Monday, May 6, 2019
Actors, by definition, play all sorts of roles. But for Jennifer L. Nelson—a theater veteran who’s been working on stage and off ever since she landed in DC at the age of 22—the multi-…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:19PMFriday, April 12, 2019
Laura Giannarelli is a woman of many roles. A founder of Washington Stage Guild, she’s been a fixture of the DC stage for almost four decades. She’s been the mother-in-law from hell in G…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:03PMMonday, March 18, 2019
It took a little over 120 years. But—thanks to Theater J—Jacob Gordin’s wildly popular Yiddish drama, celebrated as The Jewish Queen Lear, has made it onto the English-language stage. …
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:57PMFriday, March 1, 2019
From the moment she enters—decked out in widow’s weeds and descending a carpeted stairway—Nancy Robinette commands attention. That’s not unusual, since this actor—awarded the 2018 …
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:48PMThursday, February 14, 2019
Nell Gwynn – as brash and bawdy as a play could be – has arrived on Capitol Hill. And what a triumph it is! The play, which had a successful run in London’s West End and won Br…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:08AMSaturday, February 2, 2019
One of the scariest moments in Kleptocracy – Kenneth Lin’s drama about the struggle for power in post-Soviet Russia – occurs when the shadow of a tiger prowls the length of an…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:21PMSaturday, January 26, 2019
Gulf View Drive is the third and final play in Arlene Hutton’s highly-acclaimed Nibroc Trilogy, which opened this week to waves of laughter and applause at the Washington Stage Guild in do…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:11PMMonday, December 31, 2018
The verdict is in. God is not dead. And rumors of his death, to paraphrase Mark Twain, have been greatly exaggerated. In fact, the deity—He, She or That Which Transcends All Else—is aliv…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:16AMMonday, December 24, 2018
Talley’s Folly – now in its final week at GALA Hispanic Theatre on 14th Street – is a waltz. Meaning, it’s not a salsa. And it’s not a hustle, a tango or even a hot pasodob…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:45AMTuesday, December 4, 2018
The role of Otto in Paula Vogel’s Indecent—the Tony Award-winning play at Arena Stage—is an actor’s dream. The play, about a Yiddish melodrama that scandalized Broadway nearly a cent…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:29PMWednesday, October 31, 2018
One of the most remarkable things about D.C. theater is its abundance of good plays, professionally produced and performed, yet often staged in places that are, to put it mildly, a bit odd. …
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:49PMTuesday, October 23, 2018
Michael Bobbitt gets around. This master-of-all-trades, whose adaptation of Aida is now playing to sold-out audiences at Constellation Theatre, has danced, directed and choreographed his way…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:26PMMonday, October 15, 2018
When Rick Foucheux, the award-winning actor whose work has dazzled DC audiences for 35 years, decided to retire last year, it wasn’t because he was tired of the stage. He just wanted to fo…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:13PMTuesday, October 2, 2018
“Born Yesterday is a winner.” Those are the words of my colleague, David Siegel, whose review of the gloriously effervescent comedy that just opened at Ford’s Theatre is full of sup…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:05PMFriday, September 14, 2018
In case you haven’t heard, there’s a disembodied voice floating above the seats at the Round House Theatre this month. The voice belongs to Timothy Douglas, an award-winning director who…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:36PMWednesday, September 5, 2018
“The moon is down; I have not heard the clock.” Those words—spoken by 10-year-old Owen Peakes in the Folger Theatre’s startling new production of Macbeth—send a faint tremor throug…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:08PMTuesday, August 28, 2018
Imagine a cluster of windows without walls, set against a backdrop of doors. And imagine a stage with a floor whose texture resembles sand. Those are just a few of the images—improbable as…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:11PMThursday, July 26, 2018
Although it is aesthetically pleasing—beautifully designed and performed—up your aesthetic has nothing to do with aesthetics, per se. Instead, the production—which opened at the Blind …
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:19PMTuesday, July 24, 2018
Imagine a classroom decorated for a birthday party. On the table is a cake, party hats, paper napkins, and plates; a banner is tacked on the wall. Ambling back and forth in this classroom is…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:16PMTuesday, July 17, 2018
Jo Williamson is the creator and performer behind metamorphose, a solo production stitched together out of some musical storytelling and the patterns of Martha Graham-like modern dance. As i…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:59PMLove in Three Scenes, which opened during the second week of this year’s Capital Fringe, is not so much about love per se as it is about the lack thereof, particularly on the part of our…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:28PMSolo performances are among the most difficult in show business. Without other actors to parry dialog or set up jokes, the entertainer can easily end up putting an audience to sleep. Luckily…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:21PMThursday, July 12, 2018
Shakespeare is alive and well at this year’s Fringe, and that includes both the usual adaptations and some of the more surprising spin-offs. One of the most entertaining of the latter—qu…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:55PMTuesday, July 10, 2018
Against a background of black timber walls, a beautiful dark-haired woman stretches out languorously on a table. Dressed in a skimpy black nightgown, she moves like a dancer. On the floor, t…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:13PMMonday, July 9, 2018
The Vandal, which opened to a sold-out audience on the first weekend of the 2018 Capital Fringe, is a comedy about loss. It’s also a bittersweet riff on death, performed by a trio of talen…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:45AMTuesday, May 29, 2018
The Remains, a brand new one-act play that’s been generating rave reviews since its opening at Studio Theatre two weeks ago, is a witty and wise meditation on marriage. By turns funny and …
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:51PMSaturday, May 19, 2018
When Emily Pogorelc bursts onto the stage in the Washington National Opera’s current production of Leonard Bernstein’s Candide, there is a shock of laughter. Pogorelc plays Cunegonde, th…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:19PMTuesday, May 15, 2018
Chris Stezin is a prolific playwright whose last play—produced at The Keegan Theatre in January of 2017—was Mack,Beth, a contemporary take on Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Now he’s back at …
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:00PMFriday, May 4, 2018
Last week, I decided to venture off my usual path and check out the Constellation Theatre, which performs at Source in the lively 14th Street corridor. What lured me there was the chance to…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:51AMTuesday, May 1, 2018
Forget the Oscars, the Emmys, and the Tonys. Here in the nation’s capital, there is only one award worth talking about. And that’s the Helen Hayes, honoring the best of DC’s theater pr…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:58PMThursday, April 19, 2018
Paper Dolls, the bittersweet new musical that opened at Mosaic Theater Company two weeks ago, has produced standing ovations—and laughter and tears—at every production so far. Yet the sh…
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