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Thursday, September 28, 2017

Theatre Review: ‘The Wild Party’ at Constellation Theatre Company by Peter Orvetti

Though thin on plot and weak on character development, the Constellation Theatre Company production of Andrew Lippa’s 2000 musical “The Wild Party” still manages to impress due to a st…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:31PM

Saturday, August 5, 2017

Theatre Review: ‘King Kirby’ at Off The Quill by Peter Orvetti

Director Keith Cassidy, a comic book fan, discovered the script of “King Kirby” while browsing a bookstore in New York. He had no idea that the play existed. It was a fitting start for h…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:02PM

Monday, July 17, 2017

Fringe Review: ‘Trey Parker’s Cannibal! The Musical’ by HalfMad Theatre at Atlas Sprenger by Peter Orvetti

The dozens of shows that make up a Capital Fringe Festival always vary wildly in terms of subject and style, but perhaps even more in terms of stagecraft. Some shows consist of just a perfor…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:50AM

Fringe Review: ‘Numesthesia’ by Uncle Funsy Productions at Atlas Lab II by Peter Orvetti

David S. Kessler has a condition known as ordinal linguistic personification. But he does not suffer from it; he could be said to enjoy it (for the most part). The condition is a form of syn…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:44AM

Thursday, July 13, 2017

Fringe Review: ‘The Dream Dancer’ at Elstad Auditorium at Gallaudet University by Peter Orvetti

“The Dream Dancer,” part of the Capital Fringe Festival, is an intriguing but flawed dance theatre production that veers between well-executed movement pieces and dialogue that is stilte…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:03AM

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Theatre Review: ‘Crazy Mary Lincoln’ at Pallas Theatre Collective by Peter Orvetti

Ask someone to name a bad president and they’ll be quick to offer several names. Ask someone to name a bad First Lady, and it’s likely that one name will jump to come to mind. Mary Todd…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:00PM

Monday, June 12, 2017

Show and Director with Regional Ties Win Big at Tonys by Peter Orvetti

The CBS broadcast of the 71st Annual Tony Awards brought few surprises in terms of winners, and a game but middling performance by host Kevin Spacey. But the performances – the real reason…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:16AM

Monday, May 29, 2017

Theatre Review: ‘Urinetown: The Musical’ at NextStop Theatre Company by Peter Orvetti

When the Emperor Vespasian’s son Titus criticized his father for placing a tax on Rome’s toilets, Vespasian held up a gold coin and told him, “Money does not stink. And yet it comes fr…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:48PM

Monday, May 22, 2017

Theatre Review: ‘The Glass Menagerie’ at Parlor Room Theater by Peter Orvetti

Washington is wealthy in terms of theatres, but sometimes one has to be wealthy to afford a ticket. Parlor Room Theater is a small professional company with the admirable goal of making grea…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:28PM

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Theatre Review: ‘The Man Who’ at Spooky Action Theater by Peter Orvetti

A 1985 book by a neurologist might seem like strange fodder for the stage, but the real individuals described in Oliver Sacks’s “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat” are ripe for th…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:02AM

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Theatre Review: ‘The Arabian Nights’ at Constellation Theatre Company by Peter Orvetti

Constellation Theatre Company marks its 10th season with a revival of a show from its first, playwright Mary Zimmerman’s adaptation of “The Arabian Nights,” directed by Allison Arkell …

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:50PM

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