Saturday, June 9, 2012
Synetic Theater in Arlington, Virginia, makes a bold move away from its adaptations of classic works with Home of the Soldier, a visceral and fascinating exploration of modern warfare and th…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 01:39PMWednesday, June 6, 2012
Daniel Conway's atmospheric projections and Matthew M. Nielson's sultry sound design ground the scene in 1936 Los Angeles and the gray world of insurance agent Walter Huff (Marty Lodge), who…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:09PMTuesday, June 5, 2012
In "Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play," receiving its world premiere at Washington's Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, playwright Anne Washburn examines the alchemy that can blend pop culture ep…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 04:25PMSunday, May 27, 2012
Playwright Carlo Goldoni's 1744 script builds on the foundation of commedia dell'arte-a stylized, largely improvised form of comedy that uses stock characters, masks, and wild humor-and Chri…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:29PMFriday, May 25, 2012
Molly Smith's production of Meredith Willson's "The Music Man" at Arena Stage in Washington, DC, takes a little time to get up to speed, but when it does it captures the audience in its warm…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:21PMWednesday, May 23, 2012
Watching the production of "Xanadu" now at Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia, makes the conversion of a notoriously bad movie musical into a blissful 90 minutes of musical theater see…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:02AMMonday, May 21, 2012
irector John Vreeke has guided his two actors, Michael Russotto and Eric Sutton, to give tender and remarkably intimate performances in Steven Dietz's 1994 play about friendship in the age o…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:17PMTuesday, May 1, 2012
The 39 Steps, now at Olney Theatre Center's Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, is a showcase of acting for its own sake.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:54PMMonday, April 23, 2012
Playwright Jason Gray Platt had a promising idea: use the story of Odysseus' return from the Trojan War, and the effect of his absence on his wife and son, to parallel the life experiences o…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:03PMSaturday, April 14, 2012
Twist's staging makes all the difference, as a six-member team of puppeteers manipulate his dizzying, frequently bawdy theatrical designs (just because it's a puppet show does not mean it's …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:51AMSynetic's adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew, now at the Shakespeare Theatre Company's Lansburgh Theatre in Washington, manages to blend psychological insights with the physicality of the…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:50AMTuesday, April 10, 2012
Arena Stage in Washington, DC, has staged an incisive and deeply felt production of Long Day's Journey Into Night in the intimate Kreeger Theater as the final major component of its Eugene O…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:28PMWednesday, April 4, 2012
Eugene O'Neill's play Strange Interlude was a sensation at its premiere in 1928, both for its expansive structure-in nine acts with a run time of more than five hours; the original productio…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:43PMMonday, March 5, 2012
he Studio Theatre in Washington is introducing U.S. audiences to the crackling voice of British playwright Roy Williams with its production of Sucker Punch, an incisive consideration of econ…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:52AMTuesday, February 28, 2012
Olney Theatre Center in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC, has created an entertaining, tuneful production whose charms outweigh the rough edges.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:34PMTuesday, February 21, 2012
"Genesis Reboot" ... concerns an idealistic angel who wants to restart creation in "a closed environment with controlled conditions." She hopes that Adam and Eve might fare better in a high-…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:18AMWoolly Mammoth Theatre Company focuses on plays that address the most important and prickly issues of society, and its current world premiere production of "Civilization (all you can eat)" f…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:17AMTuesday, February 14, 2012
Playwright Paul Downs Colaizzo has captured the raw emotions and polarizing attitudes in his fictional dissection of sex and violence on campus.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 04:30PMSunday, February 12, 2012
"Next Fall" is a beautifully written, delicate play about big things - love, family, and life itself - and director Mark Ramont Round House Theatre in Bethesda, Maryland, brings it to life w…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:38AMThursday, February 9, 2012
The dancing and other theatrical movement are the highlights of a show that is still a work in progress.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 12:29PMSaturday, February 4, 2012
"Necessary Sacrifices" ... is less theatrical than educational in nature, but it benefits from the impassioned performances of David Selby as Abraham Lincoln and Craig Wallace as Frederick D…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 03:24PMWednesday, February 1, 2012
"The Gaming Table," adapted from Susanna Centlivre's 1705 play The Basset Table, is a rollicking story of the gambles men and women take for love and money, given a stylish production by dir…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:08PMTuesday, January 31, 2012
It's very difficult to describe what goes on in this 75-minute show, but it's fascinating, and much of it is hilarious.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:44AMRobert Falls' taut direction and Logan's literate script keep the audience fascinated for the play's 100-minute length (no intermission), but Gero's galvanizing portrayal is its core.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:42AMMonday, January 23, 2012
Feiffer's play raises the question of the appropriate way to cope with an intolerable situation: are the only choices to ignore the despair of other people or to become as amoral and violent…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:44PMDirector PJ Paparelli has brought it to life for Washington's Shakespeare Theatre Company by emphasizing the youth of its characters and the fact that the journey to maturity hasn't changed …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:43PMWednesday, January 11, 2012
Director Susan Fenichell has staged a beautifully intimate production of Donald Margulies' play "Time Stands Still" at Washington's Studio Theatre, anchored by a carefully constructed perfor…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 01:56PMMonday, December 19, 2011
Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia, and director Eric Schaeffer have created a bright, effervescent production of "Hairspray" as a joyous holiday gift to the Washington community.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 03:38PMTuesday, December 13, 2011
Playwright Amy Freed may have thought she was writing a pointedly witty political satire about cults of personality and the seduction of power, but "You, Nero," now on the Fichandler Stage a…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:36PMThursday, December 8, 2011
The national tour of Matthew Lombardo's play "High" starring Kathleen Turner launched at the Cutler Majestic Theatre in Boston last night, but failed to take wing.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:37PMMonday, December 5, 2011
"Equivocation," the current production in the Kreeger Theater at Arena Stage in Washington, DC, examines the interplay between truth and fiction, specifically the interrelationship of histor…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 04:24PM 
