Tag: DC Theater Arts
Review: ‘The Jungle Book’ at Imagination Stage
Imagination Stage presents The Jungle Book, based on the classic story by Rudyard Kipling and adapted for the stage by Greg Banks. Janet Stanford...
Review: ‘Macbeth’ at Shakespeare Theatre Company
Blood will have blood—so go the grim words of Macbeth as it dawns on him that murder is not as simple as he once...
Review: ‘Russians in Paris’ at the Russian Chamber Art Society
The French and the Russians evoke very different images in the American mind, but they have one thing in common: an affinity for each...
Joel Markowitz’s Acceptance Speech Upon Receiving the Gary Maker Award
I am very honored to receive the Gary Maker Award, and I want to thank the committee for this incredible Lifetime Award.
Gary Maker was...
Remembering Anthony Lane Hinkle
Last week, the theater community suffered a great loss with the death of Anthony Lane Hinkle. Below is a lovely tribute, penned by our...
Review: ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ at Opera Philadelphia by Corey Cohen
Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro) is such a perfect amalgam of comedy and pathos that audiences will cheer even a...
DC Favorites ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ and ‘Come From Away’ Vie for...
DC Mega-hits Dear Evan Hansen and Come From Away, which wowed audiences during their sold out runs at Arena Stage and Ford's Theatre, will be vying for Best...
Review: ‘Baghdaddy’ at St. Luke’s Theater
“Alternative facts” and “fake news” are nothing new with the current presidency; they led to the Bush administration’s justification for the war in Iraq...
Review: ‘Building the Wall’ at Forum Theatre
The dystopia delineated in Building the Wall is predicted by the playwright, Robert Schenkkan, to happen in America very soon. By the time the...
Review: ‘The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary’ at Curio Theatre Company
How do you turn one of literature’s greatest tragedies into a raucous comedy? Very carefully.
I read Madame Bovary in high school, and while it’s...
Review: [title of show] at Fells Point Corner Theatre
When it comes to musical theatre, there are two types of people: those who hate it and those who are obsessed with it. There...
Review: ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
The night I saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the new musical based on Roald Dahl's novel, the theatre was packed with moms and...
Review: ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ at Exclamation Theater
The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare’s most controversial plays, one that has spurred argument and discord for over 400 years. Is...
Review: ‘Billy Elliot the Musical’ at West Potomac High School’s Beyond...
West Potomac High School's Beyond the Page Theatre Company gave us the “old razzle dazzle” in their production of Billy Elliot the Musical, with...
Review: ‘Forgotten Kingdoms’ at Rorschach Theatre
There are mysteries of belief and faith beneath this fascinating parable of a play, roiling like the seawater that churns below the wooden house...
Review: ‘Passion & Struggle’ at The In Series
Poetry can be the seed of music, and music the seed of love. Music may even be used as a form of protest---and ultimately...
Review: NSO Pops: LeAnn Rimes at The Kennedy Center
International multi-platinum selling acclaimed singer and ASCAP award-winning songwriter LeAnn Rimes returned to DC Friday night, joining the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) at The...
Review: ‘Grey Gardens’ at the Old Opera House
An unusual choice and subject matter for a musical, Grey Gardens tells the story of the dysfunctional relationship between mother Edith Bouvier Beale and...
Review: ‘Dorian’s Closet’ at Rep Stage
Strong and dramatic – the two words that continuously came to my mind as I watched Dorian’s Closet at Rep Stage last night. This...
Review: ‘Adam & Anthony Live’ at Strathmore
Suppose your two best friends were really talented and you invited them over to sing and tell stories and a few of your other...