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Monday, May 25, 2015

Exclusive Tour of new Arena Stage complex by Terry Ponick

Titled the Mead Center for American Theater, the dazzling new $135 million waterfront complex is an instant national theater landmark.

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:58PM

Hair by Terry Ponick

Review of the debut of the national touring company. "What's peace and love for if not for sharing?"

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:58PM

Sunset Boulevard by Terry Ponick

Admittedly not one of Webber's best, but Terry Ponick found Eric Schaeffer's production at Signature Theatre "slick, compelling, and surprisingly moving."

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:58PM
Monday, June 3, 2013

The Guardsman by Terry Ponick

The Kennedy Center’s new production of Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnár’s vintage 1910 dramedy The Guardsman, starring Finn Wittrock and Sarah Wayne Callies, promises to be a surprise…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:54AM
Tuesday, April 9, 2013

The Last Five Years at Signature Theatre by Terry Ponick

Signature Theatre’s production of Jason Robert Brown’s musical The Last Five Years starts out almost like a cliché, but then sneaks up on you and gets you deeply involved before you…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:04PM
Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Fiddler on the Roof by Terry Ponick

A sprightly new production of the classic Broadway musical Fiddler On The Roof  is now on tap at Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia. While lacking the expanse of a Broadway stage, Toby�…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:32AM
Thursday, December 20, 2012

An Irish Carol by Terry Ponick

An Irish Carol , now in its second of hopefully many annual appearances at Keegan Theatre, is not your father’s Christmas Carol. Unless you father is a drunken, aging Irishman hanging abou…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:06PM
Monday, December 17, 2012

Irving Berlin’s White Christmas by Terry Ponick

Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, now at the Kennedy Center Opera House through January 6, is an irresistibly toe-tapping song-and-dance confection which rolls a selection of Irving Berlin …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:36PM
Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Christmas Cabin of Carnaween by Terry Ponick

Well on its way now to becoming an annual Falls Church Christmas tradition, the Creative Cauldron’s production of Christmas Cabin of Carnaween opened last weekend at ArtSpace Falls Church …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:00PM
Tuesday, November 20, 2012

James Joyce’s The Dead by Terry Ponick

The Quotidian Theatre Company’s new production of James Joyce’s The Dead, which opened this past weekend could be the best holiday theater surprise of the season. Quotidian’s productio…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:37PM
Friday, October 5, 2012

Over the Tavern by Terry Ponick

Tom Dudzick’s Over the Tavern has seen a lot of productions since its first stage outing back in the mid-1990s. Olney Theatre Center’s new production looks good and feels authentic. But …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:03AM
Friday, September 28, 2012

A Couple of Blaguards by Terry Ponick

The Keegan Theatre’s A Couple of Blaguards is an oasis of madcap, guilt-free fun in the midst of a DC fall season that usually emphasizes high-seriousness or more substantial fare. The Kee…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:43AM
Wednesday, September 26, 2012

J.B. by Terry Ponick

The American Century Theater’s new production of Archibald MacLeish’s nearly forgotten verse play J.B. is well worth encountering, particularly if you’re looking for an intellectual ch…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:49PM
Monday, September 10, 2012

Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris by Terry Ponick

As area performing arts companies crank into high gear for a frantic September of opening nights, Alexandria’s MetroStage seems to have gotten the jump on nearly everyone. Their fantastic,…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:14AM
Monday, June 25, 2012

The Normal Heart starts its tour here as DC HIV rates skyrocket by Terry Ponick

Arena Stage’s recently opened production of Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart is the area’s first production of the controversial play since 1995. It was in that year that Arlington’s …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:18AM
Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Actor, director and Irish playwright on Keegen’s striking world premiere Cuchullain by Terry Ponick

Cuchullain is inspired by Irish legend and “Cuckoo’s Nest”, its author explains Rosemary Jenkinson’s brand new one-man, one-act play Cuchullain, currently in rep with Ke…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:40AM

Memphis by Terry Ponick

The traveling road show edition of Memphis, winner of the 2010 Tony Award for Broadway’s Best Musical, arrived at the Kennedy Center’s Opera House this weekend past. DC is the first stop…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:51AM
Wednesday, June 13, 2012

The Animals and the Children Took to the Streets by Terry Ponick

Suzanne Andrade’s The Animals and Children Took to the Streets is, as Monty Python once explained, something completely different. It’s not really a play, although it tells a story.

