Tag: Martin McDonagh

Maryland Ensemble Theatre resurrects Martin McDonagh's first hit play as a pitch-black mother-daughter comedy. By ANDY ARNOLD

Last night, the Mason Players opened another excellent student-directed play at George Mason University. Following strong performances of Deadman’s Cell Phone and 1984 earlier...

Guards at the Taj is the story of two young friends, Humayun (“Huma”) and Babur. The two are a sort of Indian vaudeville duo:...

Here's Part 1 of the staff of DCMetroTheaterArts' favorite Spring/Summer 2016 performances. To our honorees:  TAKE A BOW! Stephanie Atha as Winifred and Sofia...

In real life, when we are spectators to two grown men facing off in dead-serious combat—right in front of us; with words, fists, lethal...

Not long ago, Washington was the Murder-Capital of the USA. Crack Wars. Drive-Bys. Domestic Violence. Police Brutality. And all on a daily basis. The Murder-Capital...

The Keegan Theatre’s current and provocatively darkly comic production of Martin McDonagh’s The Lonesome West, written by the brilliant, raffish and audacious Irish playwright...

Telling stories is what the Irish are known for, and Martin McDonagh's The Cripple of Inishmaan, directed by Joshua Browns at Curio Theatre Company,...

Martin McDonagh is one my favorite living English-language playwrights and I’m not really sure why. His plays are hilarious and horrific at the same...

Martin McDonagh, the erstwhile enfant terrible of millennial European drama who is now a staple of contemporary theatres across the globe, is the sort...

I have now seen 26 entries in the Women’s Voices Theater Festival, and six have shot to the top of my list in terms...

Two days before seeing the closing performance of Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman by the newish 4615 Theater Company, I received an email from director...

Martin McDonagh is one of my favorite living playwrights, and I’ve loved his black comedy The Lieutenant of Inishmore every time I’ve seen it....