Tag: Alfred Hitchcock
Review: ‘The 39 Steps’ at Rep Stage Co.
For Rep Stage Co.’s The 39 Steps, disaster is never more than one step away. With only four actors re-enacting an entire vintage spy...
Review: ‘The Red Shoes’ at Kennedy Center Opera House
Generations of budding ballerinas have lusted after the shiny crimson satin pointe shoes in the classic 1948 film The Red Shoes. Who can resist...
Review: ‘The Prisoner of Zenda’ at Hedgerow Theatre
There are few adventure stories as durable as The Prisoner of Zenda. Anthony Hope’s 1894 novel – the story of a well-meaning Englishman who...
Review: ‘Yours Unfaithfully’ at the Mint Theater Company
I regret to say that until I saw Mint Theater Company's production of Miles Malleson's comedy Yours Unfaithfully, I wasn't aware of the author,...
Review: ‘The Birds’ at Curio Theatre Company, in Philadelphia
When you think of The Birds, you probably think of Tippi Hedren running for her life through the streets of a California town –...
Review: ‘The 39 Steps’ at Laurel Mill Playhouse
Laurel Mill Playhouse offers up a pleasing mix of comedy, melodrama, pathos and mystery in their amusingly fun production of The 39 Steps written...
2016 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Dial R for Robot’
Dial R for Robot is a mash-up of Hitchcock’s film Rope and the film Blade Runner, with some references to Hitchcock’s spy thriller Torn...
Review: ‘The 39 Steps’ at Fells Point Corner Theatre and The...
It is said that, “Dying is easy. Comedy is hard.” Well, the latter is doubly, no, triply, no, quadruply, no, well… you get the...
‘An Evening with Shirley MacLaine’ at the Music Center at Strathmore
“This is the nicest reception I’ve had in 600,000 years!” And with that telling introduction, Shirley MacLaine charmed a crowded house of adoring fans...
‘The Nemo Effect and Music for Grand Guignol Theatre: Horror, Horror...
Horror is one of my favorite genres to compose music for. It is always an exciting challenge to compose something that the audience not...
‘Doctor Caligari’ at Pointless Theatre Company
The Pointless Theatre Company troupe has taken on a major “dare” in adapting a landmark silent expressionist cult film into to a live stage...
“What, Mr. Todd, What is that Sound?” Arranging The Prog Metal...
It has been over a year since Stephen Sondheim gave DC’s Landless Theatre Company unprecedented permission to create a Prog Metal orchestration of Sweeney...
‘The 39 Steps’ at Sandy Spring Theatre Group
In partnership with Sandy Spring Theatre Group, Arts on the Green presents Patrick Barlow's hilarious award-winning homage to the famous Alfred Hitchcock's film The...
‘Dial “M” for Murder’ at the Greenspring Players
It’s that time of the year where the Halloween spirit becomes a major player in what the subject matter of theatrical events around town...
‘The 39 Steps’ at Prince William Little Theatre
Love, laughs, and suspense: you’ll get the full package at Prince William Little Theatre’s production of The 39 Steps. Adapted by Patrick Barlow from...
‘The 39 Steps’ at Dignity Players
After nine years of excellent theatre, Dignity Players will be closing their doors, but they aren’t going out without a bang. Action! Excitement! Romance!...
‘The 39 Steps’ at The Little Theatre of Alexandria by Julia...
The Little Theatre of Alexandria presents the melodrama parody The 39 Steps, from the novel by John Buchan and the movie classic directed by...
‘The 39 Steps’ at NextStop Theatre Company by Terry Byrne
Live theater is thrilling. How better, then, to celebrate the remaking of the volunteer-sown Elden Street Players into a major professional troupe than with...
It’s Opening Night for NextStop Theatre Company’s ‘The 39 Steps’
The official Opening Night of NextStop Theatre Company's production of Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps is tonight at 8 PM in Herndon, VA. It's the first opening night for...
‘The 39 Steps’ at Run Rabbit Run Theatre by Mark Dewey
The 39 Steps: a Whirlwind Comes to Purcellville
Playwright Patrick Barlow calls The 39 Steps “an adaptation,” and I would assert that every production of...