78 stories by "Bev Fleisher"
The resources of upstart Best Medicine Rep are optimized in this charming production of Robin Rothstein's new work, Derek Jeter Makes the Play. Tucked in a corner of Lakeforest Mall, Best Me…
Deb Filler's love note to the world wends through near-universal musical touchstones, bawdy humor, the joys (or not) of Yiddish, coincidental connections, and the impact of one important mus…
Bullies in the bathroom, rampant rumors and petty one-upmanship. Whether in Texas, Iowa or Connecticut, the horrors of high school cattiness haunt many into their adult years. Texas Homecomi…
Top notch performers, frequent laughter, applause, audience sing-alongs, and an all-in standing hymn recital characterized a night at Rockville Musical Theatre's production of Monty Python&#…
Patsy Cline's spirit inhabited the theater when Laura Stracko sang some of Cline's later and best known songs including "Sweet Dreams," "She's Got You," "I Fall to Pieces" and "Crazy." Direc…
Two-hundred and fifty artist citizens, teachers, members of arts non-profits, business executives, scientists and technologists from around the world, came together for a full day at the fou…
How often are you torn between the demands of a profession and finding a satisfactory work/life balance? James Lapine's book about George Seurat examines the difficulty of finding a solut…
The cast of Ovations Theatre's production of Spring Awakening could sing the phone book and still be entrancing. Director Darnell Patrick Morris brought a fresh approach to the Tony Award-wi…
Urinetown,The Musical, the totally odiferous sounding but truly entertaining musical, comes up smelling like a rose in its production by the students and faculty at Woodrow Wilson High Sc…
To say that 13-year-old jazz pianist Joey Alexander is a child prodigy is an understatement. He is the future of jazz. According to his bio on his website, he has appeared in performance …
The Victorian Lyric Opera Company (VLOC) presented a semi-staged concert version of the 1843 opera, The Bohemian Girl. The opera has music by Michael William Balfe and a libretto by Al…
The Sultans of String delight and excite. This is World Music as you've never heard it before. The music is, quite simply, a soul satisfying mash-up of European gypsy, classical, punjabi, ja…
All eyes were on Joshua Bell during the Academy of St Martin in the Fields performance, although only one of the three pieces played by the world-renowned chamber orchestra featured him. Alt…
This show is outstanding! At its heart, Calendar Girls is about the ability of women "of a certain age" to continue to flex and grow for all of the right reasons. The sensitivity of Co-Direc…
Carmen: An Afro-Cuban Jazz Musical, in its world premiere at The Olney Theatre Center, is worthy of an endless stream of accolades including ‘dazzling,’ ‘amazing,’ &#…
The cast of American University’s Big Love, written by Charles L. Mee and directed by Isaiah M. Wooden, was masterful in communicating the big and complex issues raised in the play.…
The performance of the student version of Legally Blonde Jr.at Adventure Theatre MTC was a rollicking ride through the highlights of the extended version. The story is one of female empow…
One concern of many parents and grandparents is that their children will lose sight of family history. A Change Gon' Come, by Kashi-Tara, dramatically ties together the civil rights issu…
Lauren Kaplan Holland (Dionne), in all her tranquil beauty, set the mood perfectly for Wilson High School's production of Hair. Action jumps in as Kellic Dawson (Hud), and Zac Nechbar-Sec…
F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is considered one on the finest books in 20 th century American literature. The production, adapted for the stage by Simon Levy, is a huge project for …
Both Roger Catlin, in his April 24, 2015 article in The Washington Post, and GMU Dance Professor Dan Joyce, during his pre-performance discussion, describe MOMIX as "dancer-illusionists." Th…
33 years after they began, The Soul Crackers deliver tight, in-the-pocket covers from all-star soul, Motown and 70's Funk bands. For over three hours, the band drove from one song directly t…
Previous positive experiences with the DC Women's Theatre Group primed me for a touching performance. A Prude's Guide to Good Sex needs some fine-tuning before it lives up to the expectat…
Grounded provides a unique look into one woman’s journey from top-notch fighter pilot, on which her self-image is staked, to a drone pilot sinking daily into the shrouds of PTSD. There…
Menopause The Musical is still hysterical and fresh after 15 years and multiple thousands of performances. I use the word 'hysterical' on purpose: for many women who have gone through the mo…
