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Monday, March 30, 2015

Theatre Review: ‘How the Other Half Loves’ by The British Players at Kensington Town Hall by Ed Simmons, Jr.

My goodness, you’d certainly have to be a comatose curmudgeon not to be charmed by this latest British Players creation. This zesty, quite zany company excels at merry theatrics, the lat…

SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 07:16PM

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Theatre Review: ‘Dream Logic’ by Aura Curiatlas Physical Theatre at Atlas Performing Arts Center by Ed Simmons, Jr.

Like a multi-colored transmogrifying comet, Aura Curiatlas flashed by Washington, DC Friday and Saturday night, March 13 and 14. The vivid, undulating transmogrifications – most tim…

SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 10:44PM

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Theatre Review: ‘In Love and Warcraft’ by No Rules Theatre Company at Signature Theatre by Ed Simmons, Jr.

A Washington DC area premiere, In Love and Warcraft by Madhuri Shekar is an engaging, well-constructed, satiric romantic comedy skillfully acted and briskly staged by the No Rules Theatre Co…

SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 09:44AM

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Theatre Review: ‘Aladdin’ by The British Players at Kensington Town Hall by Ed Simmons, Jr.

Silliness and merriment abound by the bucketful in Aladdin, the latest British pantomime brought to Kensington Town Hall by the intrepid and quite wonderful British Players. The dizzying sho…

SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:37AM

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Theatre Review: ‘Sleeping Beauty: A Puppet Ballet’ by Pointless Theatre at Flashpoint Mead Theatre Lab by Ed Simmons, Jr.

Pointless Theatre’s Sleeping Beauty: A Puppet Ballet is an elusive, glistening, and highly original treasure that theater lovers must not miss before it vanishes after its final performanc…

SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:33AM

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Theatre Review: ‘Ragtime’ by Little Theatre of Alexandria by Ed Simmons, Jr.

Superbly staged, The Little Theatre of Alexandria’s production of Ragtime shows off grandly the sprawling excitement, burgeoning prosperity, cultural schisms, and racial injustices of earl…

SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 12:15PM

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Theatre Review: ‘Cinderella’ by The British Players at Kensington Town Hall by Ed Simmons, Jr.

In the worthy and wonderfully silly hands of The British Players, Cinderella is an exhilarating comic riot not to be missed. Originally known as The British Embassy Players, the troop brings…

SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 09:45AM

Sunday, November 10, 2013

Theatre Review: ‘God’s Favorite’ by The Montgomery Playhouse at The Arts Barn by Ed Simmons, Jr.

Neil Simon’s God’s Favorite is a comedic modern-day rendering of the Bible’s Book of Job with touches of Jesus’ parable of the Prodigal Son. This is serious stuff to be laughing at, …

SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 08:30PM

Sunday, November 3, 2013

Theatre Review: ‘King John’ by WSC Avant Bard at Theatre on the Run by Ed Simmons, Jr.

“Mad world! Mad kings! Mad composition!” shouts Sir Richard Plantagenet to a gawking audience. Medieval war profiteer and closest thing to virtuous protagonist in this cynical yet am…

SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 12:00PM

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