126 stories by "Ben Demers"
Word Becomes Flesh offers a gripping journey through the trying conditions affecting black father-son relations. The production, here for 3 performances only (it closes today) at the Atlas P…
At a time when drone strikes and economic sanctions have glazed over the horror of war, Forum Theatre's riveting 9 Circles chooses to yank the jarring human toll back into the spotlight. Pla…
Double Edge Theatre might be the most exciting theater group you've never heard of – mostly because they live and work not in a cultural hub, but on a small farm in western Massachuset…
In this difficult economy, how far would you go to keep your job? Studio Theatre plumbs the comedy and horror of corporate overreach, ubiquitous surveillance, and the limits of human toleran…
Leading the charge in this season of Les Misérables-mania, (the movie opens Christmas day), the National Theatre plays host to Cameron Mackintosh’s celebrated 25th anniversary tour of…
Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’ Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and Christopher Hampton’s eventual theatrical translation, mine the lives of the French idle rich for drama and moral insigh…
So called "Laureate of American lowlife" Charles Bukowski's nostalgic poem "Two Toughs" revolves around a fleeting, golden moment when the sad sack narrator for once had the world at his fee…
The third annual Cabaret Macabre offers audiences an inventive walk on the weird side of life, just in time for Halloween. In an evening of eerie Victorian mishaps, Mark Jaster, Sabrin…
At its core, multiple Tony-winner and critical darling War Horse rests upon an otherwise unremarkable premise: "Boy befriends horse; Horse gets taken away; Boy and horse struggle to reunite …
The saying "The only way to a man’s heart is through his stomach" seems to have been tailor-made for American cooking icon James Beard. In Round House Bethesda’s newly opened pro…
By now, audiences are probably used to Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company's talent for pushing the envelope, but nothing can prepare them for a Speedo-clad actor getting body-slammed a few feet …
While Hip Hop and Theater might seem like an odd combo at first glance, the two disciplines coexist perfectly in the hands of veteran DC performers Hueman Prophets. The Prophets' latest work…
Kathleen Turner is not afraid to speak her mind, as any observer of her lengthy streak of strong female roles can tell you. At the Newseum last Wednesday night, Turner held forth with her tr…
Routine can be both comforting and confining, offering stability while constructing artificial walls that silently guide our daily lives. In their jaw-dropping production of Rob Handel’…
LA fusion dance troupe MashUp Contemporary Dance Company spices up Gala Theater with Inanimate Thoughts, an hour-long showcase of choreographed power, precision, and artistry set to an eclec…
The Faustian bargain, or "Deal with the Devil", is often used to explain virtuoso musical talent, and none looms larger in American lore than the fabled deal struck between Satan and legenda…
"Known fabulist" or not, Mike Daisey is an incredible storyteller. Despite the still simmering controversy over fact manipulation and hyperbole discovered in previous incarnations of his sma…
The Marquis de Sade may have been many things, but "modest" certainly wasn't one of them. Like the infamous French libertine and playwright whom they evoke, the cast and crew of In The Compa…
The story of Hitler's youth often gets overshadowed by his bloody WWII legacy, but the following is known: he began adulthood as a struggling, academically rejected artist in Vienna who was …
The Outcasts of Poker Flat may be the best Wild West opera you'll ever see. It may also be the only one you'll ever see, but that only underscores this rollicking, emotional production as an…
The disjointed Pericles, Prince of Tyre is a literary maelstrom of political intrigue, murder, incest, shipwrecks, mistaken identities, and pirate attacks spanning six Mediterranean cities. …
Throughout his extensive catalog of works, Shakespeare has proved over and over again that deception always catches up to us in the end, often in hilarious or tragic fashion. Shakespeare The…
While Mozart's three comic operas ("opera buffa") Don Giovanni, La Nozze de Figaro, and Cosi Fan Tutti may loom largest among his operatic legacy, his serious operas ("opera seria") boast no…
In the well-known Greek creation myth, the Titan Cronus desperately seeks to prevent the prophecy that one of his offspring will overthrow him, as he did to his own father, Uranus. Cronus' m…
When faced with the choice between the safety of a familiar life and the potential of an unwritten future, which would you choose? In Quotidian Theatre's poignant production of Brian Friel's…
