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1,519 stories by "Peter Marks"

A delightful 'Seagull' with Parker Posey is modernized and done right by Peter Marks

Off-Broadway, Parker Posey stars in Thomas Bradshaw's updating of Chekhov's ever-popular "The Seagull" to the present in Woodstock, N.Y.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:13pm on March 10, 2023

Jessica Chastain captivates in a strikingly minimalist 'Doll's House' by Peter Marks

Ibsen's masterwork is revived in a spare, illuminating production, directed by Jamie Lloyd.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 8:30pm on March 9, 2023

Arena Stage narrows hunt for new leader as Smith picks her final plays by Peter Marks

Board of acclaimed D.C. theater plans to announce successor to artistic director Molly Smith soon; her 2023-2024 slate includes both new musicals and plays.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 8:00am on March 8, 2023

'Selling Kabul' falls short of its 'Homeland'-style ambitions by Peter Marks

Sylvia Khoury's drama about life in the Afghan capital, at Signature Theatre through April 2, is more sluggish than scintillating.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 3:01pm on March 6, 2023

I've seen the best "King Lear" of my life. Patrick Page moved me to tears. by Peter Marks

Review of Simon Godwin's production in Washington, DC

SOURCE: Washington Post at 8:22am on March 6, 2023

This 'King Lear' might be the best our theater critic has ever seen by Peter Marks

Director Simon Godwin's sleek "King Lear," with a consummate Patrick Page as the vain and foolish king, is definitive.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:57pm on March 3, 2023

Parker Posey is playing a classic Chekhov character and having a ball by Peter Marks

She is starring in the New Group's "The Seagull/Woodstock, NY," playwright Thomas Bradshaw's sly updating of Chekhov's sublime tragicomedy.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:00am on March 2, 2023

Tulsa massacre horror reverberates in a solemn 'High Ground' at Arena by Peter Marks

Arena Stage production of Nathan Alan Davis's new play is provocative and lyrical, yet somewhat opaque.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:44pm on March 1, 2023

Kennedy Center replaces 'Kiss of the Spider Woman' with 'Spamalot' by Peter Marks

Citing a rights issue, the Kennedy Center cancels a revival of "Kiss of the Spider Woman." Instead, it will offer "Monty Python's Spamalot."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 9:30am on February 28, 2023

Oscar Isaac, Rachel Brosnahan head sparkling cast in Hansberry revival by Peter Marks

Brooklyn Academy of Music stages "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window," a little-known play by "Raisin in the Sun" playwright Lorraine Hansberry.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 8:00pm on February 27, 2023

Broadway's 'Into the Woods,' now at the Kennedy Center, still enchants by Peter Marks

Director Lear deBessonet's spare staging of "Into the Woods," now at the Kennedy Center, places the accent in this fractured fairy tale musical on storytelling

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:27pm on February 26, 2023

The play that 'Raisin in the Sun' overshadowed finally gets its due by Peter Marks

Lorraine Hansberry's "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window" is being staged at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, starring with Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:23pm on February 23, 2023

An award in RBG's name will go to a star she loved: Barbra Streisand by Peter Marks

Streisand will receive the Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Woman of Leadership Award at the Library of Congress on April 22.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 9:00am on February 22, 2023

Kylie Jenner, murder, Instagram: This raucous British play cuts deep by Peter Marks

A provocative play about Internet influencers and their effect on Black women, "Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner," comes to D.C.'s Woolly Mammoth Theatre.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:16pm on February 13, 2023

Big names fuel high hopes for the spring theater scene by Peter Marks

Stages will feature the artistry of Jessica Chastain, Oscar Isaac, Stephen Sondheim and Lynn Nottage.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:00am on February 10, 2023

On Broadway, home movies reveal tough truths about America itself by Peter Marks

Nathan Lane, Zoë Wanamaker and Danny Burstein star in "Pictures from Home," a play with "Death of a Salesman" vibes

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:00pm on February 9, 2023

The Atlas arts center, and its full theater menu, is a gem on H Street by Peter Marks

The Atlas Performing Arts Center in Northeast Washington offers "Bars and Measures" and "The Cake" on adjacent stages.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:29pm on February 8, 2023

In a world on the brink, there's always room for Beckett's 'Endgame' by Peter Marks

Two productions of 'Endgame' are on the boards in New York and Washington, freshly revealing Beckett's relevance.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 1:25pm on February 6, 2023

'Sunset Boulevard' at the Kennedy Center quakes with a volcanic Norma by Peter Marks

Stephanie J. Block is the powerhouse star of a revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical take on a timeless 1950 film.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:22pm on February 3, 2023

In this 'Tempest,' a misshapen, two-headed monster steals the show by Peter Marks

Two actors, Hassiem Muhammad and Ryan Sellers, collaborate on an electrifyingly physical interpretation of Shakespeare's Caliban at Round House Theatre.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:09pm on January 26, 2023

Theater J names Hayley Finn as its new artistic director by Peter Marks

Finn comes to D.C. from Minneapolis, where her job at the Playwrights' Center revolved around new work

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:00pm on January 24, 2023

This Broadway piano isn't just a prop. It's a piece of Black history. by Peter Marks

The upright piano in the Broadway revival of August Wilson's "The Piano Lesson" is being donated to the Smithsonian.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:00pm on January 24, 2023

Seth Rozin's story of the last two Jewish men in Kabul needs more oomph by Peter Marks

Theater J production of "Two Jews Walk Into a War," running through Feb. 5, is comically unleavened.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:38pm on January 20, 2023

D.C. is awash in actors, directors and writers hatching new plays by Peter Marks

Post-pandemic, Mosaic, Folger and Ford's are some of the Washington companies staging workshops to nurture original scripts.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 2:15pm on January 19, 2023

How a play about a pope's last days reveals the stark reality of dying by Peter Marks

In Poland, "The Death of John Paul II" divides audiences and highlights the career of an inventive young stage director.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 6:00am on January 19, 2023
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