Tag: Bible
Review: ‘Godspell’ at Infinity Theatre Company
The early 1970s gave us three Bible-themed musicals: Stephen Schwartz's Godspell (currently in a production directed by Alan Ostroff at Infinity Theatre Company in...
Review: ‘The Gospel According to…’ at Lantern Theater Company
The new play at Lantern Theater Company is smart, funny, fascinating and entertaining. At times, though, it’s also rude, frustrating, predictable, and morally troubling....
Review: The Philadelphia Orchestra Presents Leonard Bernstein’s First Major Composition
Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 1 was the major undertaking at The Philadelphia Orchestra’s concerts of May 3, 5 and 6, 2017. Yannick Nézet-Séguin led...
Magic Time! ‘Arguing with God’ at Woman’s National Democratic Club
Always on the lookout for provocative theater in improbable places, I went to the one-night-only DC premiere of a politically edgy and surprisingly funny...
2016 FringeNYC Review: ‘Tribulation: The Musical’
A post-modern take-off on the Book of Revelation, Tribulation: The Musical, with book and lyrics by Molly Miller and music by Brad Kemp, reimagines...
Review: ‘Chalk’ at We Happy Few Productions
There’s an ancient child-custody legend about two women who claim to be the mother of the same infant. In the well-known Hebrew Bible version,...
Review: ‘Children of Eden’ at Young Artists of America at Strathmore
Young Artists of America at Strathmore (YAA) brilliantly performed Children of Eden the afternoon of March 13, 2016 at The Music Center at Strathmore. Children...
Magic Time! Passion for a Play: A Q&A With Michael Dove,...
Sarah Ruhl’s Passion Play is an epic three-part play set in three eras—Queen Elizabeth's England, Adolf Hitler's Germany, and Ronald Reagan's America. It’s a fancifully...
Spine: What Happens when Porno, Isabella Rossellini, and Bio-Diversity Collide? ...
To be sure, some of Lisner's audience came for the sex--explicit, diverse, and environmentally conscious. Some came for the celebrity--a noted model and film actress...
Montgomery Playhouse Opens Neil Simon’s ‘God’s Favorite’ This Friday, November 8th...
Montgomery Playhouse, in partnership with the Gaithersburg Arts Barn, will open its 2013-14 season on November 8th with the bible as you’ve never imagined it....
Film Review: ‘This Is the End’ by John Harding
The amazing Seth Rogen proved he could hold his own against the force of nature known as Barbra Streisand in The Guilt Trip. But...
Zeola Gaye’s ‘My Brother Marvin: The Stage Play’ at The Warner...
The life and music of D.C.’s own native son, Marvin Gaye (Keith Washington), one of the most gifted musical talents of the twenty-first century,...
‘The Skin of Our Teeth’ at American University by Alexa Kelly
It’s a play that willfully does not want to make sense. It revels in the absurd. At every turn, it asks us—hey, just go...