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Sunday, July 23, 2017

Fringe Review: ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’ at Logan Fringe Arts Space by John Connor Buckley

Philadelphia’s The Hodgepodge Group comes to DC for a two-run production of “Slaughterhouse-Five.”  Born as a project at Wesleyan University by director and Hodgepodge co-foun…

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Thursday, July 20, 2017

Fringe Review: ‘Orson the Magnificent’ at Logan Fringe Arts Space by John Connor Buckley

Hail Orson, lord of the theatre, returned now to enchant and inspire!  Actor/director Lars Klores plays the legendary artist, back years after his demise, in his one-man magic show, “…

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Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Theatre Review: ‘Wig Out!’ at Studio Theatre by John Connor Buckley

At various points during “Wig Out!,” characters pause to describe the experience that changed their life and self-image in an instant.  For most of them, it began with their gra…

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Sunday, July 16, 2017

Fringe Review: ‘The Regulars’ at Logan Fringe Arts Space by John Connor Buckley

In INC Productions’ Capital Fringe debut, co-writers Sherrita Wilkins and Chinwe Nwosu and director Bryanda Minix take us out for a night on the town and into the world of DC dating in …

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Saturday, July 15, 2017

Fringe Review: ‘Repentance’ at Shopkeepers by John Connor Buckley

What starts as a surrealist religious horror show descends into a riveting pre-mortem dialogue in Michael E. Hammond’s “Repentance.”  Director Carl Randolph makes excellen…

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Monday, July 10, 2017

Fringe Review: ‘This Too Comes By Hard’ by Unreal City Theatre at Gallaudet University Eastman Studio Theatre by John Connor Buckley

Irreversibility is at the core of James E. Custer’s original and ambitious “This Too Comes By Hard,” about a man whose refusal to accept the consequences of his toxic life limi…

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Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Theatre Review: ‘The Father’ at Studio Theatre by John Connor Buckley

Life and everything in it is fading.  As children, we learn a harsh truth: Everyone we know will die.  That’s not morbid per se; just an unfortunate dour fact of life.  A physical …

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Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Theatre Review: ‘Or,’ at Round House Theatre by John Connor Buckley

Whether we admit it or not, there’s a tendency we all have to break the world into binaries in order to simplify our decisions in the short-term or long-term.  I just did it there. …

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Monday, April 3, 2017

Theatre Review: ‘Midwestern Gothic’ at Signature Theatre by John Connor Buckley

Depravity in a young girl’s heart shakes everything apart in Signature Theatre’s production of “Midwestern Gothic.” This brand-new dark comedy-musical based on the book by Ro…

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Thursday, March 16, 2017

Theatre Review: ‘Parade’ at Keegan Theatre by John Connor Buckley

Atlanta, Georgia, 1913, the day of the Confederate Memorial Day Parade.  A state holding on to a lost cause becomes inflamed in a media circus in “Parade,” Alfred Uhry and Jason…

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Monday, March 13, 2017

Theatre Review: ‘Intelligence’ at Arena Stage by John Connor Buckley

Past the point of no return, is there a way out?  This question is front and center in the Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle in “Intelligence” at Arena Stage’s third world-premie…

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Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Theatre Review: ‘I Wanna F*cking Tear You Apart’ at Studio Theatre by John Connor Buckley

“When we are together,” exclaims Nicole Spiezio as Sam, “it doesn’t matter that we are both f*cking freaks.”  She is addressing Tommy Heleringer’s Leo, her roommate and long-tim…

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Saturday, December 3, 2016

Theatre Review: ‘Copenhagen’ by Perisphere Theater at Logan Fringe Arts Space by John Connor Buckley

The pursuit of uncovering every mystery life presents is a universal one; one that drives our basic human curiosity, the arts, and, of course, science.  And within every answer, unravel one…

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Friday, November 18, 2016

Theatre Review: The Second City’s ‘Black Side of the Moon’ at Woolly Mammoth by John Connor Buckley

Countless political events over the last week have given many pause for thought and time taken to look on where the country is, how it got here, and where it’s going.  Partaking in this l…

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Sunday, November 13, 2016

Theatre Review: ‘Carousel’ at Arena Stage by John Connor Buckley

  With appropriately flamboyant aplomb, the beloved, kinetic tale of a lowly carnival barker’s redemption that is Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel” makes it to Arena Stage’…

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Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Theatre Review: ‘Protest’ by Alliance for New Music-Theatre at The President Woodrow Wilson House by John Connor Buckley

Nowadays, so much of what anyone says is fully available for public viewing.  We know that with fame and notoriety comes power and influence, to the point where the consequences of what yo…

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Monday, September 12, 2016

Theatre Review: ‘I Call My Brothers’ at Forum Theatre by John Connor Buckley

Society can be a toxic and antagonistic place to exist within; while we like to see the good in it, our existence and others’ are judged at almost any point by others we know, by our c…

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards