Tag Archives: Jodi Dellaventura

Music Is The New Element In City Theatre’s Summer Shorts

Hardly unusual in musical theater, Meredith Bartmon strolls around the Carnival Studio stage singing passionately about her dreams and, later, her refusal to compromise those dreams. But this isn’t a two-and-half-hour epic on a national tour; this is one of nine 10-minute playlets in City Theatre’s 21st edition of Summer Shorts.

Posted on June 5, 2016 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Alex Alvarez, Cherise James, Chris Critelli, Christopher Wood, City Theatre, Elin Hampton, Elizabeth Dimon, Ellis Tillman, France-Luce Benson, Greg Waters, Jennifer Jasper, Jessica Farr, Jodi Dellaventura, Justin Landers, Karen Stephens, Kelly Younger, Margaret M. Ledford, Meredith Bartmon, Patricia Cotter, Paul Rudnick, Paul Tei, Preston Bircher, Steve Shapiro, Steve Yockey, Summer Shorts, Tom Wahl | Leave a comment

Annual Summer Shorts Will Feature The Sound of Music

The ever-developing Summer Shorts Festival, now entering its 21st year in Miami, will sound a bit different this year: two of the ten-minute works will be musicals.

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Features | Tagged Alex Alvarez, Cherise James, Chris Critelli, Christopher Wood, City Theatre, Elin Hampton, Elizabeth Dimon, Ellis Tillman, France-Luce Benson, Greg Waters, Jennifer Jasper, Jessica Farr, Jodi Dellaventura, Justin Landers, Kelly Younger, Margaret M. Ledford, Meredith Bartmon, Patricia Cotter, Paul Rudnick, Paul Tei, Preston Bircher, Steve Shapiro, Steve Yockey, Summer Shorts | Leave a comment

Affecting ‘The Tin Woman’ Plumbs Depths of The Heart

A double sense of “life after death” pervades the touching and beautifully rendered The Tin Woman drama suffused with wit now playing at Actors Playhouse as spring slides into summer.

Posted on May 22, 2016 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Mile, Cliff Burgess, David Arisco, Jennifer Christa Palmer, Jodi Dellaventura, Ken Clement, Laura Turnbull, Lela Elam, Natalia Coego, Sean Grennan, Shaun Mitchell, The Tin Woman | Leave a comment

City Theatre’s Summer Shorts Kicks It Up A Notch Once Again

Efforts by City Theatre staffers to improve the consistency of its offerings has paid off: This edition of Summer Shorts is not only lushly and imaginatively produced with a noticeable extra bit of polish, but is more consistently funny and entertaining than any edition in recent memory.

Posted on June 15, 2014 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged City Theatre, David Perez-Ribada, Elizabeth Dimon, Ellis Tillman, Irene Adjan, Jodi Dellaventura, John Manzelli, Leslie Ayvazian, Margaret M. Ledford, Mary Sansone, Matt Corey, Mcley Lafrance, Niki Fridh, Paul Rudnick, Paul Tei, Preston Bircher, Ricky J. Martinez, Steve Yockey, Summer Shorts, Theo Reyna, Tom Wahl | Leave a comment

Demos-Brown’s Fear Up Harsh At Zoetic Is Explosive Inquiry Into Our Need For Heroes

Christopher Demos-Brown’s compelling world premiere Fear Up Harsh from Zoetic Stage is a penetrating interrogation of how our need for heroes can trump the values of truth, honor and loyalty that they fought to preserve. It’s like watching a Humvee drive toward an IED and be stunned by the explosion, first in slow-motion and then an annihilating blast.

Posted on November 9, 2013 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Christopher Demos-Brown, Fear Up Harsh, Jodi Dellaventura, Karen Stephens, Shane Tanner, Stephen G. Anthony, Stuart Meltzer, Zoetic Stage | Leave a comment