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:25AM
Friday, June 8, 2012

Home of the Soldier by Terry Ponick

The always hyperkinetic Synetic Theater company is in action again at its home base in Crystal City.  This time, instead of funneling classic theater works through their uniquely visual, da…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:42AM
Thursday, April 26, 2012

It’s A Grand Night for Singing indeed with Washington Savoyard’s production by Terry Ponick

If you’re among the many, many Washingtonians who love good vocal and choral music, you can’t do better than to head on down to the Atlas Performing Arts Center to catch the Washington S…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:28AM
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Introducing the new Howard Theatre by Terry Ponick

a photofeature which takes you inside and behind the scenes of the newly restored Howard It’ll be a hot time in DC’s Shaw neighborhood this week as the venerable, historic Howard Theatre…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:27PM
Friday, March 23, 2012

Source Festival reveals its 2012 programming by Terry Ponick

This year’s Source Festival will feature 24 new works, several by area playwrights under the direction of such well-known directors as Jennifer Nelson, Factor 449 Artistic Director Rick Ha…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:50AM
Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Brother Russia by Terry Ponick

Sunday evening, Arlington’s Signature Theatre revealed the world premiere of Brother Russia, a new rock musical by the creative team of John Dempsey and Dana Rowe. Chock full of interestin…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:55PM
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Forty years and still singing, Washington Savoyards throws a gala by Terry Ponick

From time to time, most performing arts organizations schedule a special evening of entertainment geared toward raising audience awareness as well as attracting much needed donations from we…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:53AM
Friday, January 27, 2012

The King and I by Terry Ponick

Now on stage at Toby’s Dinner Theatre in Columbia, the company’s production of Rodger’s and Hammerstein’s classic 1951 musical The King and I is a remarkably effective revival of thi…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:11AM

Up close with the magic of Elephant Room by Terry Ponick

We talk with Louie Magic, Dennis Diamond, and Daryl Hannah, if that be their real names. The Elephant Room isn’t really a play and it isn’t really a magic show. In fact, it’s a little…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:46AM
Thursday, January 26, 2012

Chris Sieber – he’s played Georges on Broadway and now is Zaza on La Cage tour by Terry Ponick

The fabulous Zaza, as portrayed by singer/actor Christopher Sieber, is the heart and soul of La Cage aux Folles, the current revival of the smash Broadway musical now playing to packed house…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:10PM
Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Director Robert McNamara on SCENA’s Hedda Gabler by Terry Ponick

SCENA Theatre’s current production of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler puts some interesting twists on a classic that’s rarely seen on DC stages these days. SCENA’s v…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:07AM
Thursday, January 19, 2012

Little Murders by Terry Ponick

Arlington’s provocative American Century Theater opened its latest intriguing blast from the American past last weekend at Gunston Theater II. On tap this time: Jules Feiffer’s 1967 biza…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:55AM
Monday, January 9, 2012

Ben Cook – talented young DC area performer is outstanding supporting player in Billy Elliot by Terry Ponick

The Broadway run of Billy Elliot the Musical ended last night, but the national tour is just starting its eight month road trip and has one week to go in its highly successful run at the Ke…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:11PM
Monday, December 19, 2011

Billy Elliot the Musical by Terry Ponick

The touring production of Billy Elliot, the Musical, now ensconsed at the Kennedy Center Opera House,  is a driving, energetic, and oddly appropriate holiday feast for thoughtful theatergo…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:25AM

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