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Monday, June 12, 2017

Why does it seem the Tonys still think the musical is the thing? by Peter Marks

The show should commit to doing better at giving straight plays a platform.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:48PM[SHARE]
Friday, June 9, 2017

Picking the Tony Awards winners: It should be a big night for 'Dear Evan Hansen' by Peter Marks

Since the guesses by the press about how people vote is going so well these days, I thought I'd add my two cents.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:18AM[SHARE]
Thursday, June 8, 2017

It's prime time rhyme time with 'School for Lies' at Lansburgh Theatre by Peter Marks

Molière's "The Misanthrope" is the launching point for fourth in David Ives's clever series.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:42PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, June 7, 2017

'Dear Evan Hansen': the trail of a musical comet by Peter Marks

From the twinkle in writers' eyes to the sparkle of Broadway, a musical comes into being.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:12PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, June 6, 2017

After 40 years, Howard Shalwitz to dismount from Woolly Mammoth by Peter Marks

Artistic director nurtured dramatists and shaped actors' careers

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:33PM[SHARE]
Monday, June 5, 2017

'A Doll's House, Part 2' extends on Broadway " big time by Peter Marks

A play moves toward hit status on Broadway.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:48PM[SHARE]
Friday, June 2, 2017

Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the theatrical sun by Peter Marks

Where summer theater is concerned, give me a roof, four walls and adequate ventilation.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:06PM[SHARE]
Thursday, June 1, 2017

DC Theater's 2017-18 seasons: KenCen in full, Rebeck and Bedlam at Folger by Peter Marks and Nelson Pressley

Full details on KenCen's 'Hamilton'-powered slate.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:36PM[SHARE]
Monday, May 29, 2017

Woolly's 'Hir': laughing at the darkness by Peter Marks

Woolly Mammoth's production recalls Sam Shepard's family dramas.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:12PM[SHARE]
Thursday, May 25, 2017

A quartet of actors take the gloves off in a play with four thrilling corners by Peter Marks

"A Doll's House, Part 2" has Broadway audiences choosing sides and cheering.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:36PM[SHARE]
Thursday, May 18, 2017

A transgender character bends traditional limits in Taylor Mac's play 'Hir' by Peter Marks

The raucous absurd-realism comedy written by the Pulitzer finalist makes its regional debut in D.C.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:06PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Shakespeare's 'Timon of Athens' takes a rare Washington bow by Peter Marks

With the stellar Ian Merrill Peakes, Folger Theatre stages lesser-known play.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:06PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Studio Theatre's 'The Father' may mean more to students of medicine than drama by Peter Marks

A masterful Ted van Griethuysen carries the production of Florian Zeller's play.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:36PM[SHARE]
Sunday, May 14, 2017

Even the gargoyles dance in Synetic's fierce 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' by Peter Marks

The company makes a 19th-century French novel its own.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:48PM[SHARE]
Friday, May 12, 2017

The surprise smash of the Broadway season: 'Come From Away' by Peter Marks

A musical about kindness and humanity after Sept. 11 finds an enthusiastic audience.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:12AM[SHARE]
Friday, May 5, 2017

J.T. Rogers's play 'Oslo' receives seven Tony nominations by Peter Marks

There's nothing frosty about the diplomacy portrayed in the trenchant "Oslo."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:42PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Tony Award nominations 2017: 'Natasha, Pierre' leads with 12 nominations by Peter Marks

Lead actor Ben Platt secured a nomination for his role as the angst-filled teenager.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:24AM[SHARE]
Thursday, April 27, 2017

More than 100 years ago, Nora walked out of 'A Doll's House.' Now in 'A Doll's House, Part 2,' she walks back in. by Peter Marks

Playwright Lucas Hnath has a Broadway breakthrough with this wickedly intelligent play, inspired by Henrik Ibsen.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:36PM[SHARE]

Dumbing down the Bard: Are Americans too intellectually lazy to appreciate his genius? by Peter Marks

Why we see only four or five Shakespeare plays, over and over.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:18PM[SHARE]
Monday, April 24, 2017

GALA's 'In the Heights': Party like it's 2017 by Peter Marks

The D.C. company unveils a Spanish language version of a Lin-Manuel Miranda hit.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:36PM[SHARE]
Friday, April 21, 2017

Why 'Put On Your Sunday Clothes' in 'Hello, Dolly!' is making people crazy happy by Peter Marks

"Put on Your Sunday Clothes" is the pick-me-up you need

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:12PM[SHARE]
Thursday, April 20, 2017

Bette Midler and 'Hello, Dolly!' are a perfect match. Don't tell me you're surprised. by Peter Marks

With David Hyde Pierce's Horace Vandergelder as her humorous mark, Midler's Dolly hits a bull's eye.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:36PM[SHARE]

'Fun Home' is pure musical satisfaction by Peter Marks

The touring Tony-winning show is as good at the National Theatre as it is on Broadway.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:54PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon were both up for the lead role in Broadway's 'The Little Foxes.' They both got it. Now you can see why. by Peter Marks

Linney and Nixon alternate in the roles of Regina and Birdie in Hellman's 1939 melodrama.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:24PM[SHARE]
Thursday, April 13, 2017

'Oslo' has exhilaration " and Tony " written all over it by Peter Marks

Lincoln Center Theater stages the play of the season.

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

Pointless Theatre looks inspirationally to the past, and thrillingly sees the future by Peter Marks

A D.C. company fuses hip-hop and futurism in ".D0t:: a RotoPlastic Ballet."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:18PM[SHARE]

It's built around a funeral home, but there's nothing funereal about 'Fun Home' by Peter Marks

Jeanine Tesori, Lisa Kron bring their Tony-winning hit to Washington's National Theatre.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:06PM[SHARE]
Friday, April 7, 2017

The fight between cosmetic legends Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden by Peter Marks

Lindy Woodhead's biography "War Paint" inspired a team of Broadway musical veterans.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:54PM[SHARE]
Thursday, April 6, 2017

LuPone and Ebersole, together in the footlights, in Broadway's 'War Paint' by Peter Marks

The historic rivalry of two cosmetics empresses, Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden, told in song (and a bit of dance).

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:48PM[SHARE]

Christine Ebersole, at peace even in "War Paint" by Peter Marks

The two-time Tony winner is Elizabeth Arden opposite Patti LuPone's Helena Rubinstein.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:06PM[SHARE]
Sunday, April 2, 2017

There will be blood in Signature's 'Midwestern Gothic' by Peter Marks

The murk blunts the gore in the world-premiere musical in Shirlington.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:24PM[SHARE]
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