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Monday, November 2, 2020

Review: Roaring, Best Medicine’s 20’s comedy, a fun diversion by Debbie Minter Jackson

Roaring is a peek at the tumultuous 1920’s as seen through the eyes of a plucky go-getter, Mabel Daniels (Kara Burri).  In this fun-filled digital original by Best Medicine Rep’s John M…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:32PM
Tuesday, October 27, 2020

First look at Psalmayene 24’s Dear Mapel from Mosaic Theater by Debbie Minter Jackson

Dear Mapel, written and performed by Psalmayene 24, is a theatrical exploration of his relationship with his deceased father currently in workshop development at Mosaic Theater. Structured a…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:18PM
Thursday, September 17, 2020

Review: Stories I May Not Tell from Best Medicine Rep by Debbie Minter Jackson

John Morogiello yearns, lives and breathes theater.   Stories I May Not Tell is a sneak peek in the mind of a playwright so stuffed with story ideas that characters and scenes cascade out …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:48AM
Monday, March 9, 2020

Review: Rasheeda Speaking from Ally Theatre Company by Debbie Minter Jackson

Can incremental racism make you sick and even a little crazy?  Rasheeda Speaking is a fascinating exploration into the premise that no matter how well-intentioned we try to be, the toxic el…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:06PM
Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Review: Crowns at Creative Cauldron by Debbie Minter Jackson

Ladies—dig out your hat boxes, Crowns is back in town!  The production at Creative Cauldron is captivating and beautifully relays the meaning, messages, stories and significance of church…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:06PM
Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Review: Comedy in Venice, the shakeup of what’s funny in 18th century Venice by Debbie Minter Jackson

Venetian writers Carlo Goldoni and Carlo Gozzi have a battle royale throwdown in this giddy world premiere, Comedy of Venice.  Esteemed writer Gozzi (Turandot) rules the roost in Venice as …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:03PM
Monday, December 16, 2019

Review: The Magical Piñata by Debbie Minter Jackson

The Magical Piñata at Keegan Theatre is a fun-filled romp that fits the holiday season with lessons for all to treasure and enjoy.  Karen Zacarías presents an incredibly rich story with t…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:48PM
Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Review: Paul Morella in A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas by Debbie Minter Jackson

Gifted actor and storyteller Paul Morella has once again donned the coattails and top hat of Charles Dickens to usher us into the Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab at Olney Theatre Center. The lob…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:18AM
Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Review: Infinite Tales debuts at 4615 Theatre Company by Debbie Minter Jackson

In this ambitious collection of Irish folktales, four siblings, neglected and mistreated after their mother’s death, are cursed and forced to live in exile for 900 years as swans. Told as …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:54AM
Thursday, December 5, 2019

Review: The Crater Sisters’ Christmas Special by Debbie Minter Jackson

Just when you thought you couldn’t take another holiday show, up pops The Crater Sisters’ Christmas Special at Best Medicine Rep.  Bouncing along with creativity and zest, this Christma…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:06AM
Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Review: The Powers That Be – A Rock Opera at Venus Theatre by Debbie Minter Jackson

How does one process unspeakable pain in losing a loved one to violence?  Sanguine expressions of “thoughts and prayers” have no place in The Powers That Be, a hard rocking contemplatio…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:06PM
Monday, November 25, 2019

Review: Hard Times from Washington Stage Guild by Debbie Minter Jackson

With steam wafting from the factories painted across the backdrop of Washington Stage Guild’s production of Hard Times, it doesn’t take long before issues about industry and social progr…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:36AM
Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Review: George Bernard Shaw’s Candida at Washington Stage Guild by Debbie Minter Jackson

Ruminations about love and passion abound in George Bernard Shaw’s Candida.  Written and first performed in a past century (1898), questions of what makes a successful marriage feel right…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:12PM
Sunday, July 14, 2019

Capital Fringe review: An Evening with Lola Montez by Debbie Minter Jackson

If this were the 1850’s, chances are you would know the name of Lola Montez. Mary Murphy is captivating in her portrayal of this alluring, crowd pleasing, coquettish, and controversial wom…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:24AM
Monday, July 8, 2019

Review: Antonio’s Song: I Was Dreaming of a Son at Contemporary American Theater Festival by Debbie Minter Jackson

Antonio’s Song is a masterful collaboration between two distinguished artists—some may remember Dael Orlandersmith’s emotionally charged Yellowman that tore through Washington D.C. som…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:24PM
Friday, July 5, 2019

HUSTLE, new musical, workshops at DC Black Theatre Festival by Debbie Minter Jackson

