The passing of John Raitt not long after the death of Jerry Orbach brought to mind an appearance in the early '60s by the two men in Washington in their celebrated roles in "Carousel" and a …
Jennie Eisenhower, Making Herself Perfectly Clear
"I'm partial," Bonnie Raitt told the New York Times in 1994, "but I still think he's the greatest singer the musical theater ever produced."
Feeling Stuck in the Siren Role, Morgan Fairchild Makes the Most of It With 'The Graduate'
Arts Education Gains Emphasis, Funding
"Hurlyburly" and "Brooklyn Boy."
Anne Bogart (second item).
Curtain Rising on Theatre's Home, Ambitious Goals
Arthur Miller Dramatized The Pain in Everyday Lives
Words Come Hard Since Her Stroke, But Her Passion for the Stage Remains
This fall, if all goes well, University of Maryland theater students and others will be able to view a collection of nearly 400 video recordings of Washington area theater performances dating back to 1993.
Plus director Marshall W. Mason on "The Member of the Wedding."
Ossie Davis Played a Major Role in Civil Rights
But that in NOT a picture of Jessica, no matter what the caption says!
Rage and blood. Two plays from vastly different epochs arrive on Washington stages in the coming months, each with roots in a bottomless fury.
Jeffrey Carlson is a dandy and diabolical Lorenzo in the Shakespeare Theatre adaptation.
Theaters Dig Into the Forgotten Past For What They Hope Will Be Gems
Kennedy Center Festival Revisits Era's Rich Artistic Bloom
Mark Russell, Shooting From the Lip By Jane Horwitz
"I'm working on a song about Alberto Gonzales, but I can't find a rhyme for 'thumbscrews,' " deadpans Mark Russell. Ba-dum-bum.
Plus Kate Mulgrew on "Tea at Five."
In P.G. Wodehouse's World, Things Are Tiptop And Topsy-Turvy. Just Ask His Biographer.
The Signature Theatre's anniversary concert with Marc Kudisch and Kathie Lee Gifford (third item).