Sunday, September 9, 2018
Hero’s Welcome at 1st Stage is the area premiere of British playwright Alan Ayckbourn’s 79th play. While Ayckbourn might be best known for his uproarious comedies, the humor here is dark…
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In its world premiere first professional performance, Swimming With Whales at 1st Stage has already built an impressive record in its preparation. It was part of the Sigworks Readings at Sig…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:50PMFriday, May 18, 2018
Waitress at the National Theatre is sweet as “Sugar.” The word resonates during scene shifts, as an immensely talented piemaker, Jenna (Desi Oakley), lists the ingredients for the new pi…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:58PMTuesday, April 10, 2018
50 years ago, Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot on the balcony outside of his room at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis. His death at age 39 still reverberates throughout the country, which still…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:59PMSaturday, March 31, 2018
Despite period costumes, The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail feels current, primarily because it is so topical. Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee wrote the play in 1969, but George Mason’s pro…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:25AMSaturday, March 17, 2018
As the play starts, Morrie Schwartz is dying from ALS. That such a heart-warming, honest, and funny play would begin with such a premise is startling. In Tuesdays with Morrie, produced by th…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:49PMFriday, March 2, 2018
Satire is a comic form I have always loved. Among the greatest geniuses of the genre is Moliere, whose comedies from 3.5 centuries ago still evoke howls of laughter when done well. Directed …
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:04PMSunday, February 25, 2018
Peter’s Alley is offering a very funny production of Speech and Debate by Stephen Karam at Theatre on the Run. Karam, whose play, The Humans, won the 2016 Tony award for Best Play, has twi…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:50PMSunday, February 18, 2018
35mm: A Musical Exhibition is referred to as a musical by the directors, but it is different from the way many think about the standard musical. The George Mason University School of Theatre…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:49AMFriday, January 26, 2018
In the first decade of the 20th century, on a farm in the tiny village of Avonlea, in Canada’s smallest province, Prince Edward Island, a brother and sister realize they need help to susta…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:28AMSunday, January 21, 2018
Based on the 2005 book by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, Peter and the Starcatcher is a Tony Award-winning play by Rick Elice, with music by Wayne Barker. A lively production opened Friday, …
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:20PMFriday, January 12, 2018
The rhythm is gonna get you! Expect to find yourself dancing in your seat, because the energy from this show is infectious. On Your Feet! at the Kennedy Center is electric, and audience memb…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:15AMWednesday, November 22, 2017
From the beginning of the 1st Stage production of My Name is Asher Lev, we are told that the young Asher is an amazingly gifted artist. Asher, who is played by Lucas Beck, narrates the play,…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:45PMFriday, November 17, 2017
Last night, the Mason Players opened another excellent student-directed play at George Mason University. Following strong performances of Deadman’s Cell Phone and 1984 earlier this semeste…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:59PMSunday, October 22, 2017
The markings on my forearm, imprinted when I entered the theater, remain, labeling me. At the end of the play, when I am leaving through the hall behind the theater, I witness a large pile o…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:51AMSaturday, October 7, 2017
The play is set in 1953, and the Hays’ once-proud stage careers are fading due to the increasing popularity of television and cinema, and actors who haven’t been paid in a few weeks are …
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:50PMMonday, October 2, 2017
Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility is the story of the two older Dashwood sisters. In a delightful Aquila Theatre production at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts, the two si…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:32AMSunday, September 24, 2017
Kelli O’Hara’s concert last night was the culmination of a wonderful evening at George Mason University’s “ARTS by George” benefit. The concert hall at the Center for the A…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:08PMSunday, June 11, 2017
Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale, a tale of a cheeky flip, begun with fun by castaways, who do everything but strip. Gilligan’s Fire Island is a parody, bringing back nostalgic…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:32AMTuesday, February 14, 2017
Neil Simon writes terrific comedy. Tonight, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, performed by Walnut Street Theatre at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts, relied on two wonderfully t…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:56AMSaturday, January 21, 2017
The names might seem familiar, and as you watch the show, some of the references sound like something you may have heard of before. In Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, the Tony Award-win…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:08PMSaturday, December 3, 2016
A Christmas Carol at Little Theatre of Alexandria is a great way to get in the holiday spirit and reflect on Charles Dickens’ timeless themes of repentance and generosity. There is good re…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:11PMSaturday, November 26, 2016
From the moment one enters the National Theatre, it becomes clear that Once is not your typical Broadway fare. Rather than seeing closed drapes and hearing piped-in pre-show music, the first…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:10PMSaturday, November 19, 2016
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare has long been among my favorite plays. If it isn’t already yours, the Mason Players production could well change your mind. What kind of …
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:31AMSunday, October 30, 2016
Paul Revere may or may not have ridden through the countryside yelling, “The Redcoats are coming,” but given a quick horse and a heavily padded saddle, this reviewer is writing to annou…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:57AMTuesday, October 25, 2016
A Party to Murder, which opened last night at Little Theatre of Alexandria, is in the style of many Agatha Christie mysteries. Early on in the first act, one of the characters in the play ev…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:21AMSunday, October 2, 2016
Power struggles come in many forms. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, by Tennessee Williams can be used as a case study in a book titled, How to Win Arguments, and Influence People. Maggie uses sensual…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:54PMSunday, April 3, 2016
Almost, Maine is a series of short scenes reflecting love stories of characters in the same small town which never quite got organized enough to become official, so remains “almost.” The…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:03PMFriday, April 1, 2016
In his 70s, Art Garfunkel still has control of a gorgeous, light counter-tenor, and an ability to tell the story of a song while connecting with his audience. The Hylton Center for the Arts …
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:14PMSunday, March 27, 2016
Audiences can’t get enough of Sherlock Holmes. Television has two productions currently, the movie industry adds another version every year or two, and stage versions abound. I know of 4 v…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:04AMSunday, February 28, 2016
It is funny! Building from a witty start to a raucous, hilarious ending, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) at The Little Theatre of Alexandria offers a joyful send-up of a…
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