Tag: Lisa Hill-Corley
A tribute to Brave Spirits as it calls off Shakespeare’s histories...
There are certain theater experiences that you look forward to with extraordinary excitement. Brave Spirits Theatre’s Shakespeare’s Histories 2020 was one of them. To...
Review: ‘Doctor Faustus’ at Brave Spirits Theatre
Full disclosure: If your only exposure to the classics was Shakespeare in high school, then be ready to get out there and see what...
Review: ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore’ at Brave Spirits Theatre
Brave Spirits Theatre (BST) has recently opened two productions, performing in tandem, to present what they refer to in their press release as “Theatre...
Review: ‘Henry V’ at The Rude Mechanicals
With Henry V, actor Rebecca Speas marks her directorial debut with an energetic, well-choreographed production featuring an outstanding cast.
After bringing their critically acclaimed production...
‘Romeo and Juliet’ at Prince George’s Summer Shakespeare Festival
Summer and Shakespeare go hand-in-hand and Prince George’s Summer Shakespeare Festival’s Romeo and Juliet is a departure from “traditional” productions of this iconic William...
‘Julius Caesar’ at The Rude Mechanicals
Julius Caesar seems to be always with us. High school Latin still features Caesar’s Commentaries. Once there was a Russian Tsar. Now there is...
‘She Speaks!’ at The Flying Muskrat Theater Company
She Speaks! features 16 scenes that were pulled lovingly from William Shakespeare’s texts, and woven together by The Flying Muskrat Theater Company. With the...
‘Love Letters’ at The Flying Muskrat Theatre Company by Joel Markowitz
Advertised as "Gurney’s ‘Love Letters’ Like You’ve Never Seen it Before” The Flying Muskrat Theatre Company's production, directed with much love by Leanne G. O'Neill...
‘The Vagina Monologues’ at Greenbelt Art Center by Amanda Gunther
What would your vagina say if it could talk? Mine would say that you need to go see the Rude Mechanicals and their production...
‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore’ at The Rude Mechanicals at Greenbelt...
Never yet have incest and murder so strangely met...that is until The Rude Mechanicals came to town with their production of 'Tis Pity She's...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘Lysistrata 1969’ by Jessica Vaughan
The Sock Puppet Guerilla Theater mounts a truly hilarious production of an ancient satire Lysistrata by setting it in 1969. It doesn’t take much updating. The...
‘Proposals’ at Vienna Theatre Company by Kim Moeller
In the midst of the cold and wintry Washington weather, Vienna Theatre Company’s production of Proposals offers warmth and laughter with a visit to...
Staging Neil Simon: Meet the Cast of ‘Proposals’ at Vienna Theatre...
Proposals tells the story of Clemma, a housekeeper for the Hines family in the 1950’s. Burt Hines’s health is failing and he has decided...
‘Proposals’ at Vienna Theatre Company: ‘Wrestling with Neil Simon in the...
Barefoot in the Park seemed charming and funny to me in 1971 when I worked as assistant director on a local production. Oh that...
‘Lysistrata’ at Greenbelt Arts Center by Amanda Gunther
The premise is simple: the women are sick of the men never being at home because they are constantly at war. The women also...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘Pericles vs. Wilkins’ by Jessica Vaughan
Pericles is not performed very often and local company The Rude Mechanicals from Laurel, MD offers a reason why in this shortened, but, they insist,...
Coming to The Capital Fringe Festival: ‘Pericles: Shakespeare vs. Wilkins’ by...
ELIZABETHAN PLAYWRIGHTS DUKE IT OUT IN PERICLES: SHAKESPEARE VS WILKINS
The Rude Mechanicals have a fondness for Shakespeare, but you can only put on Hamlet...