247 stories by "Jeffrey Walker"
For Part 2 of our interviews with members of the "line," Jeff Walker spoke with local performers Parker Drown and Carl Randolph. The cast of A Chorus Line. (Photo: Stan Barouh) (l-r) Parker …
Rorschach Theatre had two reasons to celebrate last night. On August 19, they debuted Neverwhere at Atlas Performing Arts Center and ended a successful fundraising effort. Not unusual for no…
Take away the nearly unseen director, the memorable songs, the dazzling dance numbers, and the high-kicking finale in A Chorus Line and what’s left are the stories of dancers desperate…
What could be better than one Alan Bennett? How about two? The British playwright (The History Boys, Talking Heads) often injects pieces of his personal life into his work. In The Lady in th…
You have to hand it to Jack Marshall. While his company, American Century Theater, values works from the past, Marshall has dusted off a charming musical about traditional marriage from …
I had a dream the other night in which I was transported to a quaint European city where the sounds of gypsy violins pervaded the air and romance was just around the corner. Actually, this w…
A dash of old-time TV variety show, a pinch of late-night talk show, and more than a soupçon of improvisation are the ingredients the guys at No Rules Theatre Company hope will satisfy fu…
- We talk with Alan Paul, co-director of The Rocky Horror Show, about to open at Studio Theatre's 2nd Stage - This year marks forty years of pelvic thrusts, cross-dressing aliens, and go…
When the popular boy-band from the late-90s 'N Sync broke up in 2002, Justin Timberlake rose to even greater fame as a solo performer and actor. But what if success had not followed Timberla…
Fighting back appreciative tears, Joshua Morgan declared “Aaron Posner is like a theatrical father" to No Rules Theatre Company. The day after Father's Day, Monday, June 17, the young …
As the audience enters, strains of vintage country tunes fills the air. The music segues from the pops and cracks of old recordings to the live band that will serve as back-up for the late c…
Sophistication, wit and a vivid leading female character are front and center in S.N. Behrman's Biography. Thank you, American Century Theater for finding this forgotten gem. If you like you…
Summer’s coming, and with it, Pippin co-producers Anna Roberts Ostroff and Alan Ostroff return to Annapolis to open Infinity Theatre’s third season of bringing New York talent to…
- Enjoy an interactive discussion on Twelfth Night with acclaimed author and Tony Award-nominee Ken Ludwig, followed by a book-signing for his new book, "How to Teach Your Children Shakespea…
Striding in through the doorway of the Kennedy Center's African Gallery, Julie Halston enters, greeting her guest like an old friend. "Hello, Jeff Walker." And hello, to Julie Halston, c…
Spank! head writer and director Jim Millan talks about the show. Taking guilty pleasures to new heights, the "Fifty Shades" trilogy by fan-fiction writer E. L. James broke publishing records…
The gods moved to New Orleans for the music. So goes the premise of Dan Dietz's riff on an ancient Greek tragedy, Clementine in the Lower 9, the latest from Forum Theatre, opening May …
A blind date can be a boon or a bust for two strangers seeking romance. But what if the couple know each other and use blind dates as a game in an attempt to keep a spark in their relationsh…
For your consideration: An evening of theatre with echoes of "The Twilight Zone" and "Star Trek." And if you look closely, you also might find glimmers of Waiting for Godot. The thespians pl…
Offering seven weekly roundtrip flights to Paris, via the swinging sixties, Rep Stage is currently flying Boeing Boeing direct from the Smith Theatre at Howard Community College.Camoletti's …
For the current production of Bill Cain's deeply personal How to Write a New Book for the Bible, Ryan Rilette, producing artistic director at Round House Theatre, has moved to the directo…
Costume designer Murell Horton has a simple philosophy:Â "Theatre, to me, is really good storytelling if it's done well. It's also about coming together to create a world that had not been…
An Interview with Olney Theatre’s Jason King Jones and  actor Michael Russotto Take four middle-managers from a Manchester business firm " think the UK version of "The Office." Now …
When you are fourteen, choosing which clothes to wear and lunch table politics should top the list of big events of your school day. Jason Papadopoulos wishes those were his biggest problems…
Nancy Opel is a trouper, yet, until now, her thirty year career in theatre missed one thing. Her credits include a who's who and a what's what of distinguished productions: Broadway's Evita …