57 stories by "Lauren Katz"
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul producing holy witness Is like a villain with a smiling cheek, A goodly apple rotten at the heart." " William Shakespeare, The Merc…
Now in its ninth year, the Source Festival aims to act as a starting ground for new work from artists, both new and seasoned, from all over the country. Through collaboration and a great dea…
It's the beginning of Act I. The lights just start to go down, and everyone begins to settle into their seats for the next two hours. Nothing seems out of the ordinary, and all look forward …
Lyssa is sitting in her living room with her father, Senator Alan Hughes. He reads to her a letter from their ancestor, General Ulysses S. Grant, to his own daughter Ellen Wrenshell. In the …
Globally, it's 1963 in South Africa, in the midst of the Apartheid, and also the same year as the Rivonia Trial. This is the event in which ten leaders of the African National Congress (incl…
The Northwest and Southwest sides of DC are filled with theatre and art. From the Shakespeare Theatre Company and Woolly Mammoth to Arena Stage and Studio Theatre, one never needs to look to…
Southern jazz fills the theatre as the warm lights come up on a bedroom. A mix of yellow and pink shines through the windows at the back of the stage, transporting us to sunset on a hot, sum…
General Othello breaks up a drunken duel. The crowd of cheering military men disperses, and all that remains are Iago, Othello's trusted advisor, and Lieutenant Cassio, who was also the inst…
There is a moment when Director and performer  John Moletress and Jocelyn Kuritsky are dancing on stage left. Caridad Svich is singing her original song "Low Valley" on stage right. As th…
In 1989, Ken Ludwig's Lend Me a Tenor took home four Drama Desk Awards, and was nominated for seven Tony Awards, including Best Play. When the play returned to Broadway in 2010, the producti…
There is a legend about the London premiere of George Frideric Handel's Messiah involving King George II. The story says that he was so moved by the ‘Hallelujah Chorus’ in Part T…
As a fan of dance and ballet, I have seen a number of professional productions of The Nutcracker over the years, but this particular performance by the Metropolitan Ballet Theatre is going t…
Last night, Round House Theatre premiered their second play of the season, The Night Alive. As always, I read up on the play before attending, but no amount of research could have prepared m…
I walked into the Gaithersburg Arts Barn for Aladdin JRÂ as I often do when I review a play. I picked up my two tickets, went to my seat, and started to flip through my program. However, t…
As I walked into James Lee Community Center on the afternoon of Sunday, October 4, I filed into the theater with a rather large audience and opened my program to the director's note, where D…
Over the course of the fall of 2015, more than 50 DC area theater companies will participate in the Women's Voices Theater Festival, an event celebrating new works created by women. Through …
Over 50 DC theater companies have joined together this fall to showcase new work written by women. All the big names in the area ranging from Arena Stage and The Studio Theatre to Shakespear…
In Former British Children's Laureate Michael Rosen's June 2014 Guardian article on arts education, he provides a checklist for teaching artists to keep in mind. The list has ten ideas that …
The title of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night is often considered a reference to "Epiphany," or the twelfth night of the Christmas Celebration. Around Shakespeare's time, this night was celebrate…
It is easy to become lost in the thriving theater scene of the Washington DC area. With all of the major houses producing top-notch works, it is hard to look past the grandeur of their produ…
Upon entering the Eastman Studio Theatre venue at Gallaudet University, I did not quite know how to respond as I was handed a book entitled Daybreak in Korea by Robert L. Sheldon. As I looke…
Sponsored by CulturalDC, the Source Festival presents 24 new plays over the course of three weeks that showcase the talents of a variety of artists from across the nation. These plays fall i…
On Saturday night, I walked into the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre with certain anticipations. As my third Victorian Lyric Opera Company production, I expected phenomenal singing, beautiful co…
Last night, I found myself transported to 2063, a world in which Africa is one large united nation, the United States is welcoming the first gay president to the oval office, and the White H…
Last night, The Keegan Theatre's fourth annual production of An Irish Carol met a full house ready to experience the play's impressive reputation. However this time, the Company has a few di…
