Tag: Washington DC Theate
DC Favorites ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ and ‘Come From Away’ Vie for...
DC Mega-hits Dear Evan Hansen and Come From Away, which wowed audiences during their sold out runs at Arena Stage and Ford's Theatre, will be vying for Best...
Review: ‘Baghdaddy’ at St. Luke’s Theater
“Alternative facts” and “fake news” are nothing new with the current presidency; they led to the Bush administration’s justification for the war in Iraq...
Review: ‘Building the Wall’ at Forum Theatre
The dystopia delineated in Building the Wall is predicted by the playwright, Robert Schenkkan, to happen in America very soon. By the time the...
Review: ‘The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary’ at Curio Theatre Company
How do you turn one of literature’s greatest tragedies into a raucous comedy? Very carefully.
I read Madame Bovary in high school, and while it’s...
Review: [title of show] at Fells Point Corner Theatre
When it comes to musical theatre, there are two types of people: those who hate it and those who are obsessed with it. There...
Review: ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
The night I saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the new musical based on Roald Dahl's novel, the theatre was packed with moms and...
Review: ‘Billy Elliot the Musical’ at West Potomac High School’s Beyond...
West Potomac High School's Beyond the Page Theatre Company gave us the “old razzle dazzle” in their production of Billy Elliot the Musical, with...
Review: ‘Forgotten Kingdoms’ at Rorschach Theatre
There are mysteries of belief and faith beneath this fascinating parable of a play, roiling like the seawater that churns below the wooden house...
Review: ‘Passion & Struggle’ at The In Series
Poetry can be the seed of music, and music the seed of love. Music may even be used as a form of protest---and ultimately...
Review: NSO Pops: LeAnn Rimes at The Kennedy Center
International multi-platinum selling acclaimed singer and ASCAP award-winning songwriter LeAnn Rimes returned to DC Friday night, joining the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) at The...
Review: ‘Grey Gardens’ at the Old Opera House
An unusual choice and subject matter for a musical, Grey Gardens tells the story of the dysfunctional relationship between mother Edith Bouvier Beale and...
Review: ‘Dorian’s Closet’ at Rep Stage
Strong and dramatic – the two words that continuously came to my mind as I watched Dorian’s Closet at Rep Stage last night. This...
Review: ‘Adam & Anthony Live’ at Strathmore
Suppose your two best friends were really talented and you invited them over to sing and tell stories and a few of your other...
Review: ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ at the City of Fairfax...
There’s the daily ordeal of truth, imaginary facts, and shifting identities. There is wealth and privilege and assumptions based on hearsay, without understanding. Within...
Review: ‘Three Sisters’ at Maly Drama Theatre at The Kennedy Center
Anton Chekhov’s classic play Three Sisters is being given a superb rendering by the Maly Drama Theatre (from St Petersburg, Russia) at the Kennedy...
Review: ‘crazy beautiful’ at FringeArts
How are dances created? What might inspire a choreographer? Specifically, how does Tania Isaac develop a dance? What role does the viewer have in...
Review: ‘Hetty Feather’ at Delaware Theatre Company
Nothing can keep Hetty Feather down. An orphan’s life is a hard one, especially in Victorian England – and Hetty has it harder than...
Review: ‘Groundhog Day’ at the August Wilson Theatre
Andy Karl is a delightful musical theatre leading man, but he's been having a bit of bad luck lately. During a late preview of...
Spine: ‘Three Sisters’ by the Maly Drama Theatre at The Kennedy...
With the Maly Drama Theatre's Three Sisters, playing through April 30 at the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theatre, theatre lovers will feast on every slow...
Review: ‘Columbinus’ at Metropolitan Youth Theatre by Matt Stevenson
Massacre. Bloodbath. Horror. These are just a few of the terms used to describe the absolute tragedy that took place on April 20, 1999...