Tag: David James
Review: ‘Young Frankenstein’ at Toby’s Dinner Theatre
It did not turn out well for Dr. Frankenstein or his monster, but receiving an abnormal brain was a blessing for Mel Brooks. After...
Review: ‘Miracle on 34th Street: The Musical’ at Toby’s Dinner Theatre
It doesn’t exactly live up to its billing as a miracle, but Miracle on 34th Street: The Musical at Toby’s Dinner Theatre has its...
Review: ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ at Toby’s Dinner Theatre
“May I return to the beginning?” runs a beloved lyric to the song “Any Dream Will Do” from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,...
Review: ‘Beauty and the Beast’ at Toby’s Dinner Theatre
In the new Beauty and the Beast at Toby’s Dinner Theatre, it’s not just the accursed Beast and his castle of talking knickknacks that...
DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2016 #10: Best Direction in Musicals in Professional...
Here are the DCMetroTheaterArts Staff's honorees for Best Direction of Musicals in Professional Theaters in 2016. Congrats to all our honorees:
David James for A Christmas...
Review: ‘Peter Pan’ at Toby’s Dinner Theatre
Toby's Dinner Theatre has every right to crow about its new staging of Peter Pan. The classic Broadway musical based on James M. Barrie’s...
DCMetroTheaterArts: Best of 2015 #10: Best Performances in a Musical in...
The staff of DCMetroTheaterArts is honored to announce that their 2015 Best Performances in Musicals in Professional Theatres honors go to:
Best Actor in a...
‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ at Toby’s Dinner Theatre
It is normally difficult to translate classic Christmas movies to the stage because comparisons with the beloved films are inevitable. However, It's A Wonderful...
‘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...
Here Are The Recipients of This Year’s 2015 Helen Hayes Awards...
Here are the recipients of the 2015 Helen Hayes Awards in the order they were announced tonight at The Lincoln Theatre.
THE RECIPIENTS ARE IN...
‘The Addams Family’ at Toby’s Dinner Theatre
If there is any theater role that Lawrence B. Munsey cannot master, he certainly keeps it hidden. The musical star drew huge laughs playing...
DCMetroTheaterArts: Best of 2014: Best Performances in a Musical in Professional...
The staff of DCMetroTheaterArts is honored to announce that their 2014 Best Performances in Musicals in Professional Theatres honors go to:
Best Actor in a...
‘Mary Poppins’ at Toby’s Dinner Theatre
Have yourself a little “Mary” Christmas this year, courtesy of Toby’s Dinner Theatre in Columbia. Mary Poppins—The Broadway Musical borrows a “little” here, a...
‘Of Mice and Men’ at Providence Players of Fairfax
There are very few of us who are unfamiliar to the story Of Mice and Men. The classic novella by American Nobel Prize winning...
‘The Pirates of Penzance’ at Toby’s Dinner Theatre
Thar she blows! Land-ho! Those singing, dancing, prancing pirates have cast their ship upon the great shores of Columbia and weighed anchor at Toby’s...
Part 6 of ‘Monty Python’s ‘Spamalot’ at Toby’s: The Series of...
Galloping into the home stretch with the grail in sight is Arthur, King of the Britains, astride his trusty steed Patsy! In the final...
Part 5 of ‘Monty Python’s Spamalot at Toby’s: The Series of...
Whatever happened to her part? This series has gone on long enough without mentioning the stunning singing sensation The Lady of the Lake! It’s...
Part 4 of ‘Monty Python’s Spamalot at Toby’s: The Series of...
His name is Lancelot! He likes to dance a lot! Journey along into part four of the Interview Series that Goes On and On...
Part 3 of ‘Monty Python’s Spamalot at Toby’s: The Series of...
Tally-ho! Onward we go, questing through a very dark and expensive forest to meet the next knight in this interview series, Sir Galahad, played...
Part 2 of ‘Monty Python’s Spamalot at Toby’s: The Series of...
This is the interview series that goes like this. In Part II, I sat down with the boldest, most courageous, most daring knight of...