600 stories by "David Siegel"
I needed it. A lot. A musical that reminded me that "life is a gift." A new holiday musical with heart, humor, and great new tunes. A most-welcomed and pleasant swift sleigh ride during thes…
Even having inklings of what to expect, there was no protecting myself from the shattering production of Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge at the Kennedy Center. I don't think even wear…
‘Inspired’ is the word that comes to mind for Adam Immerwahr's selection of The Christians by Lucas Hnath for this, his first full season as Artistic Director for DC's Theater J.…
Audiences can usually expect something distinct, and full of chutzpah, from the folk at DC's scrappy Faction of Fools theater troupe with its Comedia dell'Arte mission. The recipient of t…
The Edge of the Universe Players 2‘s workshop production of Young Jean Lee's Pullman, WAÂ was an evening that defies easy categorization. It was charming one moment, annoying the nex…
In these jagged days immediately after the election, Studio Theatre's richly revealing production of Straight White Men by Young Jean Lee is bracing, to say the least. It deserves our att…
There has been a wealth of films about Broadway over the decades. Many oft these Broadway-related movies are from a too distant past even if still shown on AMC or Turner Classics. If the…
Audiences of all generations and emerging Millennial-aged playwrights should rejoice at Avant Bard’s production of DC playwright Jonelle Walker's TAME. Avant Bard took a risky budgetar…
With an interest in the stories of refugees and other wandering souls, which I presumed is based upon my own family fables of wanderings to and in America, along with my work as Director, US…
This is another of my columns that delves deeper into the technical design aspects of an area live theater production. In this case, it was the intriguing sound design of NextStop's Eurydice…
From the moment Laura Benanti stepped onto the stage at The Barns at Wolf Trap to perform Tales from Soprano Isle she set the buoyant mood for the evening. She charmed and enchanted ev…
Building top-notch musical theater at George Mason University's College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) continues with its current snappy, sharp, nicely nasty production of Bertolt Brec…
An intellectually manic world, propelled by a charming, whimsical disrupter with an abundance of prickly opinions aimed at the cultural elite, awaits audiences at Spooky Action Theater. I…
A non-traditional, very timely theater experience is arriving at Reston's CenterStage from the creative risk-taking minds of award-winning Ping Chong + Company. What the Ping Chong + Company…
Celebrating outstanding achievements, leadership, and support to the arts in Fairfax County, the Cities of Fairfax and Falls Church, Virginia, the Arts Council of Fairfax County is presen…
The roaring wordless "silence" of Synetic's remount of Dante's Inferno is potent; it will swiftly suck you into its ferment depicting what sin might look and feel like if in Hell. Don't brus…
Signature's premiere of The Gulf written by Audrey Cefaly is a daring dark venture about two women entwined with heartache and sadness. It is a scorching two-hander character study that t…
Seeking out budget efficiencies with the often limited resources of a non-profit is a constant. Many of us known this from our own experiences as non-profit board members or on staff. In the…
One of Northern Virginia's bright jewel arts events, ARTS by George! returned to the Center for the Arts, George Mason University Fairfax campus with plenty of sharp, crisp, musical style fr…
Climate change is a sharp pointed object in the current 2016 political season. The language strewn about is often hot and more often than not, ad hominem to say the least But climatic is…
Folger Theatre's take on Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility is just gonna charm you with its ingenious high-velocity agility, while depicting the tastefully hide-bound, tart world of gossip…
Love is a battlefield in the vivid, high heat of Brave Spirits Theatre’s striking, fencing-match take on Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. Once again Brave Spirits (BST) is true to i…
Area non-profit arts organizations continually develop fresh ideas to reach children who may not regularly have access to the wonders of the performing arts. One new such effort is by Northe…
Hats off to the totally nifty, quite intense, immersive production of A Dream Within A Dream: Madness at Alexandria's Torpedo Factory Arts Center. Created by Through the 4th Wall Dream…
What can be more exhilarating and authentic than standing up in front of an audience to tell a true story about yourself? Maybe unnerving at first; to open up to possible ridicule from pe…
