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Review: ‘The Buddy Holly Story’ at Riverside Center for the Performing Arts
Like most people my age, before I prepared for this review, I knew that Buddy Holly was a famous singer from the 50's who...
Review: ‘Cold Mountain’ at The Academy of Music in Philadelphia
Charles Frazier’s 1997 award-winning best-selling debut novel, adapted into an Oscar-winning feature film starring Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, and Renée Zellweger in 2003, is...
Review: ‘Len Piper’s Pinocchio’ at The Puppet Company
The Puppet Co. presents Len Piper's Pinocchio, an adaptation of the classic story of a wooden puppet’s adventurous quest to become a real, live...
Review: ‘One Slight Hitch’ at the Old Opera House
One Slight Hitch at The Old Opera House, directed by Glenn Frail, is a wonderfully romantic comedy. In this delightfully sharp farce by Lewis...
Review: ‘The 33rd Annual Choreographers’ Showcase’ at The Clarice
The 33rd Annual Choreographers’ Showcase presented by The Clarice and The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) and adjudicated by notable choreographers and teachers...
Review: ‘When the Rain Stops Falling’ at 1st Stage
This play by Andrew Bovell in this 1st Stage production burned so many astounding images onto my brain—and sent into my ears so many...
Jarrod Bennett on The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC’s ‘The Way We Were’...
Jarrod Bennett tells us about the upcoming performances of The Way We Were at The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, DC at Atlas Performing Arts Center's...
Review: ‘Guards at the Taj’ at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Although it is never seen, not even a glimpse of one of its four minarets or gleaming domes, the Taj Mahal looms large as...
Review: ‘Barenaked Comedy’ at Bier Baron
In the Venn Diagram of your brain on burlesque and your brain on standup, Barenaked Comedy is the intersection. It made for an interesting...
Spine: ‘Guards at the Taj’ at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Rajiv Joseph's Guards at the Taj, now playing at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, provokes its audience with grand flamingo visions, with horrific buckets of...
Review: ‘Legally Blonde, Jr.’ at Adventure Theatre MTC
The performance of the student version of Legally Blonde Jr.at Adventure Theatre MTC was a rollicking ride through the highlights of the extended version. The...
Review: ‘I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change’ at Other Voices Theatre
In time for Valentine's Day, Other Voices Theatre presents a hysterical look at modern relationships, set to some catchy songs, in a series of...
Review: ‘1776’ at McLean Community Players
Who would have thought you could make a musical about something as serious as starting a revolution? Well, with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards...
Review: ‘The Philadelphia Story’ at 2nd Star Productions
It’s always fun to peer into the lives of the rich and famous. As a native Philadelphian, I found Christopher Overly’s revival of Phillip...
Review: ‘The Laramie Project’ at the Kensington Arts Theatre
The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman and Members of the Tectonic Theater Project, and produced by Craig Pettinati and directed by John Nunemaker, opened...
Review: ‘Bizet’s Carmen in Havana’ at The In Series
The In Series wows again with one of their trademark reimaginings: Carmen in Havana, which takes the essential scenes from Bizet’s classic and adds...
A Valentine’s Day Treat: ‘Lovers and Lotharios’ at the Cultural Arts Center of Montgomery...
If you’re looking for a romantic date this Valentine’s Day, then check out the 'Symphony of the Potomac'—Washington’s own community-based orchestra—which will be celebrating...
Review: ‘The Government Inspector’ at Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium in Philadelphia
First performed in 1836, The Government Inspector--playwright Nikolai Gogol’s unrelenting farce on socio-political corruption in Imperial Russia--has long been considered an important precursor to...
Review: ‘A Taste of Things to Come’ at Bucks County Playhouse
It’s not every day you see a musical with an all-female cast and a female-led creative team, but Bucks County Playhouse has given us...
Review: ‘The City of Conversation’ at Arena Stage
In the daring new play about Washington politics and the halcyon days of genteel social hostesses, The City of Conversation, (now playing at Arena...