In the Moment: ‘Richard iii’ at Synetic Theater
Synetic Theater's Richard iii is a potent conspiratorial theatrical experience for an anxious age such as ours. It is the ultimate in theatrical paranoia,...
In the Moment: ‘Among the Dead’ at Spooky Action Theatre
Spooky Action Theatre continues to beguile with its distinctive play selections. Under Artistic Director Richard Henrich’s open mind, Spooky Action regularly produces the usually...
In the Moment: Reflections on ‘Nell Gwynn’ at the Folger Shakespeare...
Beyond cracker-jack, comic allure, the Folger production of Jessica Swale’s Nell Gwynn is a class act. The Robert Richmond-directed production is built upon Swale’s...
In the Moment: Impressions on STC’s ‘Richard the Third’
Complex villains are irresistible on stage and screen. They can be so magnetic. Their restlessness and shadings of evil keep my brain’s neurons firing....
In the Moment: ‘The Baltimore Waltz’ at the Keegan Theatre
How any of us deal with the death of a loved one is so very personal. With the passing of her beloved brother Carl,...
In The Moment: ‘Image China: Xuanzang’s Pilgrimage’ Makes U.S. Premiere at...
A far-reaching cultural exchange production from China by the China Performing Arts Agency (CPAA) is making its United States premiere at The Kennedy Center....
‘Miss Saigon’: Time To Say Goodbye?
A blunt assessment: It’s time to move on.
It is time to retire Miss Saigon as the seductive, out-of-touch, museum piece that it is. Miss...
In the Moment: ‘Indecent’ at Arena Stage
“Why must every Jew on stage be a paragon?” A key question asked without bombast by one of the fictional characters created by playwright...
In the Moment: Looking Forward to ‘A Night of Suffrage Theater’...
It has been 100 years since suffrage pickets began in front of the White House for women to have the legal ability to vote...
In the Moment: Sound Design Enriches ‘King John’ at The Folger...
Folger’s rendering of the seldom-produced King John is more than impressive Shakespearean rhetoric and the checking off on a bucket list of plays to...
In the Moment: ‘How I Learned to Drive’ at Round House...
The latest data from the Child Welfare League of America indicate that in Maryland in 2015, there were over 51,000 referrals for child abuse...
In the Moment: ‘Sleepy Hollow’ at Synetic Theater
As if inspired by Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness or even Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now, Synetic’s highly original production of Sleepy Hollow, performed without...
In the Moment: ‘Heisenberg’ at Signature Theatre
With notes at the top of his work Heisenberg, playwright Simon Stephens gives undecorated, clear direction to theater companies for his expectations when producing...
In the Moment: ‘Lincolnesque’ at the Keegan Theatre
Separating a theater company’s production from the playwright’s script is crucial when evaluating a performance. After all, an engaging full production can do the...
In the Moment: ‘Passion’ at Signature Theatre
Leaving Stephen Sondheim’s Passion, directed by Matthew Gardiner, I found one word to describe my reaction:
Believable. Yes, believable.
This Signature Theatre production of Passion took me...
In the Moment: ‘The Bridges of Madison County’ at the Keegan...
Iowa can seem such a mythical place. That crossed my mind as I took in the Keegan Theatre’s top-notch production of the bittersweet, mystical...
In The Moment: Building New Homes for the Arts in Fairfax...
Throughout my years covering the arts in the DC area, I have often heard that Fairfax County is a wasteland, a desert, no place...
With Community Theatre Project, GALA Theatre Brings Immigrant Voices ‘Out of...
They are likely the unseen in our midst; that is until a particular, probably short-term job needs the informal employment market as the source...
With ‘A New Nation,’ Convergence Theatre’s Elena Velasco Aims To Make...
Art and activism are long-time partners. What better place than the DC area to meld the two in an effort to stimulate social justice...
Kennedy Center to Honor World Refugee Day with Free Performance by...
In a special Kennedy Center Millennium Stage performance commemorating World Refugee Day on June 20, 2018, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)...