Tuesday, November 5, 2013
“Is work enough, or is there something more?” – Father McTeague Wowzers. LOTS to unpack from that one, folks. Slings and Arrows, rounding the bend in season 3, headed towards its e…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:11AMTuesday, October 22, 2013
“Some people don’t handle success very well.” – Anna Anybody else smell the dread in the air? Slings and Arrows, despite being a longform story, has a pretty clear th…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:50AMTuesday, September 24, 2013
“All you really have to do is connect. With the other actors. Live moment to moment; that's exactly how Macbeth is living.” – Geoffrey Your host, John Dellaporta Click for all Slings a…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:45PMTuesday, September 3, 2013
Geoffrey: “Henry, just a quick note before you go back out… you’re fired.” Henry: “On what basis?” Geoffrey: “Well, I could just say that I don̵…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:06PMTuesday, August 27, 2013
“Theatre is a war…the actors are the ones on the front line.” – Ellen Your host, John Dellaporta I love the middle of a TV season, especially in serialized shows. The eng…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:33PMTuesday, August 20, 2013
Henry: “‘It is the bloody business which informs. Thus to mine eyes.’ Now, shall we get along with our own ‘bloody business’?” (company laughs) Oliver: &#…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:22AMTuesday, August 6, 2013
Geoffrey: “Actors should be frightened for their lives…that’s when they do their best work.” Richard: “Really? That’s just like normal people!” Your hos…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:25AMTuesday, July 30, 2013
Geoffrey: “Critics are gonna murder us. Jack’s an American movie star, that’s all they care about, right?” Richard: “They can’t ignore what happened on th…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:22AMWednesday, July 24, 2013
“There is one thing…I just happen to believe this play is the single greatest achievement in Western art. We’ve got that going for us.” – Geoffrey Your host, John D…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:07AMTuesday, July 9, 2013
May: “Geoffrey just fired Darren.” Anna: “Oh God. I have such mixed feelings about that.” Your host, John Dellaporta Much of this week’s episode of Slings and A…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:23PMTuesday, July 2, 2013
Your host, John Dellaporta This week’s guests: (see their reactions below) Renee Yancey, Resident Stage ManagerOlney Theatre Center Caitlin Griffin is a Sha…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:01PMTuesday, June 25, 2013
Your host, John Dellaporta This week’s guest: (see her reactions below) Caitlin Griffin is a Shakespeare aficionado and blogger (her blog, drownmybooks.blogspot.co…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:23AMTuesday, June 18, 2013
Introducing the first of our weekly visits to Slings and Arrows, where the travails of doing theatre makes great television. Hope you can watch along with us. Your host, John Dellaporta …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:04AMMonday, June 3, 2013
Smash, which finished its run on NBC just about a week ago, was certainly a lot of things, and inspired a lot of mixed responses in those who watched the show. Even those who defended it fer…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:39AMThursday, May 30, 2013
“C’mon, Karen Cartwright, the show’s over!” And with that line, and a shot of an empty stage, lit to high heaven, with not a drip of applause, we reach the conclusion…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:00PMThursday, May 16, 2013
Hello, dear readers! Over the last several weeks, I’ve been very moved by how many people have come up to me, or written, and said something along the lines of, “Well, Smash is d…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:42AMMonday, May 13, 2013
First of all, Smash-ers, I’m assuming you’ve seen this. I’ll give it a minute to sink in. Not that it’s any surprise to anyone, of course. Smash has been tanking hardcore in the rat…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:14PMFirst of all, Smash-ers, I’m assuming you’ve seen this. I’ll give it a minute to sink in. Not that it’s any surprise to anyone, of course. Smash has been tanking har…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:58AMMonday, May 6, 2013
My dear readers, I am so, so, so sorry. After my praise of last week’s episode, I have to imagine that a handful of you, or perhaps even one, responded along the lines of, “Oh, h…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:09AMMonday, April 29, 2013
So, it turns out, Smash has been sly like a fox this whole dang time. Either there was a serious course-correction paying off here, or I watched tonight the climax of a carefully-laid story …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:42AMMonday, April 22, 2013
I’m verklempt! It’s what I’ve always wanted! Yes folks, as the goosebumps started emerging on my arms during the sweet strains of Megan Hilty’s “Don’t For…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:52AMThursday, April 18, 2013
Amazing what a little perspective shift can accomplish. Throughout this week’s installment, Karen and Jimmy behave at what I can only assume is their most petulant level ever. They bot…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:11AMWednesday, April 10, 2013
“Ivy Lynn! Where are you going? Sit down!” “Ok…sorry…Liza Minnelli…” Let’s talk about “A Love Letter from the Times” for a second. First off�…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:04AMFriday, March 29, 2013
I talk a lot about “professionalism” when I write about Smash. Maybe it’s a personal sticking point, but I have to imagine that a large portion of this show’s weekly …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:43AMThursday, March 21, 2013
Dear readers, I’m sure many of you have heard the news, but, for those that haven’t, here it is – our beloved Smash is not long for this world. Earlier this month, NBC anno…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:45PMWednesday, March 13, 2013
NBC Announcer: “And next week, the twist that no one. Saw. Coming.” I hope you’re not referring to Karen quitting Bombshell for Hit List and Ivy rejoining as Marilyn, NBC A…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:00AMSaturday, March 9, 2013
Art vs. commerce. God-given talent vs. time-honed craft. Easy laughs vs. hard tears. Brain vs. libido. This week’s episode of Smash brought several of the stage’s favorite philos…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:34AMWednesday, February 27, 2013
Well, let’s start with the good news. With tonight’s final scene, Evil Producer Jerry sends a clear message to everyone’s favorite worst character ever – “Don&#…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:06AMThursday, February 21, 2013
In which the series returns to some of its better instincts, while continuing to indulge it’s bad ones. After a decent premiere and a shaky follow-up, Smash returns to some of its Sea…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:01AMMonday, February 18, 2013
In which the expression “I Do” can be applied everywhere but the most obvious place. Glee generally goes for the obvious with its titles, and “I Do” certainly can be…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:29AMMonday, February 11, 2013
The time has finally come for me to stop grading Glee on a curve. For, in an almost unprecedented achievement, I have witnessed three entire episodes of Glee, in a row, which feature cohesiv…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:27AM 
