50 stories by "Sarah Ameigh"
I have a confession. I love Legally Blonde the Musical. Not a vague kind of love, reserved for cute animals and free parking, and not a brooding kind of love, the way many English majors fee…
How many faces have historians and powers-that-be overlooked in favor of a cleaner ending, or a more convenient moral? History has captives and casualties, buried in basements and the minds …
When most actors walk on to a stage, an audience sees just that: an actor. A charismatic actor, maybe, or a compelling actor. Comically gifted, or sullen, possibly sympathetic. It is a deman…
They're creepy. They're kooky. They're currently infesting Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre. The Addam's Family. (And holy Gomez, can they sing.) What originated as a cartoon, written by Charl…
Winter holds a certain charm before the holidays, with turkeys and caroling and gifts and gift-wrapping. But then comes months of gray skies and tax season. Â The soul begins to demand sum…
"Because paper has more patience than people." So wrote Anne Frank, and so declares Love Letters, the half-a-century-spanning story of two people falling in and out of love though paper, pen…
When one mentions The Lion King, a succession of impressive numbers may come up, if the crowd is right. Take, for instance, 7, as in the 7th longest running Broadway musical in history. Or 7…
When I was six years old, tragedy struck. Tantrum-throwing, heart-wailing, tragedy. My beloved VHS copy of Annie had been "accidentally destroyed," (the circumstances of which are still susp…
These days, asking how one takes their books will yield more answers than asking how one takes their coffee. Hardback? Paperback? Nook? Kindle? Barnes and Noble? Amazon?…
Revolution. The word is brimming with power, strength, and a sensationalist quality of seduction. America tends to salivate over a good old tale of revolution, sometimes getting so hungr…
"The ends justify the means". Villainous ladder-climbers spout it in corporate dramas, and history teachers write it across blackboards (at least mine did). Most of us know Machiavelli from …
The cast of MTV's "Jersey Shore" had a great year last year. Contracts, promotional tours, endorsements, and millions of adoring fans at their feet. What did the cast of "Jersey Shore" do to…
The Inkwell, one of Washington DC’s significant resources for new play development, is asking playwrights from across the country to send in their plays for Inkwell’s 2011 …
Let’s Fringe again, like we did this summer. After wildly successful runs at this summer's Capital Fringe Festival, Flyboy, But Love Is My Middle Name, The Bird, and Cabaret XXX; Les F…
The Olney Theatre Center, Olney's 73-year-old professional, award-winning Equity theater, is ending August on a wild note. On August 26 and 27, they'll celebrate their 22nd annual Shakesp…
Imagine a man who leaves behind his wife and children in search of financial stability and a better future overseas. Imagine the man finds himself stranded abroad and returns, an unrecogniza…
Maybe it was the 10pm curtain or the Ting-Tings pre-show soundtrack. Maybe it was the average audience age (30 years, roughly, according the production) but an unmistakable buzz was building…
If you're looking for an evening of escapism and suspension of belief, A Wild Play is not the show for you. If you're looking for an evening of contemplation and art that challenges you to d…
When Emily Love Morrison, the talented voice and mind behind But Love Is My Middle Name!, steps on to the stage, she's packing more than just an acoustic guitar and a venti Starbucks latte. …
In the 21st century, love sometimes seems to be as much about science as it is about soulmates. Between online dating and Facebook relationship statuses, romance has been completely digit…
The term "Boston marriage" refers to a relationship between two women considered both emotionally and physically intimate. After watching David Mamet's silver-tongued play of the same title,…
Poland is not a sexy country. John Feffer, author and star of the one-man play The Bird, can and does tell you as much. But after accompanying John through the raucously funny and heart-wren…
Pinoy: A ‘merican Tale is not a show about depression, a show about religion, or a show about mental illness. It is not a show about first generation Filipino-Americans, a show about a…
Fringe's for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf marks the launch of the Colored People's Theatre Collective, "whose mission is to explore, challenge, and imp…
At the height of Machinal's success in 1928, its playwright Sophie Treadwell would have been considered "the man."Â A man? No. Wildly brave, adventurous, talented, brilliant, and strong. …
