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A Report on the Reading of ‘Breathing Under Dirt’ at Cherry Lane Theatre
Patience Malarkey was alive and kicking and under the new direction of award winning Director Larry Moss, at the January 24th industry reading of...
Review: ‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’ at Castaways Repertory Theatre
Blue Herons and Other Good Omens Come to Roost in the Castaways Repertory Theatre’s Current Comic Delight
If you aren’t familiar with Christopher Durang’s popular...
Review: ‘Boeing Boeing’ at The Highwood Theatre
When is too much of a good thing, too much of a good thing? Is romantic love the most reliable form of love? These...
Review: ‘Love for Sale’ at the Huron Club at SoHo Playhouse
Now in its American premiere after performing in London and Edinburgh, Love for Sale takes us to Paris, 1934, for a “cabaret-play” woven around...
Review: ‘The Tempest’ at The Baltimore Annex Theater
It's only the end of January and, with its production of The Tempest, The Baltimore Annex Theater (“Annex”) has already set a very high...
Review: ‘Last Train to Nibroc’ at Washington Stage Guild
On a train rumbling eastward from Los Angeles in 1940, a young man in uniform invites himself to sit down next to a pretty...
Review: ‘Marcus/Emma’ at InterAct Theatre Company
Marcus Garvey and Emma Goldman were known for their stirring, provocative speeches. But I doubt that, in any of her speeches, Goldman ever said...
Review: ‘Jerry Blavat’s Gospel, Soul and Doo Wop Reunion’ at The Kimmel Center
Jerry Blavat, “a Philadelphia borne dancer, radio and television disc jockey, performer, entertainer, producer and nightclub owner” (according to the program insert), produced his...
Magic Time!’ ‘LIZZIE: The Musical’ at Pinky Swear Productions
Don’t groan but this is a bloody good show. It rocks, it roils, it’s saucy and sassy, it’s effin in-your-face.
The story is gory as...
Review: ‘Hamlette’ at The Keegan Theatre
Being a teenager is never easy, especially if your mother has just married your uncle, who also happens to have murdered your father, and...
Review: ‘Beauty and the Beast’ at Ovations Theatre
Ovations Theatre has enchanted its way into the hearts of its audiences once again with a children’s production of Beauty and the Beast. This...
Review: ‘Bells Are Ringing’ at The Fredericktowne Players
The Fredericktowne Players have just opened their revival of the classic musical Bells Are Ringing. This is an infrequently performed work from the 1950s,...
Review: LiveConnections Presents Nicholas Photinos + Florent Ghys at World Cafe Live
Nicholas Photinos’ and Florent Ghys’ evening of “string innovations” was another successful pairing for LiveConnections Presents’ ambitious curator Mary Wheelock Javian. Her 2016-17 season...
Review: ‘Hello! Sadness!’ at FringeArts
Mary Tuomanen’s fiercely political solo performance Hello! Sadness! dreamily jolts through time and space. It blends together disparate historic figures and fictional characters, from...
Review.’Driving Miss Daisy’ at Bristol Riverside Theatre
Atlanta 1948: “Negro Policemen to Patrol City Streets—They are ordered not to arrest white people” This is an actual headline featured in the multimedia...
Review: ‘Laughter on the 23rd Floor’ at Walnut Street Theatre
A special recipe for a belly full of laughter awaits at the Walnut Street Theatre. Take a bunch of madcap comedy show writers, mix...
Interview: Meet the Cast of ‘Loves and Hours’ at Laurel Mill Playhouse. Part 9:...
In part nine of a series of interviews with the cast of Loves and Hours at Laurel Mill Playhouse, meet Juliet Beach.
Joel: Please introduce...
Magic Time! ‘Silent Sky’ at Silver Spring Stage
Lately the news has been resignifying theater more than usual. To resignify is not a commonly used verb but it’s a commonly understood thing....
Review: ‘Spring Awakening’ at Zemfira Stage
By Leonard Hughes
The plucky Falls Church-based Zemfira Stage has taken on the Tony Award-winning Spring Awakening, a far cry from the company's joyous summer...
Interview: Meet the Cast of ‘Loves and Hours’ at Laurel Mill Playhouse. Part 8:...
In part eight of a series of interviews with the cast of Loves and Hours at Laurel Mill Playhouse, meet Penni Barnett.
Please introduce yourself and...