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Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Olney Theatre gift-wraps its annual ‘Christmas Carol’ for a streaming audience by Thomas Floyd

Film version of actor Paul Morella’s one-man take on Dickens to be made available online.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:54AM
Friday, November 13, 2020

Masks, coronavirus tests and dancer ‘pods’: How the Washington Ballet tackled its new digital season by Thomas Floyd

The company has partnered with Marquee TV to stream four new works.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:03AM
Wednesday, November 4, 2020

GALA Theatre is a covid-19 ‘guinea pig’: first District theater to resume live indoor performance by Thomas Floyd

The Columbia Height theater will stage reduced-capacity shows as part of a pilot program.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:18AM
Friday, October 30, 2020

Arena Stage returns to live performances with an outdoor production of the rousing ‘Fannie Lou Hamer, Speak on It!’ by Thomas Floyd

E. Faye Butler is magnetic as the titular voting rights activist in a production at the Wharf in Southwest.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:03PM
Wednesday, October 21, 2020

At Mosaic Theater, a playwright asks: How do you mourn a man you barely knew? by Thomas Floyd

Playwright-performer Psalmayene 24 explores his relationship with his late father in his work in progress ‘Dear Mapel.’

SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:12AM
Tuesday, October 6, 2020

Woolly Mammoth’s ‘Human Resources’ sendup pushes the right buttons by Thomas Floyd

Produced in collaboration with the Telephonic Literary Union, the ‘audio anthology’ expands theatrical boundaries with four original works.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:54PM
Saturday, September 26, 2020

As D.C. theater honors the best of 2019, actors long for a return to the stage by Thomas Floyd

Four winners from this year’s Helen Hayes Awards discuss the state of the D.C. theater community as the pandemic keeps live productions on hold.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:48AM
Thursday, August 20, 2020

Arlington Drafthouse brings back the laughs — with the return of live comedy by Thomas Floyd

D.C.’s Seaton Smith headlines two shows at the newly reopened comedy club.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:54PM
Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Radio drama makes a small comeback in the age of covid-19 by Thomas Floyd

Area theater students produce audio versions of three classic plays after traditional summer repertory season is canceled.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:54AM
Thursday, July 2, 2020

McLean Community Center’s ‘Drive-Thru Drama’ maps out a new route for live theater by Thomas Floyd

The Alden Theatre’s “Small Change” is a hybrid of the drive-in and live performance.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:03AM
Thursday, April 30, 2020

How do you do live theater in a pandemic? U-Md. experiments with Zoom-staged version of ‘She Kills Monsters’ by Thomas Floyd

The School of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies reinvents Qui Nguyen’s play as a live-streamed production.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:36PM
Wednesday, February 26, 2020

‘Bandstand’ actor finds, in a forgotten relative, a kinship with his onstage character by Thomas Floyd

Zack Zaromatidis, who plays a World War II veteran in the touring musical, discovered a great-uncle who fought in the Pacific theater.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:32AM
Saturday, February 15, 2020

GALA Hispanic Theatre and Arena Stage amplify Cuban voices with a twofer of plays by Nilo Cruz and Eduardo Machado by Thomas Floyd

‘Exquisite Agony’ and ‘Celia and Fidel’ spotlight the work of Cuban American playwrights.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:18PM
Thursday, February 13, 2020

‘The King’s Speech’ amounts to a stale retelling by Thomas Floyd

David Seidler’s play, which premiered in London following the film’s success, is underwhelming in its visit to the National Theatre.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:03PM
Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Rorschach Theatre’s ‘Toxic Avenger’ musical oozes B-movie camp by Thomas Floyd

First-time director Tracy Lynn Olivera oversees a talented collection of comic performers at the Silver Spring Black Box Theatre.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:03PM
Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Is theater director Alan Paul the hardest-working man in D.C. showbiz? by Thomas Floyd

The prolific 35-year-old’s latest project, after “Cabaret” and “Peter Pan and Wendy,” is “Spring Awakening” at Round House.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:06PM
Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Road-trip musical ‘Miss You Like Hell’ embarks on a bumpy ride to catharsis by Thomas Floyd

The Olney Theatre Center production, about an undocumented Latina mother and her estranged daughter, sometimes loses its way but ultimately hits home.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:32PM
Thursday, January 30, 2020

‘Spring Awakening’ lights up Round House Theatre with visual flair by Thomas Floyd

Director Alan Paul stages a visually audacious, if occasionally unwieldy, revival of the rock musical.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:54PM
Thursday, January 16, 2020

‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’ gives the Folger Theatre a groovy send-off — for now by Thomas Floyd

Aaron Posner directs a ’70s spin on one of the Bard’s less-known works, as the theater embarks on a two-year renovation.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:03PM
Monday, December 23, 2019

Chris Redd on Eddie Murphy, Cory Booker and his New Year’s Eve stand-up gigs by Thomas Floyd

The SNL castmember rings in the new year with a pair of shows at Drafthouse Comedy.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:12PM
Thursday, December 19, 2019

Three Scrooges: A trio of area actors reflect on playing Dickens’s Christmas curmudgeon by Thomas Floyd

Craig Wallace, Kevin Adams and Paul Morella each bring a distinct approach to ‘A Christmas Carol.’

SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:03PM
Monday, December 16, 2019

Mosaic Theater’s ‘Eureka Day’ slyly takes aim at self-righteous liberalism by Thomas Floyd

Playwright Jonathan Spector delivers a smart satire about a collision of ideals at a hyper-progressive day school.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:18PM
Friday, December 13, 2019

Second City returns to Washington with familiar gifts in ‘She the People’ and ‘Love, Factually’ by Thomas Floyd

The Chicago comedy troupe is putting on new versions of the sketch shows this holiday season at Woolly Mammoth Theatre and the Kennedy Center.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:18PM
Thursday, December 12, 2019

Hit musical ‘Come From Away’ brings its message of compassion back to D.C. by Thomas Floyd

The Tony-winning show arrives at the Kennedy Center three years after its pre-Broadway tryout at Ford’s Theatre.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:03AM
Monday, December 9, 2019

Ken Ludwig’s ‘Dear Jack, Dear Louise’ is an affecting love letter to unlikely romance by Thomas Floyd

The Arena Stage production, set against the backdrop of World War II, was inspired by the long-distance courtship between the playwright’s parents.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:42PM
Wednesday, November 27, 2019

At Round House Theatre, video projections express the inner life of a boy on the spectrum by Thomas Floyd

“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” is a mystery centering on a 15-year-old math prodigy

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:06AM

‘Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’ is up to some new and mesmerizing tricks by Thomas Floyd

At Round House Theatre, imaginative reinvention makes a fresh case for seeing the Tony-winning play.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:33AM
Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Olney Theatre Center’s ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ pours on the showmanship by Thomas Floyd

Jacob Scott Tischler’s Cosmo Brown steals the show in a safe but crowd-pleasing staging of the iconic musical.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:03PM

John Leguizamo incorporates new lessons into his ‘Latin History for Morons’ by Thomas Floyd

The actor brings his reworked his one-man show to the National Theatre.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:54AM
Monday, November 18, 2019

This ‘Agnes of God’ is blessed by a holy trinity of actors by Thomas Floyd

Factory 449’s small-scale production delivers an expertly performed rumination on crises of faith.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:03AM
Thursday, November 14, 2019

For this reporter-turned-actor, worlds collide in Arena Stage’s ‘Newsies’ by Thomas Floyd

Former journalist Wyn Delano performs in the journalism-themed musical.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:33AM