Tag Archives: Jesse Veliz

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

MNM’s Grease Struts Its Stuff When The Music Starts

If you hire strong voices as they did in MNM Theatre Company’s production, the venerable musical Grease cannot help but be entertaining with its elbow-nudging pastiche of faux late ‘50s-early ‘60s rock n’ roll. The challenge in which MNM doesn’t prevail is finding the difficult to locate tone for the script scenes because Grease is not simply a straight ahead comedy as it’s played here.

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Ashley Rubin, Bruce Linser, Caiti Marlowe, Cameron Jordan, Cara Harpest, Emily Tarallo, Israel Vinas, Janna Morrison, Jesse Veliz, Jim Ballard, Jonah Robinson, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, Laura Plyer, Meredith Pughe, MNM Theatre Company, Paul Reekie | Leave a comment