Monday, November 20, 2017
Welcome to the jungle! No not the Serengeti plains where both wildebeest and ostrich have reason to fear the predatory lion. This is Chicago’s fictional North Shore High School where the c…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:33PMMonday, September 18, 2017
In the Heights, now packing them in at Olney Theatre Center, has a visceral and emotional score coupled with a story of finding your home and your heart closer than expected. Behold the powe…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:24AMWednesday, August 30, 2017
Signature Theatre’s stunning production of this Sondheim gem is nothing short of a masterpiece. A Little Night Music is one of my personal favorites from the Stephen Sondheim canon. Set in…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:06PMFriday, July 21, 2017
All rise! Not so much for an associate Supreme Court Justice, but for Edward Gero, the man currently embodying the late Antonin Scalia in the remounted and revised production of The Original…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:09PMMonday, July 10, 2017
Ah, the land of dreams, whimsy, and mouse ears! Main Street, USA, the Matterhorn ride, and Tom Sawyer’s Island. All these are part of a mecca for family entertainment nestled in sunny Anah…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:04PMWednesday, July 5, 2017
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast may claim to be the “tale as old as time” but it has nothing on Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. As Tim Rice’s accessible lyrics state, thi…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:48AMIt is incredible that no one’s thought of pairing Godspell with the structure of “Saturday Night Live” before. I am sure I have just turned off a purist or two who might think such…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:18AMThursday, June 29, 2017
Eclectic and electric, Wonderland: Alice’s Rock & Roll Adventure is a wild and wondrous ride through Lewis Carroll’s world of imagination but this time with a heavy beat, some killer…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:04PMWednesday, May 31, 2017
Putting together a satirical musical with nods at classic musicals (Annie, Les Miserables), the works of Brecht and Weill (The Threepenny Opera), and even Fringe theatre and launching it in …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:05PMWednesday, May 17, 2017
I wept during the musical Kaleidoscope. Quietly, but involuntarily, tears welled up and just started flowing. What a time not to have a tissue or handkerchief handy. I cried for people I hav…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:05PMThursday, April 20, 2017
Parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, den mothers, scoutmasters, youth leaders – okay, anyone who oversees children, please follow directions: Go to the website Maryland Ensemble T…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:48AMWednesday, April 5, 2017
The human heart: such a powerful muscle, and such a delicate instrument at the same time. The frailties of the human heart, especially when twisted with desire, can make for dangerous…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:54AMMonday, March 13, 2017
If Dolly Gallagher Levi is still going strong, and if Mame Dennis could charm the husk right off of the corn, then it can be said Mrs. Elva Miller could stop traffic – with her voic…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:36PMSunday, February 26, 2017
From the Broadway stage to the Pulitzer Prize, back to Broadway, and now as a film adaptation with four Oscar nominations, FENCES has riveted audiences for more than 30 years. The film, dir…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AMSaturday, February 25, 2017
From BAYWATCH to BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN and beyond, actress Michelle Williams is making her mark in film. Nominated for Best Supporting Actress for a role with relatively little screen-time in M…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:00PMThursday, February 23, 2017
Television, film, the stage - As an actor, Denzel Washington has made an indelible mark in these arenas. His stature as an actor, director, and filmmaker has only been solidified this year w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:36PMMonday, February 20, 2017
Emma 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 12:00PMWednesday, February 8, 2017
Witty and perverse, scary and heart-warming, lofty, and yet wholly accessible. Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, is one of my favorite musicals. Period. Olney Theatre Center, …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:06PMTuesday, January 17, 2017
Imagine a Victorian parlor where music is played and shared very much as it was in a bygone era, with songs and stories ripped from the headlines and whispers of a folk legend. Now, place yo…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:54PMTuesday, January 10, 2017
Shakespeare once wrote “if music be the food of love, play on.” Another wordsmith, who doubled as a tunesmith, boiled that sentiment down to the even more succinctly stated “Say it wi…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:18AMFriday, December 23, 2016
What can I add that has not already been said about Signature Theatre’s end of the year triumph, Titanic? My editor says the highest rating we can offer is five stars. Titanic deserves a f…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:18PMSaturday, December 17, 2016
In the spirit of whimsy, my small gift to you, I have wrapped up my thoughts in a Seuss-like review. I arrived at the National in a whirlwind of traffic And was greeted forthwith by a colorf…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:04AMThursday, December 1, 2016
For youngsters growing up in the DC area, chances are the Ford’s Theatre production of A Christmas Carol was one of the shows they experienced. Since this year marks the 35th anniversary o…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:02PMWednesday, November 30, 2016
After the recent political season we have all just made it through, the song “We Need A Little Christmas” has never seemed more apropos. So you won’t find this guy bemoaning yet anothe…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:48PMMonday, October 10, 2016
In the Ruthless! world where little girls break out into song when strangers pay a visit, and show business aspirations are passed down through the genetic code of some wacky dames, hilarit…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:47PMThursday, September 22, 2016
Alan Paul’s direction of Shakespeare is brilliant. As familiar as I am with Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, upon viewing this vibrant production, I felt as if it had been written today.…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:04PMMonday, July 25, 2016
Entering the Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab at Olney Theatre Center for The Mikado, be prepared for balloons. Hundreds of them; many of them being bopped in your general direction. Go ah…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:24PMYou might want to hit the bar before you take your seat for The Pirates of Penzance as performed by the Chicago-based theatre company The Hypocrites, now ensconced in the Theatre Lab at Olne…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:24PMFriday, July 15, 2016
Barabbas Theatre has captured a muse of fire and has ascended to the brightest heaven of invention with its adaptation of William Shakespeare’s dynamic history play, The Life of King Henry…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:50AMThursday, July 14, 2016
If your tastes lean toward the silly, far-fetched and ironic, look no further than Free Range – a title that may be more a commentary about the style of theatre you will see here tha…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:03AMTuesday, July 12, 2016
If you like your house decorated with dysfunction, madness, incest, and heightened dialogue, come visit The House of Yes. Let’s start with the play. Wendy Macleod’s look at a destructive…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:37PM 
