament worth celebrating and learning from.

Posted on December 28, 2021 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Features | Tagged Actors Playhouse, Adrienne Arsht Center, Bari Newport, Broward Center, Carbonell Awards, Cecilia Snow, Clay Cartland, Clive Cholerton, Coconut Grove Playhouse, Colin McPhillamy, Darius J. Manuel, Elijah Word, GableStage, Gabriell Salgado, Heather Jane Rolff, Island City Stage, Joe Adler, Karen Stephens, Kimmi Johnson, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, M Ensemble Company, Main Street Players, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Margaret M. Ledford, Miami New Drama, Michael McKeever, Nicole Stodard, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Peter Haig, Slow Burn Theatre Company, Stuart Meltzer, Theatre Lab, Timothy Michael Quinn, William Hayes | Leave a comment

Songs for a New World Is A Welcome Return For Theater

Jason Robert Brown’s brilliantly insightful and emotionally powerful Songs for a New World lets you know you’re not going crazy all alone in Slow Burn Theatre’s season opener that would be a triumph even if it didn’t signify a full-throated celebratory return of regional theater.

Posted on October 13, 2021 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Darius J. Manuel, Eric Alsford, Heather Jane Rolff, Jason Robert Brown, Patrick Fitzwater, Slow Burn Theatre Company, Songs For A New World, Timothy Michael Quinn | Leave a comment