118 stories by "Brian Bochicchio"
Thornton Wilder's Our Town ambles into DC's suburbia–landing as is has in thousands of other large and small towns across America. One can't miss the signs in the grassy med…
Just as this isn't your usual Brothers Grimm tale, this isn't your usual children's theatre, either. Reston/Herndon's NextStop Theatre has put together a fun fable–Snow White–tha…
One favorite parlor game to play is let's meet a famous person. If you could pick someone to have dinner with, who would it be? Scott Carter's thought provoking play The Gospel According …
“I wish I can take away the memory, and leave the pain.” "The Walking Man Falling Out Of Time, the world premiere play based on David Grossman's absorbing bestselling novel about…
Leave it to Irish playwright Martin McDonagh to make a case for being the Brothers Grimm of the 21st century. The playwright has carved out a niche market for himself with such grotes…
Need to break up the winter with a soulful, steamy show selection? It starts, it establishes itself, it continues, and it just keeps on coming"an African American musical roadmap, packed wit…
It's really the pace of it all"the unplanned meandering stroll through the nondescript town, in the play–aptly named Middletown, that gets you. Playwright Will Eno's word wise play is …
The much anticipated Signature production of West Side Story has arrived, and it is a rumble with nary a stumble. Signature has a deserved, mostly favorable rep for doing shows big. They rar…
Now becoming a DC holiday staple, An Irish Carol is the Christmas story that brings a wee little saltiness to the endearing holiday tale of a miserable old man who transforms his life just i…
Christmas is the quintessential time of tradition. We have our unique memory-laced decorations, the one holiday dish we can't do without, or that special trip downtown. For many of us, watch…
It hangs thickly in the air, waiting to be uttered by daft, supremely non-pc denizens of the isle of Inishmaan, a beautifully desolate place on Ireland's western coast. As if his given name,…
As we close out the DC Women's Voices Theatre Festival, theatre-goers have experienced voices come that have roared, whispered, shocked us and teased. With the quirky and wholesome in…
With as many hits as iconic 60s singer and lyricist Carole King had, one would think that Beautiful: The Carole King Musical would "chart" an easy path to success. It’s fun, likable an…
At the highest level, I invariably find myself looking at a show in one of three ways. What is it trying to tell me? Where is it all going? Or, do I just strap in and go along with the ride?…
What is it like to be partly free? Emerging playwright Gabrielle Fulton's fascinating new play, Uprising, at Alexandria's MetroStage, provides a unique twist on the African-American experien…
A show that a playwright spends 6 years writing, creating 5 acts/38 scenes, and 3+ hours long play requiring a cast of about 20 (a half dozen who must be fluent in Manda…
In our politically charged climate, our electoral process can indeed be akin to kabuki theater. Whether a parody, satire, or theatre of the absurd, the upcoming election cycle promises to co…
The search for creative ideas to implement has led to numerous movies being turned into Broadway musicals, the hook usually being archetypal characters that resonate and plotlines tha…
I've seen quite a few musicals over the years, but never have I been so easily and graciously taken in as I was last week at the DC opening of Once at the Kennedy Center. The season's su…
The unappreciated and unending responsibilities of motherhood are wrapped around a woman accused of harming her baby in the artfully performed drama The Good Counselor by Kathryn Grant a…
Open the head of famed iconoclast writer/artist Alfred Jarry, and watch out. In this free-flowing imaginarium, playwright and Artistic Director Richard Henrich has crafted for DC's Sp…
Two actors in a relentless cat and mouse exchange, unexpected plot changes, and an emotional roller coaster makes for a masterful psychological thriller in The Letters at Alexandria's MetroS…
A new work of theatre art is a singularly unpredictable event. Even after it is onstage, it is still essentially a work in progress, so is it fully baked? And the thought always occurs t…
The spring offering from Washington Theatre Guild is a step back to the classical age of the 1920s, a time of postwar change and a heightened appreciation of the arts and social mobility.Â�…
When you first meet someone at a party, especially in Washington titletown, you know the go-to thing is to ask them "and what do you do?” Â Not many people would say “I …
