Tag: Kevin Kuchar
Review: ‘All Shook Up’ at Act Two at Levine
Seeing All Shook Up at Act Two at Levine last weekend was like an adventure in time travel.
The show, which played for one weekend only,...
Review: ‘Pippin’ at Act Two at Levine performing at Arena Stage
I have often heard Pippin described as a frivolous musical with silly little songs and a thin plot, but to me, Pippin has always...
Review: ‘American Idiot’ at Act Two @ Levine by Laura Marshall
Great punk music paired with edgy, mature performances and soaring orchestration rocked the house in the Kogod Cradle at Arena Stage last weekend.
The pre-professional...
Act Two at Levine Students Perform Excerpts From ‘American Idiot’ for...
Musician and Broadway actor Tony Vincent visited the students of Act Two at Levine’s Pre-Professional Program for a master class on their upcoming production...
‘Spring Awakening’ at Act Two @ Levine
On Saturday afternoon, I saw the eight-time Tony Award-winning rock musical Spring Awakening by Act Two at Levine's Pre-Professional Program in Arena Stage's Kogod Cradle. The...
Department Chair and Artistic Director Kevin Kuchar on Act Two @...
With the close of their second season of Pre-Professional training just two weeks ago, I had a chance to catch up with Department Chair and...
‘Spamalot’ at Act Two @ Levine’s Pre-Professional Program
When Spamalot director Kevin Kuchar delivered the ubiquitous pre-show curtain speech, he emphasized a focus on process over product that serves as the foundation...
Act Two @ Levine Music Students Perform ‘Parade’ for Show’s Composer...
Students of Act Two @ Levine Music Pre-Professional Program performed the Tony Award-winning musical Parade for the show's composer and lyricist, Jason Robert Brown....
‘Urinetown’ at Act Two @ Levine’s Pre-Professional Program
Do you suppose composer Mark Hollamann and writer Greg Kotis got the loo-dicrous idea for Urinetown while waiting in line for the facilities during...
Act Two@Levine’s Pre-Professional Program and ‘Parade’ at The Kogod Cradle at...
It is always a privilege to support aspiring young artists and the wonderful organizations and professionals who provide them with training and opportunities to...
‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ at First Act at Act...
In the small intimate confines of the blackbox theater within the Strathmore complex, Saturday afternoon was a spectacular day for Chapter 39 of Genesis....
THE BEST OF 2013: ‘Favorite Directors of a Musical and Play′...
Here are the choices for Best Director in a Musical and Play by the staff of DCMetroTheaterArts. Congrats to our honorees and to every...
‘In the Heights’ at Act Two @ Levine by Bev Fleisher
Those voices! That dancing! The acting! I was among the audience members who leapt to their feet for a hearty standing ovation to the...
Broadway Veteran Sutton Foster Helps Educate Aspiring Young Artists by Lauren...
Students of the Act Two @ Levine Pre-Professional Program gathered for a master class with two time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster. Ms. Foster’s class...
Act Two @ Levine Announces An Exciting 2013-2014 Season by Joel...
Act Two @ Levine has been anxiously awaiting the announcement of their upcoming season. “Sometimes you are literally waiting with your finger on the...
‘Next To Normal’ at Act Two @ Levine by Max Johnson
When approaching an issue as sensitive and pervasive as mental illness, even the most seasoned performers can underplay the massive implications of a disorder...
Carousel at Act Two @ Levine by Francine Schwartz
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Tony Award-winning Carousel is one of the most celebrated and longest running musicals in history. The production by Act Two@Levine was...
‘Jekyll and Hyde’ at Act Two @ Levine by Andrew L....
A great joy of seeing a production at Act Two is the feeling of “discovering” a talented young performer who you just know will...
‘Hair’ at Act Two @ Levine by Lauren Katz
Last night, with their opening performance of Hair, Act Two @ Levine successfully completed a task I thought was impossible: changed my opinion of...