Tag: Justin Paul
A critic at play
During the past seven-odd years that I've contributed to DC Theater Arts, I've written about upwards of 600 shows—sometimes as the designated reviewer (when...
New Records: Listening to the Music of 3 Tony-Nominated Shows
New Records is a new column that discusses recordings of theatrical shows. It’s a companion to the theater reviews that appear here on DC Theater...
Review: ‘Dogfight’ at Rockville Musical Theatre and Arts on the Green
War, friendship, and love are serious elements in a man or woman’s life. Rockville Musical Theatre’s production of Dog Fight explores those elements through...
Review: ‘A Christmas Story: The Musical’ at Baltimore’s Hippodrome Theatre
Humorist Jean Shepherd left us in 1999 but his folksy memories of being a child in Indiana at Christmas time live delightfully on in...
Review: ‘A Christmas Story, The Musical’ at Riverside Center for the...
Riverside Center for the Performing Arts presents A Christmas Story, The Musical, with Book by Joseph Robinette and Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek...
Review: ‘A Christmas Story: The Musical’ at The Media Theatre
A Christmas Story: The Musical was a breath of fresh air when it debuted on Broadway four seasons ago. Based on the 1983 movie...
Review: ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ at Second Stage Theatre in NYC
In the rush of incoming Broadway and off/Broadway productions mid-season, I somehow missed the 2nd Stage mounting of this original and quite remarkable new...
Review: ‘Dogfight’ at the Apollo Civic Theatre
The cast of Dogfight at the Apollo Civic Theatre tackles an unusually difficult subject, especially for a musical, with great aplomb, assisted by excellent...
Review: ‘Dogfight’ at The Media Theatre in Media, PA
“Semper Fi; Do or Die.”
The Media Theatre has taken on the marine’s motto this month with the 2012 Dogfight: The Musical, with Music and Lyrics...
Review: ‘James and the Giant Peach’ at Adventure Theatre MTC
The world of Roald Dahl is a fantastical place that stretches the boundaries of imagination. One of his best known works, next to Charlie...
‘A Christmas Story, The Musical’ at Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia
During intermission at A Christmas Story, The Musical, a woman sitting a few seats to my right marveled to me that her guest for...
‘Dogfight’ at Red Branch Theatre Company
Dogfight is a drama that deals almost entirely with surfaces — surface beauty, surface values, surface concerns and surface victories. Taken on that level,...
Magic Time!: ‘Dogfight’ & ‘Dear Evan Hansen’: Pasek & Paul Transforming...
Last season The Keegan Theatre mounted a Vietnam War–era musical called Hair. In a column I described that production as “radiant and thrilling,” “an exuberant...
‘Dogfight’ at The Keegan Theatre
A trip to the Keegan Theatre is a must for they are now presenting the first collaboration of the dynamic songwriting team of Benj...
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...
Mike Faist on Playing Connor in ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ at Arena...
Mike Faist is playing Connor in the critically acclaimed production of Pasek and Paul's Dear Evan Hansen at Arena Stage. Here we talk about his journey...
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...
‘Edges’ at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School by Miriam Urquhart
It was certainly an edgy night at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School's student-directed production of Edges.
Edges is not your average piece of musical theater. This...
‘Will Gartshore: Stripped Down’ at Round House Theatre by Don Michael...
Multiple Helen Hayes Award-winner Will Gartshore presented part two of his summer cabaret series entitled Stripped Down, (part one was called Dressed Up) at Round...