Tag: DC Theatre
From PlayPenn to Lincoln Center: A Conversation about ‘Oslo’ with Paul...
Following its development in 2015 at PlayPenn -- the respected thirteen-year-old Philadelphia-based artist-driven organization dedicated to supporting and fostering new work -- playwright J.T. Rogers’...
Interview: Meet the Cast of ‘Two Rooms’ at Kensington Arts Theatre:...
In part two of a series of interviews with the cast of Kensington Arts Theatre's Two Rooms, meet Sandra Cox True.
Please introduce yourself and...
Review: ‘Waiting for Godot’ at Curio Theatre Company
Waiting for Godot is generally considered a comedy. Samuel Beckett himself called this, his most famous play, a “tragicomedy.” But its reputation as an...
Arts Collective @ HCC’s What Improv Group?!’s ‘Love Synchs!’
As part of a 2-show Valentine Affair on Feb. 10 and 11, What Improv Group?! of the Howard Community College’s Arts Collective performed the...
Review: ‘White Guy on the Bus’ at Delaware Theatre Company
White Guy on the Bus, at Wilmington’s Delaware Theatre Company through Sunday, February 19, is easily the prolific Bruce Graham’s most important and most...
Review: ‘Eclipsed’ at Howard University’s Department of Theatre Arts
Howard University presented the powerful new play, Eclipsed, in their black box theater this past weekend. Eclipsed was written in 2015 by Danai Gurira...
Review: ‘Top Girls’ at Maryland Ensemble Theatre
The adage, “more things change, the more they stay the same” comes to mind when weighing British playwright Caryl Churchill’s seminal Obie-winning classic, Top...
Review: ‘Last of the Red Hot Lovers’ at George Mason University’s...
Neil Simon writes terrific comedy. Tonight, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, directed by Theater J's Artistic Director Adam Immerwahr, performed by Walnut Street...
Michael Kahn Will Retire as Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Theatre...
Michael Kahn will retire as Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company (STC) in July 2019. A national search for Mr. Kahn’s successor will...
Review: Jazzmeia Horn at the Kennedy Center Jazz Club
To understand the voice of Jazzmeia Horn -- whether it's embodying her own ballad, the cleverly romantic, soft "Legs and Arms," or taking on...
Review: ‘King Charles III’ at Shakespeare Theatre Company
The Ghost in the Machine
Mike Bartlett’s King Charles III premiered in 2014, at London’s Almeida Theatre. Both the original production and the Broadway production...
Review: ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ at the University of Maryland...
Oscar Wilde’s final show is subtitled “a trivial comedy for serious people,” and when it premiered in 1895, it was comparatively trivial. Two men,...
Review: ‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ at Constellation Theatre Company
Black Stache is bringing his pirate ship to Source Theatre, in Constellation Theatre Company’s fantastic production of the 2012 Tony Award-winning play Peter and...
Review: ‘Blues in the Night’ at Creative Cauldron
Ready for top-notch singing talent that brings the “blues” to vibrant, spicy full life? Then high tail-it to Creative Cauldron (Falls Church) to take-in...
Review: ‘The Freshest Snow Whyte’ at Imagination Stage
Far off the radar of most grownup theatergoers, the writer/director Psalmayene 24 has been creating an extraordinary body of work for children. I’ve been...
Review #2: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at The Kennedy Center
The beloved Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is back at The Kennedy Center for a week-long run. Now 57 years old, the company pulls...
Review: ‘After Birth of a Nation’ at City Theater Company
Today’s audiences need farce. Wild men chasing beautiful women through many doors, visual running gags, women dressed as men, and vice versa, all enhanced...
NSO: An Evening with Joshua Bell at The Kennedy Center
It has been said that Joshua Bell may be the greatest violinist active today. After listening to him play, as well as conduct, at...
Review: ‘Tancredi’ at Opera Philadelphia
A company premiere and part of its Opera at the Academy series presented in the historic Academy of Music, Opera Philadelphia’s production of Tancredi,...
Review: ‘Richard III’ at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
It’s notable that a play based on England’s War of the Roses has many parallels to power plays that take place today, both in...