Tag: Ben Lurye
DCMTA Partners with Kennedy Center on ‘Hamilton’ Sing-Along
Don't throw away your shot! Sing Hamilton songs with some of DC's favorite musical theater performers this Friday, November 30th on the Kennedy Center...
Review: ‘The Caucasian Chalk Circle’ at Constellation Theatre Company
With admirable nerve and imagination, Constellation Theatre Company has mounted an endlessly inventive production of a work by a playwright who dares us to...
Director Nick Olcott on Directing ‘Floyd Collins’ at 1st Stage
It's one of my favorite musicals and I am thrilled that Nick Olcott is directing 1st Stage's production of Floyd Collins, which plays through...
‘Ragtime: The Musical’ at Toby’s Dinner Theatre
The emotionally stirring historical patchwork known as Ragtime: The Musical is back at Toby’s Dinner Theatre in a wonderful new professional mounting. It was...
‘Diner’ at Signature Theatre by David Siegel
Music easily helps us drift back to another time and place, one that is fading away even as we try to keep it alive...
Spine: ‘Diner’ at Signature Theatre by Robert Michael Oliver
In 1982, when Barry Levinson's Diner (the film) opened nationwide to positive reviews, the Reagan Revolution had just begun, the Vietnam Syndrome was about...
THE BEST OF 2013: ‘Favorite Supporting Actor and Actress in a...
It’s that time of the year when everyone makes their list of favorites, and the staff of DCMetroTheaterArts, have selected their favorites of 2013....
‘Behind the Barricade at Toby’s’ Part 9—An Interview with Daniel Felton...
"Now bring me prisoner 24601!"
The time is up—well, nearly anyhow (they close on November 10th), as the end of the epic run of Les...
Behind the Barricade at Toby’s Part 8: An Interview With Larry...
He is the law and the law is not mocked. He has done his duty and nothing more; the man with black and white...
Behind the Barricade at Toby’s: Part 7: Katie Grace Heidbreder and...
Every epic musical has a broad range of characters, including the love-struck ingénue type. Les Misèrables at Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia is no...
Behind the Barricade at Toby’s: Part 6— David James and Theresa...
Everybody raise a glass! Now, raise it up the master’s ass! The cheers go around for the comic relief— the master of the house!...
Behind the Barricade at Toby’s: Part 4: An Interview with Ben...
He is their sign, that rallies the people, that calls them to order, that brings them in line. In the fourth installment of the...
‘Les Misèrables’ at Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia by Amanda Gunther
Do you hear the people sing? The beating of their hearts echoes the beating of the drum, as the show is about to start...
‘The Tempest’ at We Happy Few Productions at Fort Fringe by...
As I entered The Shop at Fort Fringe for We Happy Few Productions' production of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, I was intrigued by the...
‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ at Opera AACC (Anne Arundel Community College) by...
The last local production of Jesus Christ Superstar I attended was Open Circle Theatre Company’s acclaimed 2004 production. It boasted a brilliantly original concept...
Ben Lurye & Robert Bradley on Anne Arundel Community College’s ‘Jesus...
What's a nice Jewish Boy playing Jesus Christ in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar at Anne Arundel Community College? Benjamin Lurye gives us the...
The Best of 2012: Part 10: Designers, Cabarets & Concerts,...
Here are DCMetroTheaterArts writers' choices for their favorites designs of production in the the DC Metro Area in 2012. I always felt that...
The Best of 2012: Part 9: ‘Solo Performances, Children’s/Young Adult, Directors,...
BEST SOLO PERFORMANCES
Joe Brack in My Princess Bride at DC Capital Fringe Festival.
Alex Brightman in How I Paid for College at The Hub Theatre.
Mike Daisey in The...
Tonight at “La-Ti-Do’: Katie McManus, Emily Levey, John Loughney, & Caroline...
TONIGHT, MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2012 AT 8 PM
La-Ti-Do
At Black Fox Lounge
1723 Connecticut Avenue Northwest
Washington, DC 20009
$10 cover charge at the door. Doors open at...
Coming to La-Ti-Do on Monday, December 17th at 8 PM by...
MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2012 AT 8 PM
La-Ti-Do
At Black Fox Lounge
1723 Connecticut Avenue Northwest
Washington, DC 20009
$10 cover charge at the door. Doors open at 7:50...