77 stories by "Jennifer Perry"
A night of Gershwin music? We've all been there and done that, right? If DC musical theatre mainstay Sandy Bainum's cabaret at Signature Theatre is any indication, the answer may be …
Signature Theatre favorite and Tony/Olivier Award nominee Euan Morton kicked off Signature Theatre's annual Sizzlin' Summer Cabaret festival with a bit of a twist.  In addition to len…
There's a new musical in the works at Signature Theatre. Of course, that's not surprising since the Tony Award-winning theatre has been a hotbed of contemporary musical theatre creativit…
The touring version of Roundabout Theatre Company’s 2011 Tony Award-winning production of Cole Porter's Anything Goes, which originally premiered on Broadway in 1934, has everything on…
One might say that Capital Fringe came a little early to Washington, DC this year. Ambitious emerging theatre company Flying V's devised work, The Best of Craigslist, is one of those qui…
There's a new place to hear live music in town and it's exquisite. Old school movie house, short lived Nederlander venue (The Bethesda Theatre) turned live music venue, the Bethesda Blue…
Like any musical theatre geek who gets giddy at the mere mention of obscure showtunes, I must say that I look forward to Signature Theatre's Lost Songs of Broadway cabaret every year. Fo…
Tony Award-winner Brian Stokes Mitchell of Ragtime, Man of La Mancha, and Kiss Me, Kate fame is no stranger to the Kennedy Center stage and, given the strength of his voice, it's easy to …
Continuing its tradition of showcasing known and lesser known Broadway and West End talent in the Barbara Cook's Spotlight cabaret series, the Kennedy Center played host to Adam Pascal on a …
It's nearly certain that most aficionados of the American musical theatre would agree that Jerome Kern (Music) and Oscar Hammerstein II's (Book and Lyrics) Show Boat, based on Edna Ferber's …
In an era where interchangeable and mediocre bubblegum pop music reigns supreme on the radio, it's hard to believe that less than a century ago two brothers, George and Ira Gershwin, were th…
In New York City, it seems, one can find a cabaret venue on virtually every corner. Although such institutions are far less common in our own metropolitan area, things are starting to ch…
What do we think of when we think of the greatest Broadway musicals of the last hundred years? The answer to this question, of course, is quite subjective.  If we go by composer/lyric…
Following Nova Y. Payton's debut at Signature Theatre in the 2011 production of Shaiman and Wittman's Hairspray, there was more than just a little buzz about the new theatre girl in town wit…
Elaine Paige is a rarity among the many that tread the boards on Broadway and the West End not only in terms of her sheer vocal power, but also a power of a different sort " her staying powe…
It's hard to explain America's fascination with The Wizard of Oz other than to say it's an enduring one. L. Frank Baum's classic book The Wonderful World of Oz inspired a Hollywood movie…
Two generations of Japanese men search for their destinies not knowing where their journeys, which span the time and space continuum, might lead them. That is the fundamental conception …
Most recently seen at The Kennedy Center in Eric Schaeffer's lavish production of Stephen Sondheim's Follies, Terri White has returned to the Washington, DC area, but this time with a single…
John Waters' classic cult film Hairspray is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. After the huge success of the film-based musical on Broadway " which won several Tony Awards, spawned …
The story of Zorro has long been the source material for many a creative endeavor. Following in the footsteps of many that have come before them, Janet Allard and Eleanor Holdridge have exam…
Tony Award nominee Emily Skinner is no stranger to the Washington, DC area. In addition to appearing in full productions in the area (Dirty Blonde and The Witches of Eastwick at Signature Th…
The first production in this year’s “Voices from the Middle East Festival,” a staple in the Theater J theatre season, is Israeli Savyon Liebrecht’s Apples from the…
I admit that despite my church upbringing and Christian faith I am not one to want to spend hours listening to Christmas music around this time of year. There's something to be said about ov…
4 stars (3 ½ stars for production execution; 4 ½ stars for the teen performances) Synetic Theater's teen company's production of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is an example of a case…
I was one of those girls that belted out "On My Own" incessantly in my bedroom as a teenager and have been a bit of a Les Mis junkie since first hearing many of its most recognizable songs i…
