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Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Theater Review: DEATH ON THE NILE (Arena Stage, D.C.) by Barbara Papendorp

DEATH IS ALIVE AND BETTER THAN WELL Ken Ludwig’s stage adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile premiered to a packed house at Arena Stage, with the playwright himself attendi…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:50AM

Saturday, November 9, 2024

Theater Review: DATA (Arena Stage in D.C.) by Barbara Papendorp

SURE, LET SILCON VALLEY DO ITS JOB WITH THE GOVERNMENT – WHAT COULD GO WRONG? Along with The Other Americans, Arena Stage is offering yet another world premiere. A highly relevant corporat…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 07:40PM

Saturday, October 19, 2024

Concert Review: AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH NORM LEWIS (The Barns at Wolf Trap in VA) by Barbara Papendorp

NORM SETS THE STANDARD An Intimate Evening with Norm Lewis at The Barns last night was a magical journey through his musical theater career, brimming with charm, humor, and breathtaking voca…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 08:47PM

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Theater Review: 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE (Broadway Center Stage at the Kennedy Center) by Barbara Papendorp

S-T-U-P-E-N-D-O-U-S AND S-I-D-E-S-P-L-I-T-T-I-N-G The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a delightful and unconventional musical comedy that debuted in 2005. With music and lyrics by …

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 07:52PM

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Theater Review: THE COMEDY OF ERRORS (Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington D.C.) by Barbara Papendorp

DOUBLE YOUR PLEASURE, DOUBLE YOUR FUN The Comedy of Errors is one of William Shakespeare’s earliest and most farcical comedies, centered around themes of mistaken identity and slapstick hu…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:58AM

Saturday, August 24, 2024

Theater Review: SOFT POWER (Signature Theater, Arlington, VA) by Barbara Papendorp

A FABULOUS FEVER DREAM Soft Power at Signature Theatre is a meta-theatrical production that begins with a semi-autobiographical portrayal of David Henry Hwang, who, following a near-fatal in…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:50AM

Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Theater Review: NINE (Broadway Center Stage at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts) by Barbara Papendorp

NINE IS A TEN AT THE KEN CEN In Nine, the musical adaptation of Federico Fellini’s 1963 film 8½ now playing at the Kennedy Center, Guido Contini, a renowned Italian film director of the…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AM

Sunday, July 7, 2024

Theater Review: FUNNY GIRL (National Tour at Kennedy Center) by Barbara Papendorp

KATERINA MCCRIMMON IS INDEED THE GREATEST STAR Funny Girl is a beloved musical that first premiered on Broadway in 1964, with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Bob Merrill, and a book by Isobel…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:58PM

Monday, July 1, 2024

Concert Review: BROADWAY IN THE PARK (Laura Benanti and Jordan Fisher at Wolf Trap Center for the Arts) by Barbara Papendorp

DAZZLED BY THE STARS UNDER THE STARS Last night, Signature Theatre and the Wolf Trap Center for the Arts (the only national park dedicated to presenting the performing arts) collaborated aga…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:00AM

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