Tag: Michael Mayer
Avett Brothers songs buoy shipshape ‘Swept Away’ at Arena Stage
The new musical features seasoned Broadway alums, stunning set design, and dramatic plot twists. By CHAD KINSMAN
WNO’s brilliant new opera ‘Grounded’ lifts off at Kennedy Center
Renowned composer Jeanine Tesori’s latest work is a Washington National Opera co-pro with the Met, where it will open the season next year. By SUSAN GALBRAITH
‘American Idiot’ rocks the early aughts at McLean Community Players
A good cast and a rocking score connect the audience in the joyous way that only music can.
Review: ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ at The Kennedy Center
It’s hard to believe that almost 20 years have passed since John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask’s ground-breaking, genre-bending, glam-rock musical Hedwig and the...
Review: ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ at the Forrest Theatre
When John Cameron Mitchell (book) and Stephen Trask (music and lyrics) were developing their gender-bending rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch for its Off-Broadway...
‘Spring Awakening’ at The Brooks Atkinson Theatre in NYC
Some time between 1890 and 1891 Frank Wedekind managed to complete a play in his native German, which contained all sorts of forbidden fruits....
50th Anniversary: ‘RENT’ at Wildwood Summer Theatre by Rocky Nunzio
“Forget regret or life is yours to miss” seems to be the motto of Wildwood Summer Theatre. Wildwood Summer Theatre is the D.C. area’s...
‘You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown’ at Reston Community Players
Reston Community Players' You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown is a sweet and serious show that will warm the cockles of your heart. This delightful...
After Their DC Run and Now on Broadway: Estelle Parsons, Mary...
DC audiences will be happy to know that Estelle Parsons and Mary Bridget Davies were nominated for their performances for The Velocity of Autumn and A Night...
‘American Idiot’ at The National Theatre by John Stoltenberg
Among the exhilarating pleasures of seeing American Idiot now on tour at the National Theatre is experiencing this angsty, amped-up ode to antiestablishment disaffection performed full...
‘American Idiot’ at the Hippodrome Theatre at The France-Merrick Performing Arts...
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives! The sensational smash-hit two time Tony Award-Winning Broadway Musical American Idiot arrives at Hippodrome...
Help Wildwood Summer Theatre With Their Kickstarter by Ben Lurye
Wildwood Summer Theatre, DC's youth-run theatre company, is excited to share our newest fundraising initiative with the DC theatre community. Every summer since 1965,WST...