118 stories by "Brian Bochicchio"
If thoughts of high school calculus make you cringe, and words like quadratic, derivative, and exponential polynomial make your eyes glaze over, fear not. Advance prep and number 2 penci…
You know its coming. You wait for it with nervous expectation. Your ears tingle in readiness as you listen to her reluctant music collaborator and friend, Cosme McMoon, sitting in a 1940s ja…
The Shakespeare Theatre has saved us from a dreadfully unbecoming winter of single digit desolation by bringing us Oscar Wilde's self-described 'trivial' ode to language: The Importance Of B…
The patterns that we fall into every holiday season are insidiously familiar. Â With Thanksgiving as the starting gate, we end our fall events and the "Holidays" come. Along with radio jin…
The quintessential theatre-lover's play, Noises Off arrives at 1st Stage Theatre in Tysons as distinctly fun escapist fare for the holiday season. It is loaded with F's…frantic, frolicking…
Be prepared to be hit by and possibly Carried Away on the Crest of a Wave. Â Hub Theatre's imaginative presentation of Canadian playwright David Yee's new play is a theme-based evening con…
Recalling the wise words of a director I worked with in my formative years, he once intoned "I wish theatre groups not take on Man of La Mancha unless they are prepared to do it right." His …
A Tribute to R & H and ALW Concert is both a mouthful and a collection of some of the most beloved songs crafted by these composers. Performed by the Reston Community Players in a gra…
The premiere production of NextStop Theatre unveiled this past weekend, with the uproariously enjoyable sendup, The 39 Steps. NextStop is the new incarnation of Elden Street Players, a basti…
Signature Theatre's ambitious forays into extravaganza theatre continue as Miss Saigon whirls into town. But just like a first love that you meet years later, the second time around can some…
Signature Theatre's Sizzling Summer Cabaret is an opportunity to spotlight some of Signature artists and area performers in the cool confines of its smaller, cozy venue. Dropping in on a Wed…
Take a heinous and tragic death and followup military intervention, infuse it with a steady supply of testosterone, and we get a show that invokes our own moral code of what and who the mili…
The symphony on a temperate summer night. Musicians in short sleeves, sending off lilting vibrations into the cooling air, the possibility of musical magic.  Even better, a theme to l…
Everyone knows that international disputes and jingoistic land grabs are made easier to handle with a pulsating soundtrack. Giving deserved pub and decibels to a quite unappreciated world co…
Just as revenge is best served cold, issues of personal identity are best handled  lightheartedly and with a touch of kindness. So it is with upcoming playwright Jordan Harrison's work Ac…
Part of the wistfulness of nostalgia is the feeling that those special moments can never be brought back. We're too polarized, too jaded, to wise for our own good. It was suddenly put to res…
Theatre as an artistic medium engages us with a combination of our senses, including our senses of imagination and creativity. Some plays are tuned to the ear–the ebbs and flow of lang…
Wow, Noel Coward sure knows how to shake up a room, and make intergalactic hanky-panky palatable. 1st Stage Theatre's Blithe Spirit is a soaring production that delivers delicious bon mots (…
