Miche Braden is the biggest force of nature this side of Hurricane Harvey. She personifies the “Empress of the Blues” Bessie Smith with a powerful voice, enormous talent, a powerful st…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:06AMHow do you begin to assemble a show based upon all of the Broadway musical productions connected to Hal Prince over a legendary career spanning nearly seven decades? How do you choose from…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:18PMScott Fitzgerald famously wrote that “There are no second acts in American lives.” F. Scott Fitzgerald never met Barbara Cook, the beloved Broadway star and singer who passed away on Aug…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:54AMBillie Holliday experienced extreme poverty, racism, sexual abuse, a drug addiction, and prison, yet still had a legendary career as one of the great jazz singers of the 20th century. If y…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:54AMA marketing company might have taken The Coil Project’s The Changeling Child and instead titled it A Midsummer Night’s Dream – The Next Generation. That title better conveys the subs…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:36AMKukui Kikuyu Productions’ Passing – A Stage Play is a fascinating psychological character study in which secrets revealed inevitably lead to a shockingly tragic end which deserves a lon…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:42AMHow far are we willing to go to seek happiness? That’s the intriguing premise of Jona Tarlin’s Lost Teeth, a world premiere production from New York City’s Blowout Theatre Company wh…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:36AMJunie B. Jones has to face a lot of moral and social quandaries for a 5-year-old. Who took her furry black mittens, should she be able to keep a multi-ink pen she found, should she compete…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:12PMKing Charles III, a filmed adaptation of the London production of Mike Bartlett’s Tony-nominated play, airs this Sunday night at 9:00 p.m. EDT as a one-off episode of PBS’s Masterpiece T…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:36AMOne of the great challenges for a director involves taking a slightly dated play like Neil Simon’s I Ought to Be in Pictures and making it work. That the latest Peter’s Alley Theatre…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:02AMIt took over 400 years for A King and No King to receive a DC area premiere. Yet were authors Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher still alive, they would certainly be pleased with the Brave…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:02AMIt’s not easy being a famous child actor struggling to stay in show business after passing puberty. It’s even more difficult when that actor is a chimpanzee, Nick Jones imagines in hi…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:24AMWicked is one of the most loved musicals in history, regularly selling out Broadway’s largest theatre since 2003 and spawning several national tours, the most recent now in an outstanding …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:12PMTom Story provides a comedic tour-de-force as the frenetic and frazzled Sam and forty other characters in the hilarious Fully Committed at MetroStage. Pity poor Sam, the out-of-work actor fo…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:36AMIf you loved the terrific 1997 film Love Jones, you may want to cue up that DVD again. Before the opening night show at The National Theatre, an announcement was made that this production…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:32AMYou can almost feel the Fringe/touring roots of Little Thing, Big Thing from the mixture of story-telling with theatre, the acting challenges given the small cast, the clever blending of ge…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:06PMWhat do Ethel Merman, Angela Lansbury, Tyne Daly, Bernadette Peters, and Patti LuPone have in common? They have all played the iconic role of Mama Rose in Gypsy, one of the greatest works…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:48AMA Matter of Perspective is a provocative new work that examines racial tensions in the context of jury deliberations. It is a stimulating work with the potential for greater accomplishment…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:55AMI love musicals. I prefer my musicals live and in person; however, I will take a good musical wherever I can find it regardless of setting or format. Below is a list in chronological order…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:09AMKenneth Lonergan’s Lobby Hero is a rare work that is, at once, a drama, a comedy, a romance, a mystery, and a modern morality play. It is an outstanding work that makes for equally outs…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:37AMLouis Armstrong, arguably the first jazz superstar, achieved world-wide fame as a trumpet player, composer, singer, occasional actor. Satchmo at the Waldorf by Terry Teachout (best known as …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:09AMTypically readers of plays are drama students, theatre professionals, and other artistic nerds like myself. J.K. Rowling and friends have clearly shattered that barrier last weekend with …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:27AMPlays involving religion often have a defined point of view that can make them predictable and boring. Yet nothing is predictable or boring about Helen Pafumi’s world premiere Redd…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:25PMThe Lady with the Little Dog, the story of a melancholy affair between a Russian couple which begins in 1901, is one of Anton Chekhov’s most famous and influential short stories. Dmitry Gu…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:52AMThe Three Musketeers, as performed by Chesapeake Shakespeare Company-in-the-Ruins receives a spirited and entertaining outdoor staging that will please many family members, although the ad…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:38AMLost in Wonderland is a workshop production of a new musical based upon Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. As fostered by Pallas Theatre Col…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:44AMThe welcome arrival of the Mosaic Theater Company of DC on the local theatre scene is punctuated by When January Feels Like Summer. The heartwarming and frequently funny Cori Thomas play a…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:22AMThe storied 1938 CBS Radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds by Orson Welles and The Mercury Theatre on the Air allegedly created a panic by individuals who believed that the dramatization …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:06PMHave you ever mocked how TV characters of modest means live in apartments way beyond their means (e.g., NBC’s Friends)? Rep Stage has a play for you. The regional premiere of Brooke Be…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:10PMOne of the greatest stress tests imaginable for a couple would be having their only child go missing. Lauren Yee’s in a word focuses on the challenges of a couple with a missing child a…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:58AMOne of the joys of living in the DMV is that it is both a strong area for theatre, and a strong area for family theatre. A case in point is the charming and clever production of OLIVÉRio…
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