If there is one thing you can say about Kaela Mei-Shing Garvin's play currently running at Strand Theater Company, it's that it certainly isn't afraid to take some chances. As a result, thea…
The love story of F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda is one that would make for a pretty engaging movie, a lively limited series, or perhaps even a musical. A musical had actually been p…
The Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage was created as an artistic celebration of our "collective cultural heritage in the most inclusive and accessible way possible." A series of free concert…
When one conjures images of vaudeville, such images are usually connected to the "variety act" genre: a series of short skits, songs, gags and attractions that offered audiences more digesti…
When you think classic sitcoms and those iconic sitcom couples, generally who spring to mind are the likes of Ross and Rachel, Sam and Diane, Paul and Jamie. In Best Medicine Rep's productio…
The "Hip Hop Nutcracker" is the new Nutcracker standard as far as I'm concerned. The original 19th-century classic, adapted from an E.T.A. Hoffman story and set to Tchaikovsky's score, has s…
Shakespeare wrote a number of incredibly thought-provoking and complex roles for women characters"Cordelia, Lady Macbeth, Ophelia, Portia, Kate"and the list is long. In fact, some might say …
Especially for fans of Broadway musicals, Ana Nogueira's new play, "Which Way to the Stage," is a must-see. Advertised as a comedy that follows NYC musical theatre superfans "Jeff and Judy a…
David Foster Wallace once said, "hell hath no fury like a coolly received postmodernist." When Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox came to town, they certainly made sure that their reception …
My understanding of Richard Burton's life and legacy, prior to seeing this play, was admittedly limited to knowing that he was married (twice) to Elizabeth Taylor, not without controversy; t…
Money makes the world go round"as many of the characters in George Bernard Shaw's "Major Barbara" would readily agree (except for perhaps the titular one). Summing up a play that unapologeti…
One of the issues when trying to bring an older play to the stage is that sometimes themes don't quite translate, dialogue reads as irrelevant, and characterizations tread the slippery slope…
It is often said that it can be difficult if not impossible to improve upon the original. But with Solas Nua's production of "The Playboy of the Western World" by Bisi Adigun and Roddy Doyle…
Bless ji Jaja's new play "The Window King," a Live Garra Theatre production closed its run thi spast weekend at the Silver Spring Black Box Theatre. It seems to take its cue from a number of…