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Tuesday, June 12, 2018

'The Vagrant Trilogy' is a night of revelation, a glimpse of the Middle East we rarely see by Peter Marks

D.C.'s Mosaic Theater Company mounts a penetrating world premiere

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:48PM[SHARE]
Monday, June 11, 2018

Tony Awards 2018: 'The Band's Visit' and 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' rule the show by Peter Marks

A modest musical set in Israel dominates the ceremony, collecting 10 awards.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:24AM[SHARE]
Friday, June 8, 2018

'How to Succeed' is a tired musical whose sexist humor is a little tired, too. by Peter Marks

The 1961 show is exuberant but worse for wear in the Kennedy Center's concert revival.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:36PM[SHARE]
Thursday, June 7, 2018

Here are the plays that should have been nominated for a Tony. None were on Broadway. by Peter Marks

A critic's dream of how the theater's premier awards should cast.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:33PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Forum Theatre, a small local gem, to close its doors by Peter Marks

The Silver Spring-based company is shuttering after 14 years.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:48PM[SHARE]
Thursday, May 31, 2018

Broadway plays host to an erratic 'The Boys in the Band' with Parsons and Quinto by Peter Marks

Fifty years on, the Mart Crowley play finally arrives on the theater world's biggest platform.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:12PM[SHARE]

Tina Fey and her 'Mean Girls' team wrote him a showstopper. Then he got a Tony nod.  by Peter Marks

Grey Henson, who's "built like a linebacker," scores big as Damian Hubbard in "Mean Girls."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:48PM[SHARE]

Signature Theatre can't save 'Scottsboro Boys' from its own self-righteousness by Peter Marks

Revival of 2010 Kander and Ebb musical still suffers from overabundant sermonizing.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:36PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Modern-day Washington giving you the blues? As a pick-me-up, try a dose of 'Camelot.' by Peter Marks

Shakespeare Theatre Company revives a classic musical in smart fashion.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:18PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, May 16, 2018

The small-cast 'Saint Joan' at Folger Theatre is a mighty big deal. by Peter Marks

Bedlam's theater Eric Tucker stages Shaw's famous play with wit and deftness.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:06PM[SHARE]
Sunday, May 13, 2018

Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville are the latest in a long line of distinguished actors to take the 'Long Day's Journey Into Night' by Peter Marks

NEW YORK " It's come to that point in my relationship with "Long Day's Journey Into Night" when the feeling is one of being on safari. Because I want to see lions. I've encountered in past t…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:42PM[SHARE]
Thursday, May 10, 2018

Why pay $100 and more for a theater ticket if you sleep during the performance? by Peter Marks

The A to Zzzzzz's of audience shut-eye after the house lights go down.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:12PM[SHARE]
Friday, May 4, 2018

'The Band's Visit' is the little musical that could by Peter Marks

In a season of blockbusters, a show with modest beginnings receives 11 Tony nominations.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:32PM[SHARE]
Thursday, May 3, 2018

Boy meets boy in 'Girlfriend,' and the audience falls for them both by Peter Marks

A modest but endearing coming-of-age musical is staged excellently by Signature Theatre.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:24PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, May 2, 2018

A critic goes to a Synetic preview and finds much to praise by Peter Marks

Company continues successful Shakespeare productions with "Titus Andronicus."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:24PM[SHARE]
Monday, April 30, 2018

'Snow Child' at Arena Stage fails to melt hearts by Peter Marks

A new musical based on a tale of the frozen north better suited for fifth-graders.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:48PM[SHARE]
Thursday, April 26, 2018

Denzel Washington's big star turn leads a strong 'Iceman' cast on Broadway by Peter Marks

O'Neill play, plus "Travesties" and "Saint Joan," rounds out a season of old plays muscling out the new.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:12PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, April 25, 2018

If you're waiting for a new take on 'Waiting for Godot,' you'll wait some more. by Peter Marks

Druid's version at the Lansburgh is handsome, smartly acted and, yes (yawn), utterly faithful.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:24PM[SHARE]
Sunday, April 22, 2018

The charms of Harry Potter work on Broadway " but read the books first by Peter Marks

The book's fans will make it difficult to get tickets to "The Cursed Child."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:42PM[SHARE]
Thursday, April 19, 2018

Women in classic musicals have to put up with a lot. Exhibits A and B: 'My Fair Lady' and 'Carousel' by Peter Marks

Two landmark musicals with uncomfortable plots return to Broadway in the #MeToo era.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:33PM[SHARE]

The battle royal that's threatening Broadway's 'To Kill A Mockingbird' by Peter Marks

A major Broadway producer and the legal representative of author Harper Lee's estate square off in court over the fate of a stage version of "To Kill A Mockingbird."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:34AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Signature Theatre offers up 'Billy Elliot,' 'Grand Hotel,' two world-premiere productions in 2018-19 by Peter Marks

Signature's 29th season will include "Grand Hotel" and "Billy Elliot, the Musical."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:33PM[SHARE]
Thursday, April 12, 2018

A doctor, a parent, a dying child. A play about what medicine can and cannot do. by Peter Marks

"Roz and Ray," expertly treated by Theater J.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:18PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, April 10, 2018

You've never seen a play quite like Woolly Mammoth's 'Underground Railroad Game.' by Peter Marks

Play exposes America's shameful legacy of slavery.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:36PM[SHARE]
Sunday, April 8, 2018

'Mean Girls' on Broadway: Omg, you'll lol. by Peter Marks

Tina Fey and company learn from a Washington tryout and fashion an evening of pure fun.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:42PM[SHARE]

August Wilson at his best is a gift. Arena Stage is giving you one. by Peter Marks

"Two Trains Running" is Wilson's '60s play, in a decade-by-decade series spanning a century.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:12PM[SHARE]
Friday, April 6, 2018

All at once, Broadway is carrying a 'torch' for landmark gay plays of the 20th century by Peter Marks

What does it mean to have Kushner, Fierstein and Crowley back in the spotlight in 2018?

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:12PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, April 4, 2018

And now for something completely different: A play about drag performers in Israel by Peter Marks

"Paper Dolls" is given its U.S. premiere by Mosaic Theater Company.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:06PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Studio Theatre produces a robustly original season for 2018-19 by Peter Marks

The roster of new plays at one of Washington's premier venues for contemporary theater.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:42AM[SHARE]
Friday, March 30, 2018

How London sometimes outshines the lights of Broadway by Peter Marks

Drinking in West End theater, while literally drinking in the theater.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:36PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Musical version of 'Beetlejuice' to debut at D.C.'s National Theatre by Peter Marks

Alex Timbers, who shepherded "Here Lies Love" and "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson" directs.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:54AM[SHARE]
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