Tag Archives: Thomas M. Shorrock

Slow Burn’s Rock Of Ages Isn’t Your Grandma’s Musical

If there’s any way to get folks to the theater who don’t usually go, Slow Burn’s Rock of Ages can do it. Director/choreographer Patrick Fitzwater knows exactly how to squeeze every inch of character out of this cheesy, goo fest of a jukebox musical to entertain aforementioned non-theater types, who can’t wait to re-live the glory days of the 1980s, of which the soundtrack of the show relies.

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Cameron Jordan, Christie Rohr, Clay Cartland, Emily Tarallo, Guillermo Gonzalez, James Giordano, Jeff Hess, Kristi Rose Mills, Matthew Korinko, Meredith Pughe, Michael McClain, Pat Ward, Patrick Fitzwater, Rebeca Diaz, Rick Pena, Rick Szczublewski, Rock of Ages, Roy Fantel, Sahid Pabon, Slow Burn Theatre Company, Thomas M. Shorrock, Thomas Porat | Leave a comment

Slow Burn’s Titanic Musical Compassionately Depicts Triumph Turned to Tragedy

The enduring genius of Titanic the Musical beautifully limned by Slow Burn Theatre Company is that while it arely nods at what’s to come, it relies on the audience viewing the initial paeans to progress and dreams with the knowledge that this optimistic vision will be swept away by fate, Nature or the very God being prayed to.

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Alexa Baray, Ann Marie Olson, Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Cameron Jordan, Casey Sacco, David Hyman, David Matthew Klein, Emmanuel Schvartzman, James A. Skiba, Jordan Wolfe, Justen Fox-Hall, Kate McGowan, Landon Summers, Mallory Newbrough, Matthew Korinko, Maury Yeston, Patrick Fitzwater, Peter Stone, Sahid Arnaud Pabon, Sean McClelland, Slow Burn Theatre Company, Steven Fuentes, Thomas M. Shorrock, Titanic, Troy J. Stanley | 1 Comment