All stories by Peter Marks on BroadwayStars

Sunday, April 21, 2019

Nathan Lane and Adam Driver are both starring on Broadway. Only one of them gives us a good time. by Peter Marks

“Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus” never lights up; “Burn This” flames on with Driver.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:30PM
Thursday, April 18, 2019

This new Broadway play about the Clintons’ marriage is as fascinating — and sad — as you’d expect by Peter Marks

“Hillary and Clinton” has its official opening at Broadway’s Golden Theatre.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:30PM
Wednesday, April 17, 2019

‘Hadestown’ arrives on Broadway, and well, it all goes to you-know-where by Peter Marks

Anaïs Mitchell’s score turns out to be no match for the devil.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:00PM

I watch plays for a living. The most dramatic moments aren’t always onstage. by Peter Marks

A career as a professional member of the audience is rewarding, except for the time someone threw up on me.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:00PM
Monday, April 15, 2019

In Ayad Akhtar’s play about Wall Street’s wicked ways, even the good guys live in a world of moral ambiguity by Peter Marks

Arena Stage gives a smooth treatment to the playwright’s “Junk,” tightened up since its New York debut in 2017.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:23PM
Thursday, April 11, 2019

This revival of ‘Grand Hotel’ offers only cold comfort by Peter Marks

Signature Theatre applies opulence to an ’80s Broadway hit that otherwise lacks pizazz.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:49PM

She’s a playwright. He’s a scholar. Their mutual admiration was ordained and established by the Constitution. by Peter Marks

Heidi Schreck was thrilled when Laurence Tribe of Harvard contacted her after he saw her play “What the Constitution Means to Me.”

SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:00AM
Sunday, April 7, 2019

A radical new Broadway ‘Oklahoma!’ says it’s not such a beautiful mornin’ in America by Peter Marks

Daniel Fish’s off-Broadway hit moves to musical-theater’s big tent.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:00PM
Thursday, April 4, 2019

Glenda Jackson as King Lear was a good idea. Why is everything around her so wrong? by Peter Marks

A misfire of Shakespeare’s tragedy has its official Broadway opening.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:00PM
Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Trump’s White House doesn’t support the arts. Nancy Pelosi is rallying the cause instead. by Peter Marks

The House speaker invites the “To Kill a Mockingbird” cast to Washington, and even Broadway pros choke up.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:29PM
Tuesday, April 2, 2019

How a new generation of black playwrights is taking on race and privilege in the age of Trump by Peter Marks

“Our blackness in white spaces is so much more present than it ever was,” says “Slave Play” author Jeremy O. Harris.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:00PM
Sunday, March 31, 2019

Seeing Broadway’s ‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ feels like a patriotic act. Here’s why. by Peter Marks

It’s the perfect moment for a play about the legal document, and Heidi Schreck is the perfect interpreter.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:00PM
Thursday, March 28, 2019

‘The Lehman Trilogy’ is so good, it expands your sense of what three actors on a stage can conjure by Peter Marks

Sam Mendes’s production at Park Avenue Armory illuminates the riveting saga of a famous banking family.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:03PM

Broadway’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ will launch national tour at Kennedy Center; ‘Hamilton’ returns by Peter Marks

Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation will run in Washington for six weeks, starting in August 2020.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:00PM
Thursday, March 21, 2019

The Temptations are now a Broadway musical. They’re going to make you love them. Again. by Peter Marks

“Ain’t Too Proud” at the Imperial Theatre is entertaining to the max.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:00PM
Wednesday, March 20, 2019

‘Into the Woods’ is one of Sondheim’s most popular musicals. A delightful revival at Ford’s Theatre reminds you why. by Peter Marks

Director Peter Flynn knows how to add playful luster to the witty fairy-tale show.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:00PM
Monday, March 18, 2019

John Quincy Adams is the anti-Trump in the new play ‘JQA’ by Peter Marks

Arena Stage produces the world premiere of Aaron Posner’s play, with four actors playing the same man.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:31PM
Thursday, March 14, 2019

On Broadway, I just saw my first ‘Kiss Me, Kate.’ It was worth the wait. by Peter Marks

Kelli O’Hara is luminous in this Roundabout Theatre Company revival of Cole Porter’s musical.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:00PM
Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Two new plays want us to think about power and art. You may be thinking about where to eat afterward. by Peter Marks

Neither “Queen of Basel” at Studio nor “Masterpieces . . .” at Signature achieves liftoff.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:49PM
Sunday, March 10, 2019

‘Be More Chill’ found an audience online. But in a Broadway theater, it lost me. by Peter Marks

Another teenage-angst musical opens, and it’s a noisy slog.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:00PM
Friday, March 8, 2019

What’s it like behind the scenes at ‘My Fair Lady’? We went backstage with Laura Benanti. by Peter Marks

The Broadway production, and its new lead, brim with life, onstage and off.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:30AM
Thursday, February 28, 2019

The Michael Cohen hearing wasn’t a hearing at all. It was cheap theatrics. by Peter Marks

A desultorily expanded version of “Twelve Angry Men” played out for hours on Capitol Hill.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:24PM
Friday, February 15, 2019

Studio Theatre forces out its longtime acting school: ‘We are leaving that space that we loved’ by Peter Marks

“I can’t say I’m happy about that,” said Joy Zinoman, who will take the newly independent conservatory to a new location.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:36PM
Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Co. do it again. But this time, the hip-hop show is all for laughs. by Peter Marks

“Freestyle Love Supreme” rap improv is an up-to-the-minute, old-fashioned hoot.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:06PM

Shakespeare Theatre’s new head announces his first season, from ‘Much Ado’ to a James Baldwin play by Peter Marks

Plus “Timon of Athens,” a new “Peter Pan,” a Branden Jacobs-Jenkins play and more.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:04PM
Friday, February 8, 2019

Trouble? Ya got none in the Kennedy Center’s revival of ‘The Music Man.’ by Peter Marks

The latest musical-in-concert is Meredith Willson’s 1957 melody-packed gem.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:03PM
Thursday, February 7, 2019

Oh, Nell, you deserved better! ‘Nell Gwynn’ is a disappointing new play at the Folger. by Peter Marks

Flabby yarn doesn’t do the 16th-century stage legend justice.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:04PM
Sunday, February 3, 2019

This may be the funniest Super Bowl commercial. But it won’t make it to the game. by Peter Marks

Live from a New York stage — it was “Skittles Commercial: The Broadway Musical.”

SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:03PM
Friday, February 1, 2019

Alexander Hamilton had his life turned into a musical. Now, John Quincy Adams gets his turn, in a new play. by Peter Marks

“JQA,” Aaron Posner’s “work of historical fiction,” will debut in March at Arena Stage.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:24PM
Monday, January 28, 2019

‘Rent’ and I, we’ve been going together for 23 years. And not even ‘Rent Live’ could break us up. by Peter Marks

Fox production of Pulitzer and Tony-winning musical reminded me of where my heart still lies.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:18PM

Is Vladimir Putin box-office poison? In a new play, he’s certainly toxic enough. by Peter Marks

“Kleptocracy” at Arena Stage portrays the Russian president’s battle with an oligarch.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:04PM

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