“I am the greatest loser of the world!” So claims Marjorie Taub in the twisted comedy The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife. But she is such a lovable loser. Boasting impeccable timing by i…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:56AMYears ago, when Storyville, the famous red light district of New Orleans was closing down, Mayor Martin Behrman said this about prostitution: “You can make it illegal, but you can’t …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:31AMHow does the old song go? “If it weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all.” That sums up Margaret Walsh, whose hand to mouth existence is as normal for her as breathing. Margie …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:14AMOne thing I will say about Robert Bolt’s political drama A Man for All Seasons – it is a lot funnier than I remembered. Perhaps it is our changing sensibilities but I think it also…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:14AMFor a couple of guys for whom death is inevitable, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are having a pretty good time. Prince Hamlet’s school chums are of course the title characters in Tom Stoppa…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:34PMThe Lusty Month of May like the song says It's time to do a wicked thing or two It's May, the time when spring brings that hot-blooded, four letter word lust. Musicals have had a steady hist…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00PMThe founding fathers are looking spry and lively at Toby’s Dinner Theatre in Columbia right now as they once again fight for independence in the musical 1776. It’s a masterpiece, I say, …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:14AMThe colorful history embellisher Lettice Douffet is poised to charm the husk right off of the corn of unsuspecting tourists visiting Britain’s most lackluster stately home. Douffet should …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:17AM“Sometimes I think my head is so big because it is so full of dreams,” John Merrick offers to an attractive visitor, one of the first women he ever encountered who did not recoil in horr…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:22AMSimply Sondheim is a match made in musical heaven. The pedigree alone is promising. Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, the famed composer known as Signature Theatre’s signature, has pr…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:33AMEmma Stone's star is on the rise. The 27-year old actress has been a sought after leading lady for several years. Her Oscar nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:00PMThe late Nora Ephron said in an interview once, “What you wear and what happened to you are indelibly connected.” The writer of such films as “Julie & Julia,” and “When Har…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:35AMEddie Redmayne is having a very good year. The 33-year old actor is nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for playing physicist Stephen Hawking in THE THEORY OF EVERYT…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:00PMHow fitting to share an evening with the kooky, creepy and lovable Addams Family on one of their cherished holidays, Friday the 13th. The night was as cold as a tomb but Toby’s Dinner Thea…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:32PMThe grip of a bitter, Arctic chill may be gripping much of the country tonight, but the heat is on in Gotham City when the circus comes to town. Tonight, episode 16, The Blind Fortune Teller…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06PMFaith and politics. God and king. Those are the weighty affairs teetering in the balance of T.S. Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral. Compass Rose Theater recently turned its intimate space in…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:52AMKeegan Theatre’s Church Street home may be still under construction but the show must go on. The show is Keegan’s annual seasonal offering An Irish Carol. Thanks to a generous partne…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:21AMThe holidays are certainly a time for theatre to tap into the spirit of the season. There is always a chance (or four) to see Ebenezer Scrooge’s redemptive journey of self-discovery, of co…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:03AMWant to see joy personified? Look no further than Black Nativity, now blazing the stage of the Anacostia Playhouse with light, love, hope and more joy to the world than any Scrooge could wit…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:14AMHow’s this for a headline for Donny and Marie: Christmas at the National? “Singing siblings prove mythical fountain of youth is real?” Sure, that opening might be more at…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:17AMMy heart was pretty pumped when I received the assignment to cover one of my favorite musical revues. And then, it sank. Years ago, I had the pleasure of seeing a first class tour of the Lou…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:11PMThe dark genius of Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories and poetry can be enjoyed on your own, reading by flickering candle light just to add to the experience. Another way to enjoy a selection…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:54AMIt’s a dog’s life for Sherry Berg. Well, not really, but as she pointed out recently, when she is hired by NextStop Theatre Company, she goes to the dogs. Currently, she is the title rol…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:00PM“Intimate and intelligent” is how Laura Eason’s Sex with Strangers has been described. And, yes, it’s about sex. But according to actors Luigi Sottile and Holly Twyford, that…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:49AMAre you ready for Annalise Keating's last nine words that closed tonight's episode of HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER Those words, plus more murder clues and a case of insider trading filled up …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:14AMDuring the turbulent years of the Civil Rights Era, two men forged an unlikely friendship. Former movie star Lincoln Perry was better known in his heyday as the comical, stereotypical carica…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:48AMDriving Miss Daisy is a lovely play. And it’s a magnificent family album. Look at the cover: Simple and understated, Uhry’s award-winning script was inspired by his own car-wrecking 72-y…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:08AMA tiny revolution has been going on for a couple of years in the Northeast DC’s Stronghold neighborhood. A patch of alley space was transformed into a thoughtful, self-contained community …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:51AMThere is a scene in Lorraine Hansberry’s landmark drama A Raisin in the Sun where the troubled, young husband and father Walter Lee Younger feels he has lost any chance of finding his drea…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:29AMThe triumph and courage seen in Colossal, now onstage at Olney Theatre Center, is played out in a manner unlike most well-made plays. It’s not only centered on a former college football pl…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:50AMAs an actor, Caroline Stefanie Clay seeks out opportunities to tackle challenging roles in complex plays and she found a big one playing Corryn Fell. In Gidion’s Knot, now onstage at Nex…
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