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Friday, May 10, 2013

‘The Three Musketeers’ at Synetic Theater by Natalie McCabe by Natalie McCabe

In his Director’s Notes, Paata Tsikurishvili quotes a line from Hamlet: “Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.” In its latest show, The Three Musketeers, written by brot…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:11AM
Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Married to the Stage: ‘Columbia, MO Here We Come!’ by Natalie McCabe by Natalie McCabe

There are many factors that have affected where I have chosen to go to school and why.  One major consideration of Johnny and me is monetary. Our various degrees (an MFA and BFA for him, a…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:00AM
Thursday, April 11, 2013

‘Monty Python’s Spamalot’ at The National Theatre by Natalie McCabe by Natalie McCabe

“I’m not dead yet,” is an oft-quoted line from the 1975 film, Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The musical, Monty Python’s Spamalot, has a whole number based on this line and, likewi…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:02AM
Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Married to the Stage: ‘Valentines Day and Murder at Mount Hope Mansion’ by Natalie McCabe by Natalie McCabe

It was a fantastic weekend in the life of this couple, “Married to the Stage.” I was able to visit my husband for the first time in three weeks, received a huge, adorable teddy bear for …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:55AM
Saturday, February 23, 2013

‘The Tempest’ at Synetic Theater by Natalie McCabe by Natalie McCabe

A squall. A gale. A storm. A tempest. Synetic Theater’s production of The Tempest, the latest installment of their Silent Shakespeare Series, can be described using all of the above words.…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:14PM
Sunday, February 10, 2013

’9 Circles’ at Forum Theatre by Natalie McCabe by Natalie McCabe

With soldiers still encountering difficult conditions, to say the least, in Afghanistan and more veterans attempting to reconcile acts committed in the intensity of war with the decorum expe…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:50AM
Thursday, February 7, 2013

‘The Grand Parade (of the 20th Century)’ at Arena Stage by Natalie McCabe by Natalie McCabe

Take key events of the past century. Add some music by a Russian composer. Throw in television, radio, and video game transmissions and broadcasts. Frame it with Marc Chagall’s paintings,…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:07AM
Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Married to the Stage: ‘Some Great News!’ by Natalie McCabe by Natalie McCabe

Well, the wait is over. Or perhaps this is only the beginning. I received my first acceptance into a PhD program last week. Here is the story: I was rushing into a meeting for the show I am …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:30AM
Monday, January 21, 2013

Married to the Stage: ‘Winter is Coming!’ by Natalie McCabe by Natalie McCabe

            “Winter is coming.” Or, well, it is already here. As I type this, my cell phone keeps vibrating with DC text alerts warning of a “winter storm,” anticipating 2 to …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:15AM
Thursday, November 8, 2012

Married to the Stage: ‘Dragon Eye Creations’ Scott and Kathy Griffith’ by Natalie McCabe by Natalie McCabe

Sometimes, being married to the stage takes you to strange places and leaves you with more than just enhanced party skills. Johnny, for example, has always wanted to learn woodworking, creat…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:45AM
Monday, October 22, 2012

Married to the Stage: Part 6: ‘Skills We Learned Toiling in Other Time Zones’ by Natalie McCabe by Natalie McCabe

Not long ago, my aunt observed me knitting away and asked where I had learned the skill. “Well, when you work in other centuries, you just pick things up,” I replied. She laughed, but it…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:30AM
Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Married to the Stage – Part 7: ‘Rowan and the Rose’ by Natalie McCabe by Natalie McCabe

Being “married to the stage” is one thing when one partner is the actor and the other the bookish dramaturg, as is the case with Johnny and myself. It is quite another when both partners…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM
Friday, September 14, 2012

‘Married to the Stage Can Be Stressful’ by Natalie McCabe by Natalie McCabe

“Married to the Stage” can be stressful. Contrary to popular opinion, when both partners try to weave their careers around the trials and travesties that occur onstage, having a succ…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:15AM
Monday, September 10, 2012

