Dangereuse: She Will Rock You: ‘TAME.’ at WSC Avant Bard
One of Shakespeare’s greatest gifts is the inspiration he offers to other artists. In the case of Tame., playwright Jonelle Walker has captured the...
Dangereuse: ‘The Lovers with a Thousand Faces’: ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at...
Romeo and Juliet at the Shakespeare Theatre is a revelatory theatre experience. Director Alan Paul’s version of Romeo and Juliet has a complexity and...
Dangereuse: The Joyous Art: Free For All-‘The Tempest’ at the Shakespeare...
The Tempest is one of Shakespeare’s greatest plays. Ethan McSweeny’s production makes us realize once again how profound it really is. This Tempest retains...
Dangereuse: Globe Theatre’s ‘The Merchant of Venice’ at The Kennedy Center
W.H. Auden once said ,“Shylock is the outsider because he is the only serious person in the play.” Jonathan Pryce’s Shylock is a deeply serious...
Dangereuse: Reconstructing Shylock: ‘District Merchants’ at the Folger Theatre
Freud said, “When a delusion cannot be dissipated by the facts of reality, it probably does not spring from reality.” This is the essence of...
‘Dangereuse’: ‘Appomattox’ at The Kennedy Center by Sophia Howes (Review #2)
In the wake of Ferguson and the Black Lives Matter movement, it is the perfect time for an opera which tells the truth about...
‘Dangereuse’ The Women’s Voices Theater Festival: ‘The Guard’ at Ford’s Theatre
Rembrandt once said, “Of course you will say that I ought to be practical and paint the way they want me to paint. Well,...
Dangereuse: An Interview With Playwright Karin Coonrod on ‘texts and beheadings/ElizabethR’...
I asked Playwright Karin Coonrod to talk about her play texts and beheadings/ElizabethR, which ends its run this weekend at Folger Theatre.
Sophia: Please introduce yourself to...
Dangereuse: ‘Texts and Beheadings/Elizabeth R: The Heart of a Lonely Queen’
“f I were turned out of the realm in my petticoat I were able to live in any place in Christendom,” said the legendary...
Dangereuse: ‘The Madwoman of Chaillot: An Ode to Joy in the...
WSC Avant Bard’s current production of Giraudoux’ The Madwoman of Chaillot, an entertaining tribute to the power of joy over despair, reminds us of...