Tag: Glee
Review: Matt Nathanson and Phillip Phillips at Wolf Trap
A few years ago, I asked to review Gavin Degraw at Wolf Trap. I had loved his music for years, and was anxiously awaiting his...
Review: ‘Seth MacFarlane and The Great American Songbook’ with NSO at...
Like many people my age, I've been a fan of Seth MacFarlane's work for some time. Creator of hugely successful shows Family Guy and...
Review: ‘See Jane Sing’ at The Kennedy Center
It’s hard to imagine what to expect at a cabaret debut from a television actor turned Broadway performer turned television game host. Jane Lynch—who...
Review: ‘NSO Pops: Broadway Today with Darren Criss & Betsy Wolfe’...
While most of the week here in Washington, DC has been dreary and rainy, the weekend is off to a bright start as Darren...
Review: ‘Kristin Chenoweth: Coming Home Tour’ at Strathmore
To paraphrase an old expression, “big talent can come in small packages!” This observation was never truer than when the diminutive musical superstar, Kristin...
Review: ‘Georgie: My Adventures with George Rose’ at Signature Theatre
What starts as a delightfully wacky lark of well-told tales perfectly suited for theater buffs of a certain age or for those who know...
BSO: ‘Tis the Season with Brian Stokes Mitchell’ at Strathmore
The Music Center at Strathmore was filled with the holiday spirit as the Tony Award-winning Broadway superstar Brian Stokes Mitchell joined Conductor Damon Gupton...
Fantastic News! ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ to Have A Spring 2016 Run...
Some wonderful news about the critically acclaimed production of Dear Evan Hansen now playing at Arena Stage: It's having a Summer 2016 production at Second...
Magic Time!: A Love Letter to ‘Dear Evan Hansen’
Dear Dear Evan Hansen,
I know it might sound odd, but this is a love letter to a musical.
I saw you for the first time...
‘Dear Evan Hansen’ at Arena Stage
There are a lot of great shows in town this month. There’s the fan-favorite The Book of Mormon, the charming and captivating Once, the...
2015 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Breaking Character’
From The Breakfast Club and Mean Girls to High School Musical and Glee, high school stereotypes have been the popular subject of numerous writers....
UPDATED 6/1/15: Magic Time!: ‘I’m an Improviser by Trade’: A Q&A...
Updated 6/1/5:
Before seeing Faction of Fools' Commedia dell’arte interpretation of Thornton Wilder's Our Town in full production (I'd previously seen it in a workshop), I was...
Magic Time!: ‘I’m an Improviser by Trade’: A Q&A With Matthew...
It’s kind of a tossup these days whether Matthew R. Wilson is more newsworthy because he’s leaving as artistic director of Faction of Fools,...
2015 Kennedy Center Spring Gala: ‘It Don’t Mean a Thing… A...
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts rolled out the red carpet on Sunday evening with a star-studded salute to the swing...
‘Finding Neverland’ at The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York City
I suggest that producers, composers, writers, stars and others with lots of money earned from their work other than in theatre, those who have...
‘Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead’ at The George...
You’d be hard pressed to find a better theatrical catharsis for high school angst than Dog Sees God, Bert V. Royal’s funny/poignant reimagining of...
‘See Jane Sing! An Evening With Jane Lynch’ at The Birchmere
The crowd that came to The Birchmere last night to See Jane Sing! got a great big ol’ cabaret show full of offbeat tunes and...
Magic Time!: ‘A Fan Chat with Jane Lynch’ Who is Birchmere-Bound...
Jane Lynch is an award-winning actor on stage, in movies, and on TV. She plays Sue Sylvester on Glee. She has a star on...
Magic Time! ‘Choirboy’ at The Studio Theatre
There comes a scene in Choir Boy at The Studio Theatre when five young black men stand naked in dimly lit separate shower stalls...
Josh Groban at Wolf Trap
Last night, Grammy-nominated, Billboard chart-topper, and actor Josh Groban dazzled a sold out audience with selections from his newest album, All That Echoes, and...