‘Hamlet’ at Folger Theatre by Natalie McCabe by Natalie McCabe

At the start of Shakespeare’s Globe’s production of Hamlet, the entire cast gathers onstage, with the lights up, playing instruments and singing a variation of “Little Beggar Man.” L…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:58AM
Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Married to the Stage: ‘My Faire Children’ by Natalie McCabe by Natalie McCabe

My husband may live in an imaginary village, but we both belong to the category of ‘imaginary friends.’ Recently, I sat down to chat with a kindergartner and his almost-three-yea…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:00AM
Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Married to the Stage: ‘Human Chess Match’ by Natalie McCabe by Natalie McCabe

My husband lives in an imaginary village. A shire, to be exact. He works in another century, too, and has for the past three years. Currently, he is living in the year 1590 in the 35-acre Sh…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:00AM
Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Married to the Stage: ‘Say Yes to the Dress’ by Natalie McCabe by Natalie McCabe

My husband moves better in high heels than I do. I came to this realization about a year before we were married, during our studies in the School of Theatre at Penn State University.  My h…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:30AM
Monday, August 20, 2012

New Column: ‘Married to the Stage’ begins on DC Metro Theater Arts by Natalie McCabe by Natalie McCabe

“Honey, I don’t think I can go to the next level. I just don’t see myself going higher here.” “It’s okay, my love. I support you.” This was a conversation I had several weeks a…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM
Sunday, July 22, 2012

Capital Fringe Review: ‘A is for Artist’ by Natalie McCabe by Natalie McCabe

“Often times, I’ve observed that organizations feel forced to prioritize art, audience, and artist.  O Starsf the three, the artists are, more often than not, left to their own devices,…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:48PM
Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Capital Fringe Review: ‘BFF’ by Natalie McCabe by Natalie McCabe

Brian Feldman’s one-man “show” BFF takes its single audience member on a two-hour journey- literally- to becoming Feldman’s, well, “BFF.” Feldman’s “friend-building excursion…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:52AM
Sunday, June 10, 2012

‘Idomeneo’ at The In Series by Natalie McCabe by Natalie McCabe

English-language opera, Greek tragedy, Mozart, tragedy, comic moments, and ballet: The In Series at the Atlas Performing Arts Center has it all in Charlotte Stoudt’s translation and adapta…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:17PM
Saturday, April 28, 2012

‘Hamlecchino’ at Faction of Fools by Natalie McCabe by Natalie McCabe

Something may be rotten in the state of Denmark, but energy is high and comedy very much alive in Faction of Fools’ current production, Hamlecchino, which takes Shakespeare’s Hamlet a…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:08PM
Monday, April 23, 2012

‘Dancing at Lughnasa’ at Quotidian Theatre Company by Natalie McCabe by Natalie McCabe

Quotidian Theatre Company’s Mission Statement reads, in part, “By providing realistic situations and dialogue, we want to give the audience the impression that they are witnessing events…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:30AM
Monday, April 2, 2012

‘The Taming of the Shrew’ at Synetic Theater by Natalie McCabe by Natalie McCabe

There is a fine, fine line between loving and loathing, in the “interplay of joy and darkness,” as Director Paata Tsikurishvili, and Founding Artistic Director, and CEO of Synetic Theate…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:15AM
Thursday, March 29, 2012

‘The Flu Season’ at Nomadic Theatre at Georgetown University by Natalie McCabe by Natalie McCabe

Playwright Will Eno has been described by The New York Times as “a Samuel Beckett for the Jon Stewart generation” and it is no surprise. Eno’s play, The Flu Season, produced by Nomadic…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:19PM
Sunday, March 18, 2012

‘How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found’ at Theater Alliance by Natalie McCabe by Natalie McCabe

“You are who you can prove you are. You are what people think. And that’s the easiest thing in the world to change.” Or is it? In Theater Alliance’s DC-area premiere of the i…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:57AM
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

‘Monty Python’s Spamalot’ at The Warner Theatre by Natalie McCabe by Natalie McCabe

“I’m not dead yet!” is whispered, shouted, and sung throughout Phoenix Entertainment’s very much alive and engaging touring production of the Tony Award-winning 2005 Best Musica…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:23PM

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