All stories by Peter Marks on BroadwayStars

Thursday, October 5, 2017

Sex games in the afternoon, anyone? Harold Pinter knows how to write the rules. by Peter Marks

“The Lover” and “The Collection” at Shakespeare Theatre is half a great entertainment.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:42AM
Tuesday, October 3, 2017

57 plays in one evening? Who’d go to such a thing? You should. by Peter Marks

Fascinating “Love and Information” shows us humankind in bite-sized bits.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:48AM
Thursday, September 28, 2017

Bruce Springsteen is a totally new thing for Broadway. Will it change because of him? by Peter Marks

The singer-songwriter prepares an intimate four-month residency on the Great White Way.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:24AM
Tuesday, September 26, 2017

In poignant 'Mary Jane,' Amy Herzog wants audiences to understand the toll of caring for a sick little boy by Peter Marks

The play at New York Theatre Workshop is a deeply moving account of a mother's devotion

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:12AM
Thursday, September 21, 2017

‘Native Gardens’: Please, not in my backyard! by Peter Marks

Latino vs. white neighbors in a cliche-ridden comedy.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:42AM
Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Detroit’s assembly line brought to vibrant life in ‘Skeleton Crew’ by Peter Marks

An important playwright, Dominique Morisseau, makes her Washington debut.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:24PM
Monday, September 11, 2017

In D.C. this season, it’s Lin-Manuel Miranda practically wall-to-wall by Peter Marks

Before “Hamilton,” three versions of “In the Heights,” including this breezy one in Olney.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:12PM
Friday, September 8, 2017

Tickets to Bruce Springsteen on Broadway are on Stubhub for $8,500 each. Seriously? by Peter Marks

The Boss playing a Broadway theater leads to the inevitable friction at the box office.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:48PM

On Broadway, dramatic riches await, in both words and music by Peter Marks

“The Band’s Visit” and “Junk” are autumn highlights.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:42PM
Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Bessie Smith lives again in the moody blues of ‘The Devil’s Music’ by Peter Marks

A bio-play at Mosaic Theater portrays a troubled, gifted singer.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:06PM
Friday, August 25, 2017

The Concert for America: A melodic charity takes to the road by Peter Marks

A benefit organization itself goes on tour, with stars, to raise money for service organizations for needy children and other causes.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:18PM
Thursday, August 24, 2017

Harold Prince, a Broadway master, deserves a better tribute show than this by Peter Marks

A stage retrospective of the career of director-producer Harold Prince lacks the verve of the man himself

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:16PM

Signature opens season with ‘A Little Night Music,’ one of Sondheim’s precious gems by Peter Marks

Director Eric Schaeffer’s production is several cuts above the 2009 Broadway revival; Holly Twyford shines.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:12PM
Tuesday, August 22, 2017

The New Evan Hansen is … Taylor Trensch by Peter Marks

The actor will be the permanent replacement for Tony winner Ben Platt.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:06PM
Thursday, August 17, 2017

Jose Llana, an actor in a regal role who's whistling a happy tune by Peter Marks

An actor from Springfield, Va., grows up to be a Rodgers and Hammerstein King.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:48PM

A longtime D.C. actress tackles her first musical, and it’s by Sondheim by Peter Marks

With “A Little Night Music,” Holly Twyford must sing “Send in the Clowns.”

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:48PM
Thursday, August 10, 2017

Michael Moore should leave Broadway to the pros by Peter Marks

His amateurish “The Terms of My Surrender” trips on the headliner’s ego.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:54PM

When LuPone or Midler gets sick? The show must go on, and so must the sub by Peter Marks

An understudy for Patti LuPone gets a crash course in the Broadway limelight.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:06PM
Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Laughing along with Michael Urie by Peter Marks

The actor's turn in “The Government Inspector” makes you eager for his Hamlet.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:32PM
Wednesday, July 26, 2017

The president opens his mouth daily, and the American theater bites back by Peter Marks

Donald Trump might be a useful punching bag, but does it work on stage?

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:48PM
Monday, July 24, 2017

The Kinsey Sicks: Outrageousness tinged with outrage by Peter Marks

“America’s Favorite Dragapella Barbershop Quartet” returns to Theater J.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:48PM
Thursday, July 20, 2017

Who ever wrote swoonier ballads than Rodgers and Hammerstein?   by Peter Marks

“The King and I” shows again the songwriters were master heart-melters.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:54PM

Rachel Bay Jones in ‘Evan Hansen’: ‘You wake up some mornings, and your chest hurts’ by Peter Marks

The Tony winner has let the role of the title character’s mom seep deep into her bones.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:24PM

‘Ugly Betty’s’ Michael Urie will be Michael Kahn’s last Hamlet by Peter Marks

 The actor studied the role under the D.C. Shakespeare director at Juilliard.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:04PM
Thursday, July 13, 2017

Oscar Isaac wrestles daringly with Hamlet by Peter Marks

"Hamlet,” down and dirty.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:42PM
Tuesday, July 11, 2017

A theater festival in the bucolic countryside, but boiling underneath by Peter Marks

Six plays burst into life at West Virginia’s Contemporary American Theater Festival.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:04PM
Thursday, June 22, 2017

‘1984’: Bloody and bloodless by Peter Marks

An adaptation that fails to do its famous source justice.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:42PM
Monday, June 19, 2017

The friendly specters of 'Ghost Light' work their incandescent charms by Peter Marks

A play that posits the love of theater is eternal.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:18PM
Friday, June 16, 2017
Thursday, June 15, 2017

Oskar Eustis: 'I felt my job was to try to make the issues of “Julius Caesar” as pertinent as they could be.' by Peter Marks

Eustis directs the production of the Shakespeare play that has come under attack from ultraconservative websites and even from one of President Trump's sons.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:12PM
Monday, June 12, 2017

Why does it seem the Tonys still think the musical is the thing? by Peter Marks

The show should commit to doing better at giving straight plays a platform.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:48PM

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