Tag: Washington DC Metro Theater
Talking Marriage and Farce with the Couples of 1812 Productions’ ‘Happy...
Celebrating its 20th anniversary season, 1812 Productions - Philadelphia’s all-comedy theater company - is now in rehearsals for its springtime offering, the local premiere...
Review: ‘OR,’ at Round House Theatre
The revolution will not be televised. Nope, it is on stage at Round House Theatre with a playful, headlong charge of a wild comedy. The...
Review: ‘That Face’ at Baltimore Center Stage
On Saturday, I attended the inaugural production in the newest post-renovation Baltimore Center Stage (“BCS”) performance space – the descriptively-named Third Space. BCS chose...
Michael Biello and Dan Martin Are Grooming for the Opening of...
Philadelphia-based artists Dan Martin (composer) and Michael Biello (lyricist) are about to make their Off-Broadway debut this month with Marry Harry at The York...
Review: Ballet Across America Showcases a New Day in Dance at...
Since its debut in 2008, The Kennedy Center’s Ballet Across America series continues to showcase the best of ballet from regional companies across the...
Review: ‘Pygmalion’ at Compass Rose Theater
Compass Rose Theater’s production of the George Bernard Shaw classic Pygmalion is an entertaining, thought-provoking show. Directed by Jim Knipple, it combines great acting...
Who’s in Town?: Alan Cumming Discusses His Upcoming Cabaret Show ‘Alan...
If you are like me, you would have given your right arm for an invitation to “Club Cumming,” the nightly party Alan Cumming held...
Review: Geoffrey Keezer Trio with Special Guest Gillian Margot at the...
As soon as the Trio finished Thelonius Monk's "Brilliant Corners, the KC Jazz Club exploded in applause. Some music is not listened to: it is...
Review: ‘She Loves Me’ at The Arlington Players
The Arlington Players have put on a delicious production of the musical She Loves Me. The 1964 musical by Fiddler on the Roof Composer Jerry Bock...
Review: ‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ at Maryland Ensemble Theatre
If you’ve thought to yourself “I will never see another rip-off of the Peter Pan story ever again”, I totally understand where you are...
Review: ‘Oslo’ at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center
I had only dim memories of the 1993 agreement between the Palestinians and the Israelis, which had been secretly arranged by a Norwegian couple,...
Review: ‘The Magic Play’ at Olney Theatre Center
In the art of magic, Andrew Hinderaker has found a vivid metaphor for the dynamics of honesty, trust and control that underpin our most...
Review: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at McLean Community Players
Spring has sprung, the dogwoods are in full flower, and there’s a truly delicious cat-fight to be had in McLean—take my word for it....
Review: ‘The Late Wedding’ at The Hub Theatre
Once again, Artistic Director Helen Murray and The Hub Theatre are producing a seductive play meant to kindle sparks for adventurous theater-goers. The Hub...
Film Review: ‘Colossal’ at Area Theaters
Nacho Vigalondo’s Colossal is not a film that is terribly interested in explaining things, which probably is for the best in a movie about...
Review: ‘Henry V’ at We Happy Few Productions
What’s the impact of war on the common man? Do the sins of leaders trickle down to their soldiers? Is patriotism dead? What does...
Review: ‘The Light Princess’ at Arden Theatre Company
A world-premiere musical adaptation of George MacDonald’s 19th-century Scottish fairytale The Light Princess, with book and lyrics by Tony Lawton and music by Alex...
Review: ‘Equus’ at The Forge Theatre
Theatergoers of the 1970s will remember Peter Shaffer’s Equus as the ultimate phantasmagorical theater ride. The revolving stage, the omnipresent stage smoke, the blasting music,...
DCMetroTheaterArts’ Publisher and Editor Joel Markowitz To Receive The Gary Maker...
DCMetroTheatreArts' Pubisher and Editor Joel Markowitz has received the Gary Maker Award from DCTheatreScene.
In her announcement Publisher and Editor of DCTheatreScene Lorraine Treanor wrote:
Joel...
Magic Time!: ‘Off the Leash: A Journey Into Reality One Black...
After I watched eleven B.F.A. candidates in Howard University's Class of 2017 perform a program of self-scripted audition pieces—character-rich monodramas, actually—I had one overwhelming...