13 stories by "Maddie Gaw"
By Maddie Gaw. Maddie Gaw examines the idea of the "problematic" play and Z Space's inaugural Problematic Play Festival, which aimed to investigate why certain plays cause gatekeepers to tur…
This idea of backstory, or putting a human face on a political issue, is something that playwright Elizabeth Irwin has done deliberately in this play, as well as in her other work. Learn mor…
Hello there, Green Room readers! Happy to be back with "Song Spotlights" after a brief hiatus. Last time I was here, I spent a lot of time gushing about Natasha, Pierre… and my lingering f…
Forum Theatre's season debut begins with a tongue-in-cheek pre-show announcement. It acknowledges a sort of cultural sameness that we feel as theatergoers, and as city-dwellers, particularly…
God, I hope Wildwood Summer Theatre gets the recognition they deserve for this production of A Chorus Line! ’God I hope they get it!’ "WST is the only fully independent youth-…
The moment you walk in the theater, McPherson Madness assails you with its world, trying to become your reality. Cast members ask for change, hand out programs as if they're flyers for the O…
If you like old detective movies and Airplane!-esque parody, then the Impressionable Players' Detective Pimbley and the Case of the Rich Dead Lady is definitely for you. And it's pretty fun …
In The Beheading of Sister Mary Jasmine, the audience forms an intimate bond with a deceased nun. Simply by attending the performance, they become one of the many grieving. In a room that ve…
Electric Mayhem Productions announced their arrival with Mirabilia, a (literally) colorful tale about two friends on separate quests to find one another. Written by and starring Rebecca Rose…
We have a few rules here at DCMetroTheaterArts, and one of those rules is to keep our reviews focused on the show that we, the reviewer, experienced. Not what the audience around us was doin…
They'll make anything into a musical these days. Well, not just anything. Any movie gets a musical these days. If all future movie-based musicals are half as clever as The Snuff Musical, the…
Living in a cynical age, it's refreshing to see a musical comedy like My Favorite Year. "Nice" and "Charming" are the first two words that come to mind, but this is no fluff piece. Behind…
"Artists should starve," Mark Rothko insists in John Logan's 2010 Tony Award winning play Red. "Except me," he concludes wryly. That one line encapsulates the play's exploration of contrasts…
