139 stories by "Alan Katz"
I can tell you almost nothing about the content you would see if you went to We Know How You Die at Woolly Mammoth, anymore than I could tell you how you're going to die. I could say that wh…
Where can you experience the world premiere of a musical with songs by a 4-time platinum artist for only $17 a pop? At Capital Fringe, of course, with Song Reader: the Musical, an earnest an…
Fear is one of the hardest feelings to convey in the emotional panoply of the theater, but POE, TIMES TWO, a solo retelling of two Edgar Allan Poe short stories, grabs the audience by the…
Allegations of physical and abuse of physical abuse and sexual harassment raised by the Chicago Reader against Darrell Cox, Artistic Director of Profiles Theatre, and accusations of bizar…
Commedia dell'Arte, the old Italian comedic that forms the foundation for new American comedy The Good Devil (in Spite of Himself), is very much like the Looney Toons of old. Not only is it …
With plenty of pop culture candy, quirky magical realism, and a heaping helping of side-splitting silliness, Flying V's newest show, Matt and Ben, has formulated a raucous recipe for a prepa…
There are a trio of beautiful moments in Floyd Collins threading through 1st Stage Tysons' newest musical offering. In the first of these moments, Harrison Smith (who plays a small cameo rol…
Some of the oldest stories still extant of the adventures of legendary outlaw Robin Hood are songs about his untimely demise, a metaphor-rich ballad about honor and being laid back in Englis…
All over the promotional material for Synetic's Man in the Iron Mask, there is a dire warning: THIS PRODUCTION WILL HAVE DIALOGUE. As if audiences have to be warned of talking actors as much…
Transmission, the newest and final offering from this iteration of the playwriting collective The Welders, tests my inherent resistance to superlatives. But the problem with resisting the "m…
Most people have that friend. You know, that friend.The one you're so close to that it makes other people uncomfortable or makes them question your sexuality or makes them say "I wish they'd…
Looking for Roberto Clemente, a remounted musical from Imagination Stage, mixes pushed nostalgia and classic sports formulae to bridge generations and make an adorable musical. The story …
A hip bash held Saturday night at the storied Humana Festival of New American Plays in Louisville, Kentucky celebrated the newly announced winner of the 2016 Harold and Mimi Steinbe…
In the wake of recent news of the renaming of George Mason University’s Law School after controversial conservative political figure Antonin Scalia, DC Theatre Scene has confirmed a ne…
I have yet to come across a theater artist who dreams bigger than Annalisa Dias. She has facilitated and studied theater on several continents. She has produced, directed, dramaturged, de…
The last time Playwright Motti Lerner, Director Sinai Peter, and Producing Artistic Director Ari Roth got together for a production, they created the controversial play The Admission, which …
The Pillowman from Martin McDonagh has been a hot play for more than a decade, catapulting its author to major film writing gigs and international stardom. A local version from Forum Theatre…
1984, Shakespeare Theatre Company's newest visiting international production, combines cutting-edge technology with a very old technique for making political plays for this new adaptation of…
As a critic, I'm sometimes in the business of prediction: who is going to win what award, what production is going to sell well, what company is going to have the best season coming up. And …
There are some historical characters that cry out for animation on the stage. Stephen Sondheim has fixated on a pair of them in his meandering travelogue Road Show, a historical biographical…
When the Rain Stops Falling, the startlingly complex multi-generational family drama now getting its regional premiere at 1st Stage Tysons, shows the inextricable ties between even estranged…
Plays about extreme Beauty always seem to contain extreme ugliness. Woolly Mammoth's newest offering, the off-Broadway smash and award-winning straight play Guards at the Taj, is no exceptio…
Can you think of anything as emotionally dramatic or hilariously rambunctious as a party at a haunted drunken lesbian coke house? Me neither. Fortunately, you've got an invitation to the …
1. This Chihuahua Who Found Out That There Was No Live Stream of the Nomination Announcements, But Then Remembered That Twitter is a Thing. Notice that she is still real disappointed. I'…
There's a certain irony in watching Sweat, a play about the annihilation of the American working class, in corporate-sponsored palatial theater charging $80+ a pop for full-price seats, not …
