Tag: Kevin Collins
Review: ‘Nell Gwynn’ at the Folger Shakespeare Theatre
Nell Gwynn (1650-1687) was not only one of the most talented actresses in Restoration Theatre, but also one of the most beloved. That was...
Magic Time!: ‘The Frederick Douglass Project’ by Solas Nua
In a tent pitched on a pier overlooking the Anacostia River, there is a powerfully important work of theater being performed. The work is...
Review: ‘The Frederick Douglass Project’ by Solas Nua
Imagine yourself sitting on a creaky ship as a passenger en route to the Emerald Isle of Ireland. Frederick Douglass, the great abolitionist, is...
Review: ‘Love’s LaBEERS Lost’ at LiveArtDC and Grain of Sand Theatre...
Get Thee to This Beer Fest – er – Show!
Love’s LaBEERS Lost is a production in danger of becoming a hot, must-see show that...
‘The Cripple of Inishmaan’ at Scena Theatre
Scena Theatre's comedy through the lens of small-town folk in a small Aran Islands community named Inishmaan, off the coast of Ireland. The year is...
‘The Great Lieutenant Sprinkle Didn’t Save Me’ at Field Trip Theatre
"Every ghost story is kind of like a history lesson,” says the young woman identified as A History Major in The Great Lieutenant Sprinkle...
‘Wiley and the Hairy Man’ at Imagination Stage
Imagination Stage presents Wiley and the Hairy Man, an adventurous folktale about a boy who must face his biggest fear, with Book by Suzan...
Source Festival: ‘Mortality’-Six 10-Minute Plays
Last night I was back at CulturalDC’s Source Festival for Mortality, a series of six 10-minute plays inspired by the full length play, A...
‘A Journey with Richard: A Deaf Man’s Commentary on ‘Richard III’...
The house lights dims, and the stage is flooded with elegant people dressed up for a formal occasion. I spot a man who looks...
‘Richard III’ at NextStop Theatre Company by Michael Sprouse
Often we struggle to be heard, to be recognized.
In this production of Shakespeare’s Richard III, directed by Dr. Lindsey Snyder, Richard is not depicted...
‘Richard III’ at NextStop Theatre Company by Sophia Howes
After the discovery of Richard III’s remains in a Leicester car park in August 2012, it was concluded that far from being a hunchback,...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘Fallbeil’ by JR Russ
Fallbeil, presented by Field Trip Theatre, is a must-see theatrical piece. Written by Liz Maestri and directed by Nick Vargas, Fallbeil is a historical fantasy...