Thursday, March 27, 2014
If theatre was judged like diving with a degree of difficulty factor, a play by British playwright Caryl Churchill would be akin to a reverse twisting three-and-a-half summersault dive. Th…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:51AMWednesday, March 19, 2014
Monday morning I awoke to a two-sentence radio news item that said Broadway composer Mitch Leigh had died at the age of 86, and that he had written the music for Man of La Mancha and the �…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:12PMMonday, March 10, 2014
The first trailer for the hotly-awaited reimagined and remixed version of the musical Annie is now available, revealing details about how screenwriters Will Gluck, Aline Brosh McKenna, and E…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:56AMSaturday, February 1, 2014
Rarely does theatre make you feel educationally illuminated and shamelessly entertained at the same time, but such are the charms of Ambassador Theater’s production of the ancient Greek co…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:40AMMonday, January 27, 2014
Glassheart is an offbeat, mature riff on the classic “Beauty and the Beast” fairy tale. The Beast must not only conquer the ancient curse that has given him a combined human-animal app…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:08AMFriday, January 10, 2014
One of the daughters in Tracy Letts’ August: Osage County thanks God that we can’t see the future because if we could “we’d never get out of bed.” The future of August: Osage Count…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:07AMFriday, December 27, 2013
Composer and conductor Marvin Hamlisch is profiled in the newest episode of the PBS series American Masters. Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love premieres tonight, Friday, December 27, 2…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:57AMFriday, December 20, 2013
The release date for the highly anticipated film adaptation of August: Osage County has been changed. The dark comedy about the highly dysfunctional Weston clan assembling in rural Oklahom…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:13PMWednesday, November 27, 2013
50 million people are expected to watch the 87th Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade, including 3.5 million seeing it in person. That group includes many lovers of Broadway since the parade usual…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:45AMTuesday, November 19, 2013
How can you tell the story of the massive 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that killed over 200,000 people in fourteen countries, one of the deadliest disasters in history? Playwright David Yee t…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:36AMMonday, November 4, 2013
A miserable and lonely artist is invited to paint a Van Gogh forgery. He initially spurns the offer, but when he later contemplates going along with the scheme he finds his reality blended…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:10AMPablito’s father abandoned his wife and seven-year-old son with the parting admonition that Pablito would have to be the “man of the house.” Pablito is left with a man-sized hole in hi…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:11AMFriday, September 27, 2013
The movie adaptation of the beloved Stephen Sondheim musical Into the Woods began shooting on Wednesday in England. Already promotional stills and footage are appearing on the web to pro…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:04PMFriday, September 20, 2013
Many of us crave the excitement and immediacy that comes from a really memorable live experience. Sports fans dream of making the pilgrimage to a World Series game, an NBA final series, a St…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:10AMTuesday, September 17, 2013
Usually when theatre tackles the subject of art is does so through the eyes of artists (Red, Sunday in the Park with George), or at least looks at art through the lense of educated men (Art)…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:55PMTuesday, September 10, 2013
Have you ever wondered how much of our culture and civilization is shaped by language? That’s one of many interesting themes in the world premiere of Gift of Forgotten Tongues by Fengar …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:09AMWednesday, August 28, 2013
My friends know that I am a theatre nerd who sees an insane amount of live theatre. Unfair. I have interests beyond seeing live works of theatre. I also like to see films based on plays …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:11PMThursday, August 22, 2013
It’s August, so many people are gearing up to play fantasy football. For me, this is the time of the year when I like to play Fantasy Producer. While the 2012-13 theatre season has com…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:01AMFriday, August 2, 2013
One Night with Janis Joplin will soon be leaving Arena Stage and making a well-deserved trip to Broadway. The amazing music of Janis Joplin and an uncanny and charismatic conjuring up of J…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:50AMWednesday, July 17, 2013
“What’s art about a man in a dress?” is Dorothy’s question at the start of Act a Lady, the latest production from the Hub Theatre. Thanks to the clever writing of Jordan Harrison…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:55PMMonday, June 24, 2013
Angel Street (titled Gaslight when English audiences first saw it) is a 1938 suspense thriller. The lovingly rendered production at Olney Theatre Center demonstrates why it was successful bo…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:00PMFriday, June 21, 2013
A group of children dressed in animal costumes perform a fable in an outdoor setting. Seems as wholesome as a Norman Rockwell picture. The truth is far more complex and troubling in A Fron…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:26AMThursday, May 30, 2013
Dan Dietz’s drama of a family trying to recover and rebuild nine months after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans is proof of the adage that adversity doesn’t build character, but ins…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:00AMThursday, April 11, 2013
A list of the best stage entrances ever would have to include a group of middle-aged men climbing out of a river dripping wet onto a stark, rocky island. It is the perfect preface to Tim F…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:42PMWednesday, April 10, 2013
Imagine a female Dead Poets Society without the encouraging teacher where “carpe diem” is replaced by “living in the moment.” Following Sarah is skillfully written by Baltimore pl…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:20AMMonday, April 8, 2013
Arena Stage’s co-production of The Mountaintop, Katori Hall’s play about the last night of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life raises the question of whether to judge a production on ho…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:48AMThursday, March 21, 2013
A one-handed man on a cross-country odyssey to find his missing hand, waits in a squalid hotel room for two equally squalid visitors. Then, the story turns odd. Not to mention violent, sho…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:03AMFred Thompson is a famous trial attorney, a former U.S. Senator, a one-time Presidential candidate, and film and television actor. He is also a terrific storyteller, which made him the ide…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:33AMThursday, February 28, 2013
Yesterday, phone lines at the Kennedy Center were jammed and their website crashed (nearly 24 hours later, it still hasn’t been restored.) The cause? Members trying to get tickets to…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:28AMTuesday, February 5, 2013
Looking for a unique Valentine’s Day experience? Try Italian American Reconciliation, John Patrick’s darkly comic yet heartfelt romance now playing at 1st Stage. Italian American Rec…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:33PMFriday, January 25, 2013
If most teenage girls described their brother as a beast, we would chalk it up to youthful exaggeration. In Ariadne’s case it is literally true since her half-brother is The Minotaur, th…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:56AM 
