All stories by Geoffrey Himes on BroadwayStars

Thursday, November 2, 2017

‘Four Women’ channels Nina Simone’s protest music by Geoffrey Himes

Christina Ham’s fantasy, opening at Arena Stage, depicts the activist “trying to tell a truth.”

SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:48AM
Wednesday, October 18, 2017

D.C. theatrical designer takes on a new role: Making a play about international adoption by Geoffrey Himes

The living-installation “Hello, My Name Is . . .” is staged in a house in the D.C. neighborhood of Takoma Park.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:12PM
Thursday, October 12, 2017

Folger Theatre production bridges the gulfs of Shakespeare’s ‘Antony & Cleopatra’ by Geoffrey Himes

Robert Richmond, the director, went to Rome to brainstorm and prepare for staging the complex play.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:36PM
Thursday, August 31, 2017

‘Neverwhere’ takes a dark fantasy tour through London’s underworld by Geoffrey Himes

At Rorschach Theatre, the audience shares the space and the experience.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:42PM
Wednesday, August 23, 2017

A Bessie Smith ‘dream project’ makes its D.C. debut by Geoffrey Himes

“The Devil’s Music,” taking nearly a decade to make, opens Aug. 24 at Atlas Performing Arts Center.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:18PM
Wednesday, August 2, 2017

‘Big Fish’: The magical movie spawned a musical that’s coming to D.C. by Geoffrey Himes

The composer loved the film and teamed up with the writer for a show premiering at Keegan.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:48PM
Thursday, July 13, 2017

‘The King and I’ may be from 1951, but this production restored originally stricken lines by Geoffrey Himes

The story set in the colonial era was mostly only updated in its cast and design for the run at Kennedy Center.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:36PM
Thursday, July 6, 2017

Eleanor Roosevelt-Lorena Hickok romance is portrayed in Logan solo-show festival by Geoffrey Himes

“A one-person play allowed me to be more romantic and physical,” says writer Terry Baum.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:54PM
Thursday, June 8, 2017

August Wilson’s autobiographical ‘How I Learned’ comes to Round House Theatre by Geoffrey Himes

Eugene Lee stars in the one-man show about the revered playwright coming of age in Pittsburgh.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:54PM
Wednesday, May 24, 2017

A modern ‘Misanthrope’ in the play ‘School for Lies,’ at Shakespeare Theatre by Geoffrey Himes

A 1666 classic by Molière gets a freshening up but keeps the delightful rhyming verse.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:48PM
Thursday, April 20, 2017

Love ‘Hamilton’? See the seeds from which it sprang: ‘In the Heights’ at GALA by Geoffrey Himes

Director Luis Salgado sees parallels in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s immigrant-centered musicals.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:42PM
Thursday, April 6, 2017

Stars of ‘A Human Being Died That Night’ wrestle with apartheid’s big questions by Geoffrey Himes

The play, at Atlas, explores an interview for South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:02PM
Thursday, March 9, 2017

‘Midwestern Gothic’ musical: There’s a quite creepy gaze on the meadow by Geoffrey Himes

The world premiere at Signature explores dark corners of life in isolated Middle America.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:32PM
Thursday, February 16, 2017

How fiery can a play about scientists be? This one’s from the writer of ‘The Affair.’ by Geoffrey Himes

In ‘The How and the Why,” two female evolutionary biologists grapple with life choices.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:54PM
Thursday, January 5, 2017

Transgender, homeless and taking etiquette lessons by Geoffrey Himes

How an unlikely manners class evolved into “Charm” at Mosaic Theatre.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:12PM
Thursday, December 8, 2016

In ‘Fully Committed,’ one man, 40 roles by Geoffrey Himes

Tom Story describes directing multiple characters, and playing multiple characters himself.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:54PM
Thursday, October 27, 2016

Arena Stage takes a spin on ‘Carousel,’ a Rodgers & Hammerstein masterpiece by Geoffrey Himes

Production will use a scaled-back orchestra and multiethnic cast for the innovative musical.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:06PM
Thursday, September 22, 2016

This play tells a familiar story, but . . . wait, something’s different by Geoffrey Himes

A young black man dies, yes, but the playwright has a deeper truth in mind.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:44PM
Thursday, September 15, 2016

‘Sense and Sensibility’ as a comedy? Adaptation at Folger highlights Austen’s humor. by Geoffrey Himes

“You dial up the bizarreness, you magnify the emotions,” says playwright Kate Hamill.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:25PM
Wednesday, June 8, 2016

These ‘Kinky Boots’ were made for gawking by Geoffrey Himes

Show’s costume designer had to come up with sturdy — but sexy! — stilettos.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:16PM
Thursday, May 26, 2016

Coming to the Folger: The Merchant of . . . D.C.? by Geoffrey Himes

Playwright Aaron Posner grapples with the Shylock problem.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:42PM
Thursday, May 12, 2016

‘Ireland 100’ brings three weeks of performances to Kennedy Center by Geoffrey Himes

Music, plays, poetry — and a very modern, very big version of the Celtic harp.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:33PM
Thursday, April 28, 2016

A Dadaist portrait of the man who invented Dada by Geoffrey Himes

At Pointless Theatre, drama meets slapstick meets puppets in “Hugo Ball.”

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:27PM
Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Knowing the ending upfront doesn’t spoil this adaptation of a Márquez novella by Geoffrey Himes

Gala Hispanic Theatre sets ‘Chronicle of a Death Foretold’ in a cockfighting ring.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:45PM
Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Hilarity Ensues by Geoffrey Himes

WILD WITH HAPPY By Colman Domingo through June 29 At Center Stage There’s a scene early in Colman Domingo’s Wild with Happy at Center Stage where the protagonist, a 40-…

SOURCE: citypaper.com at 10:31PM
Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Stage Review: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Geoffrey Himes

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang Directed by Eric Rosen Through May 25 At Center Stage Anton Chekhov thought of his plays as comedies, while Konstantin Stani…

SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AM
Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Will the Circle Be Unbroken? by Geoffrey Himes

Pete Ross says that a survey of printed material in the United States between the 1730s and the 1830s turns up 58 different references to the banjo—and 57 of those citations describe the i…

SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AM
Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Comedy of Heirs by Geoffrey Himes

Twelfth Night William Shakespeare Through April 13 At Center Stage I’ve seen Shakespeare updated in a lot of different ways, but Center Stage’s current production of Twelfth Night…

SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AM
Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Stage Review: The Golden Spike by Geoffrey Himes

Written by R.M. O’Brien Directed by Mason Ross Through March 2 At the Annex Theater Buried within the meandering exposition, parodic nostalgia, undigested history, and superfluo…

SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AM
Wednesday, February 19, 2014

A Play About Nothing by Geoffrey Himes

Tales of Ordinary Madness By Petr Zelenka Through March 2 at the Fells Point Corner Theatre Before the opening night performance of Petr Zelenka’s Tales of Ordinary Madness at t…

SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AM
Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Imaginary Friends by Geoffrey Himes

Where The Whangdoodle Sings Written by K. Frithjof Peterson Directed by J.D. Sivert Through Jan. 19 At the Theatre Project

SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AM

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