Tag: Tom Stoppard
In ‘Leopoldstadt’ at Shakespeare Theatre, the sorrow of unspeakable loss
A moving and deeply important production. By EM SKOW
All-female whimsy in ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead’ from Nu Sass
The production reminds us that Tom Stoppard’s writing encompasses multiple interpretations — and is always alive with his incomparable wit. By SOPHIA HOWES
A delicious feast for the mind is served in ‘Arcadia’ at...
It takes smart, talented actors to make Tom Stoppard's comedy about chaos theory intelligible, and the cast here is up to the challenge.
Spooky Action’s ridiculous ‘Real Inspector Hound’ is truly heady fun
The perfect play to comment on the bizarre virtual spaces we’ve been in lately.
Review: ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead’ at Annapolis Shakespeare Company
The Annapolis Shakespeare Company’s production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is a witty, entertaining show with much to say about drama and the...
Review: ‘Shakespeare In Love’ at Baltimore Center Stage
Many people are already familiar with Shakespeare In Love from the 1998 Academy Award-winning movie starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes, but in many...
Magic Time!: ‘Smart People’ at Arena Stage at the Mead Center...
Racism, presumed in polite circles to be no laughing matter, gets a hilariously smart deconstruction in Lydia R. Diamond's Smart People. Arena Stage has...
Review: ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead’ at Princeton Summer Theater in...
Spoiler Alert: The two main characters in this play die.
Well, you probably figured that out, given that the play they’re in is called Rosencrantz...
2016 Capital Fringe Review: ‘The Tragedy of Mario and Juliet’
The Tragedy of Mario and Juliet, presented by Dead Cat Productions/Wayne Nicolosi (as well as written and directed by Nicolosi), reinvents well-known Shakespearean characters...
Review: ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead’ at Stillpointe Theatre Initiative
On Friday, StillPointe Theatre Initiative opened its production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, an absurdist play by Tom Stoppard that, along with Samuel...
Review: ‘The Hard Problem’ at The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia, PA
The head and the heart endeavor to coexist in the Wilma Theater’s latest production of Tom Stoppard’s newest work, The Hard Problem. Rich with...
Magic Time! ‘The Critic & The Real Inspector Hound’ at Shakespeare...
I just love it when theater laughs at itself. Who can forget the clockwork guffaws of Michael Frayn’s Noises Off, or Shakespeare’s enchanting send-up...
Review: ‘The Critic’ & ‘The Real Inspector Hound’ at Shakespeare Theatre...
The theatre critic might well be the focus of the satiric lampoon, now on stage at Shakespeare Theatre Company's Lansburgh Theatre, but it is...
‘Physics, Family, and Bees: “Humble Boy” Opens Tonight at Silver Spring...
Every excellent comedy offers an unexpected mix of elements. In Humble Boy – opening tonight, Friday, January 8, 2016, at Silver Spring Stage –...
‘Private Eyes’ at Silver Spring Stage
Anyone who craves serious comedy—meaning humor leavened with wit and more than a dash of malice—will rejoice over Silver Spring Stage's production of Private Eyes...
‘Once Upon a Mattress’ at Prince George’s Little Theatre
Prince George’s Little Theatre's production of Once Upon a Mattress is a playful, musical comedy for all generations. With music by Mary Rodgers, lyrics by...
Meet the Director and Cast of Prince George’s Little Theatre’s ‘Once...
In Part 4 of a series of interviews with the director and cast of Prince George’s Little Theatre’s Once Upon a Mattress, meet Ken Kemp.
Joel: Tell our...
Adam Wesley Brown on Playing Guildenstern in Folger Theatre’s ‘Rosencrantz and...
In Part 1 of two interviews with the actors who play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in Folger Theatre's production of Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern...
In the Moment: A Chat with Director Aaron Posner and ...
Walking into the Folger Theatre, I did a double-take. This clearly was going to be a different visual experience for Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and...
‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead’ at Folger Theatre (Review)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead at the Folger Theatre is a sumptuously original production of the breakthrough play of one of England’s greatest living...