Tuesday, November 21, 2017
At the core of all great theater is the art of great storytelling. Harry Clarke, a solo show with a compelling story told by a riveting actor in a tour-de-force performance, is just that. No…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:00PMWe learned, shortly after taking our seats, and learned unexpectedly, not having known this before, but how could we, that, apparently, it is traditional to eat sauerkraut, the krautier the …
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:52AMMonday, November 20, 2017
It’s fun, it’s pink, it’s very Tina Fey. The pre-Broadway world premiere of Mean Girls officially opened at the National Theatre last night. Judging from the excitement in the theater,…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:00PMThe setting is ordinary – an office with two desks side by side. The desks are covered with plants, knickknacks, and piles of paperwork. The sort of thing we see every day in corporate Ame…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:32PMAndré Watts brought an ecstatic audience to its feet after his magnificent performance of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s beloved Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor. Playing with the Baltimore Symphon…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:18PMAnyone who thinks that storytelling is a lost art should hurry on over to the Quotidian Theatre Company, where Jane Squier Bruns is now holding forth in A Coffin in Egypt, Horton Foote’s m…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:47PMThere are some who argue that the works of William Shakespeare should never be altered, but instead be treated as sacred texts, performed just as the Bard intended and left untouched for as …
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:59PMA tour de force performance by Thomas Keegan and masterful stage arts combine to make Solas Nua’s Misterman a jaw-droppingly good show. Directed and choreographed by Artistic Director …
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:01AMreviewed by Sherrita Wilkins If you’re on the lookout for an engaging, kid-friendly activity this holiday season, look no further than the classic tale of Charlotte’s Web at Imagination …
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:35AMSunday, November 19, 2017
Make no mistake, St Nicholas at Quotidian Theatre Company is not a Christmas play. Conor McPherson’s one-man-show starring Steve Beall and directed by Jack Sbarbori is a Gothic meditation …
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:23PMOffice politics, gender-based inequality in the workplace, and self-damning outbursts of flagrant misogyny fuel the flames of Theresa Rebeck’s razor-sharp feminist comedy What We’re Up A…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:25PMReview by Jason Williams Playfully tagged as a less expensive alternative to The Book of Mormon, which it satirizes, The Book of Merman quickly moves beyond just being a parody of the aforem…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:58PMThe Lion King is epic. It is so full of throat-tightening spectacle and aural splendor that Baltimore’s grand Hippodrome Theatre can appear at times like a modest host. With Julie Taymor…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:35PMThe New York premiere of William Bolcom’s composition, From the Diary of Sally Hemings, could not be more timely. With so much news focused on racial tensions, as well as the recent uproar…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:52PMThe gutsy woman-centric theater company Nu Sass is notable for producing works that feature women in major roles, onstage and off, typically in a tiny second-floor space on F Street that sea…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:33AMSaturday, November 18, 2017
The musical Annie is 40 years old this year, and thanks to the Olney Theatre Center’s cheerful new production, a whole new generation of theater goers will get the chance to travel back in…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:45PMAfter the Birmingham 16th Street Baptist Church bombing of 1963, Nina Simone turned her singing career toward the Civil Rights’ struggle. After a decade of singing mostly popular mus…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:32PMA play from the 1980s about revenge for a rape, based on an ancient story from Greek mythology, comes alive in a student production as though it was about now. As though everything in it abo…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:54AMFriday, November 17, 2017
Last night, the Mason Players opened another excellent student-directed play at George Mason University. Following strong performances of Deadman’s Cell Phone and 1984 earlier this semeste…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:59PMThe list began after her first attempt. A list of everything brilliant about the world. Everything worth fighting for. If I were to make a list of every brilliant thing about the world, audi…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:34PMWhat a giddy, joyful afterimage of mouthwatering kinetic alchemy. Under the confident direction and chemistry-setter Mathew Gardiner, Signature Theatre has produced an irresistible The Gersh…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:20AMFor anyone who is more than a little unnerved that President Trump might go off half-cocked and trigger a war—which he could do with as little thought as he puts into a tweet—this civic-…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:24AMIn April of this year, I wrote: Submersive Productions has outdone itself with its new production, H.T. Darling’s Incredible Musaeum presents: The Treasures of New Galapagos, Astonishing A…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:36AMReviewed by Steve Weinstein Stephen Sondheim had it nearly right in his lyrics to “I’m Still Here.” First, you’re a legend, then you’re camp, then you become an icon. As the Foundi…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:26AMThursday, November 16, 2017
The sun’ll come out tomorrow Bet your bottom dollar that Tomorrow there’ll be sun…. Those familiar lyrics seem fresher than ever in Walnut Street Theatre’s new production of Annie. W…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:37PMWhen the Born Again have the opportunity to witness, they do it before their congregation, and everyone shouts “Hallelujah!” When the Stand Up Comics have that same opportunity,…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:07PMA few weeks ago I found myself hankering to have a look at the London theater season, so I spent a day in the friendly skies of United Airlines to spend a week in which our own NY scene was …
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:08PMGuilty or not guilty? And of what crime? An intriguing real-life episode from 20th-century Art History provides the basis for The Craftsman, Bruce Graham’s latest world-premiere play commi…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:18PMA junk bond is a high-yield, high-risk maturity in the financial markets, and a greedy group of investors bought them and enjoyed the 10-12 percent interest that was sent out semi-annually, …
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:21AMRegistration is now open for the 13th Annual Capital Fringe Festival. Those wishing to participate in the festival can apply from now through January 16th, 2018. The 2018 Capital Fringe Fest…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:29AMWe learned, shortly after 8 p.m., that half the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra was stuck on 495. Traffic unites people with weak social bonds; it gives us something communal to commiserate abo…
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