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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Much Ado About Nothing – Riot Grrrls style by Steve Hallex

It seems there are three simple rules to staging Shakespeare successfully.  One: put the play in a modern setting, like, say, a dive bar in Anytown, country unknown.  Second, inject as muc…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:09PM
Wednesday, September 7, 2011

The Stenographer by Steve Hallex

Perhaps the philandering professor is a dramatic cliché.  Perhaps a professor who is angst-ridden and self-absorbed is just as much a dramatic cliché.  And perhaps, just perhaps, the pro…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:22AM
Monday, August 22, 2011

roughdraftofmylife by Steve Hallex

Playwright/ director Lauren Rhodes Cooper was so nice to those who attended the August 18th dress rehearsal of roughdraftofmylife.  At the conclusion of her one hour-plus drama, the DC nati…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:03AM
Friday, July 15, 2011

Rock of Ages by Steve Hallex

When you are at Rock of Ages, the question is out: are you ready to rock? Well, you’d better be: you are expected to. Rock of Ages (Photo: Joan Marcus) From the moment you pass through the…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:18AM

T-O-T-A-L-L-Y! by Steve Hallex

At 5:45, Kimleigh Smith walks onto the stage at a decaying storefront known as the Apothecary. She is a stranger to most of us.  When she takes her bow an hour later, the Los Angeles actor/…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:01AM
Sunday, July 10, 2011

The Morphine Diaries by Steve Hallex

Every junky knows that the first thing that happens when you stick a needle into your arm—before any narcotic reaches your veins—you give up a drop of blood.  It floats in the syringe l…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:51AM
Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Producer Charlie Fink – he’s not just in it for the money by Steve Hallex

A theatrical producer wears more than just one hat. Yes, he is a financier, but he is not merely the stage world’s equivalent to an investment banker. He is also—at times—a critic, a m…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:58AM
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