Tag: King John
In the Moment: Sound Design Enriches ‘King John’ at The Folger...
Folger’s rendering of the seldom-produced King John is more than impressive Shakespearean rhetoric and the checking off on a bucket list of plays to...
Review: ‘King John’ at Folger Theatre
King John is so rarely performed (indeed, it's been a decade since I last saw it staged) that the current Aaron Posner-directed production at...
Review: ‘King John’ at Baltimore Shakespeare Factory
King John of England was not a popular ruler, and Shakespeare’s play about him is not, to put it mildly, among his most popular...
Review: ‘King John’ at 4615 Theatre Company
Scandals, sibling rivalry, adultery and divorces represented daily living for England’s royal Plantagenet family, which held the dynastic reigns of power from approximately 1120...
Review: ‘The Lion in Winter’ at 4615 Theatre Company
The Lion in Winter, written by James Goldman and directed by Jordan Friend, opened this weekend at The Highwood Theatre in Silver Spring; it...
Revolution Shakespeare’s ‘King John’: An Interview with Director Dan Kern
Revolution Shakespeare, aka RevShakes, a Philadelphia-based company, founded by Artistic Director Griffin Stanton-Ameisen in 2013, started out with a number of fascinating programs, including...
2016 Philadelphia Fringe Festival Review: ‘King John’ at Revolution Shakespeare
King John, one of Shakespeare’s lesser-known history plays, is filled with intrigue, betrayal, and a pair of kings who are constantly threatening to go...
Meet the Cast of Avant Bard’s ‘Holiday Memories’ Part 4: Charlotte...
In Part 4 of a series of interviews with the cast of WSC Avant Bard’s production of Holiday Memories—a stage adaptation of two classic...
Meet the Cast of Avant Bard’s ‘Holiday Memories’ Part 3: Christopher...
In Part 3 of a series of interviews with the cast of WSC Avant Bard’s production of Holiday Memories—a stage adaptation of two classic...
2015 Capital Fringe Review: ‘The Life of King John’
The Life of King John is a one-of-a-kind interpretation of Shakespeare’s historical play, directed by Alan Duda. The production weaves elements and references from...
In the Moment: An Interview with WSC Avant Bard’s Tom Prewitt...
On horror's head horrors accumulate. (Othello Act 3, Scene 3)
So why did Othello do what he did? Why did he take the life of...
An Interview with Scena Theatre’s ‘Handbag’ Director Robert McNamara and Cast...
I had the honor of interviewing Director Robert McNamara and cast members Anne Nottage, Amanda Forstrom, and Haely Jardas from Scena Theatre's Handbag, which begins performances...
DCMetroTheaterArts Staff’s 2013 Special Awards
The staff of DCMetroTheaterArts bestows the following Special Awards upon:
Theater J, under the leadership of Artistic Director Ari Roth, programmed the most consistently relevant and socially engaged...
THE BEST OF 2013: ‘Favorite Performances by An Actor and Actress...
It’s that time of the year when everyone makes their list of favorites, and the staff of DCMetroTheaterArts, have selected their favorites of 2013....
Fall 2013 ‘Scene Stealers’ Part Three by The DCMetroTheaterArts Staff
Here is Part 3 of our list of Fall Scene Stealers. Feel free to leave a congrats and comment in the Comment Box below.
From Catherine...
20 Questions with The Cast of WSC Avant Bard’s ‘King John’:...
Kim Curtis is, other than me, the King John actor with the longest history with WSC Avant Bard. In King John, he plays the...
‘King John’ at WSC Avant Bard by Sophia Howes
King John: Love and Fear in a Fallout Shelter
King John is famously known as one of Shakespeare’s least-performed plays, but there are many reasons...