HUSTLE The Musical, one of the more than 100 shows in this year’s 10th anniversary DC Black Theatre & Arts Festival, is a sparkling example of the festivals mission to produce new work…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:03AM
Monday, June 10, 2019

Review: Forest Treás. Pointless replaces puppets with cameras to tell the story of the Beltway sniper attacks by Debbie Minter Jackson

Forest Treás is a fictionalized cozy Mayberry-type Maryland town described by its residents as the “safest place” to live.  This original story loosely inspired by conditions surroundi…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:18PM
Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Review: Ghost Light from Parlor Room Theater by Debbie Minter Jackson

When a stage manager places a single incandescent light bulb on a stand, front and center on a stage, it has a practical reason. The “ghost light” provides safety in the dark for living …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:54AM
Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Review: On Air at Creative Cauldron. Conner and Smith’s new musical about radio pioneers by Debbie Minter Jackson

As we’ve see from their incredible collaborations over the years, the dynamic writing team Matt Conner and Stephen Gregory Smith can musicalize any story. Here they help us discover radio …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:18AM

Review: Fame The Musical, En Espanol. A school for dreamers becomes a dream show    by Debbie Minter Jackson

The wait is over – the anticipated U.S. premiere of Fame, The Musical en Espanol is finally here and it is outstanding! In the opening scenes, students hold unopened letters in their hands…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:18AM
Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Review: Les Deux Noirs: Notes on Notes of a Native Son by Debbie Minter Jackson

Les Deux Noirs: Notes on Notes of a Native Son, Psalmayene 24’s creatively imagined encounter of two great American writers, Richard Wright and James Baldwin in a Parisian café in 1953, t…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:43AM
Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Review: Play Date from Best Medicine Rep by Debbie Minter Jackson

We hear the sound of children in the front room through baby monitors, while we watch their parents carry on with all kinds of shenanigans in John Morogiello’s comedy Play Date. Kira Burri…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:35AM
Thursday, March 21, 2019

Review: Topdog/Underdog, entertaining and unsettling. by Debbie Minter Jackson

Topdog/Underdog from WSC Avant Bard is an emotionally charged wonder that leaves no stone unturned or scab safely covered.  The trailblazing story by Suzan-Lori Parks rips off the social ba…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:54AM
Monday, March 11, 2019

Review: Picasso. Bilingual fun with the artist from GALITA by Debbie Minter Jackson

The magic and artistry of Pablo Picasso shine through in this fun-filled family show at GALA.  Playwright director Cornelia Cody brings his talent to life through stories, music, dance and …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:17AM
Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Review: Blood at the Root by Dominique Morisseau at Theater Alliance by Debbie Minter Jackson

At the top of Dominique Morisseau’s Blood at the Root, teens burst onto the stage in a blast of energy and music, reciting lines filled with wild rhythms and formations coming every which …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:30PM
Thursday, February 21, 2019

Review: Dickens’s Davy Copperfield at Imagination Stage by Debbie Minter Jackson

Dickens’s Davy Copperfield is the musical retelling of the classic tale that covers and crystalizes the first ten years in the hardscrabbe life of young “Davy”. When Charles Dickens wr…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:53AM
Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Review: Thunder Knocking on the Door. Creative Cauldron’s hit returns by Debbie Minter Jackson

Filled with down home moaning blues sprinkled with glittering magical realism, Thunder Knocking on the Door is packing the house at Creative Cauldron.  In a small southern Alabama town, a m…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:18PM
Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Philosophus review. Best Medicine Rep finds a farce to remedy our times by Debbie Minter Jackson

Farce is not as easy to pull off as it looks.  Add mounds of glorious text inspired by the freedom spouting French philosopher Francois-Marie Arouet, a.k.a Voltaire, and you’ve got quite …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:54PM
Monday, January 21, 2019

Review: Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights gets the Pointless treatment in Visions of Love by Debbie Minter Jackson

The Pointless Theatre collaborators are skilled adaptors of familiar stories. Using a unique visual approach to theater and storytelling, the company finds the pulse points, the underlying h…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:42AM
Monday, December 17, 2018

Review: Driving Miss Daisy at Anacostia Playhouse by Debbie Minter Jackson

I wasn’t planning to catch this – the Morgan Freeman/Jessica Tandy movie was enough, so I passed on all the other enticing offerings. Yes, the play is beautifully written and quaint, and…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:12AM
Monday, December 10, 2018

Review: Madeline’s Christmas at Creative Cauldron by Debbie Minter Jackson

There’s something magical about Madeline  – the child who can handle every obstacle, can rectify any situation, and is adored by legions.  Creative Cauldron brings one of the belov…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:24PM

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