31 stories by "Barbara Papendorp"
S-T-U-P-E-N-D-O-U-S AND S-I-D-E-S-P-L-I-T-T-I-N-G The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a delightful and unconventional musical comedy that debuted in 2005. With music and lyrics by …
DOUBLE YOUR PLEASURE, DOUBLE YOUR FUN The Comedy of Errors is one of William Shakespeare's earliest and most farcical comedies, centered around themes of mistaken identity and slapstick humo…
A FABULOUS FEVER DREAM Soft Power at Signature Theatre is a meta-theatrical production that begins with a semi-autobiographical portrayal of David Henry Hwang, who, following a near-fatal in…
NINE IS A TEN AT THE KEN CEN In Nine, the musical adaptation of Federico Fellini's 1963 film 8½ now playing at the Kennedy Center, Guido Contini, a renowned Italian film director of…
KATERINA MCCRIMMON IS INDEED THE GREATEST STAR Funny Girl is a beloved musical that first premiered on Broadway in 1964, with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Bob Merrill, and a book by Isobel…
DAZZLED BY THE STARS UNDER THE STARS Last night, Signature Theatre and the Wolf Trap Center for the Arts (the only national park dedicated to presenting the performing arts) collaborated aga…