The face is familiar, if not the name. T.J. Edwards acted on major Washington stages from 1985 until 2000. Now he's New York-based actor Jay Edwards, playing one of two "facilitators" in Ire…
The death of August Wilson does not simply leave a hole in the American theater, but a huge, yawning wound, one that will have to wait to be stitched closed by some expansive, poetic dramati…
Terry Teachout started writing Second City, a monthly column about the arts in New York, in the fall of 1999. In September, after six years and 64 columns, he filed his final report for The …
For 'Camille,' Angela Reed Fixed Upon a Moving Target
For the sheer pleasure of being on hand at the birth of something startlingly original, Arena Stage's jaunty, warm, lively production of "Passion Play, a Cycle" qualifies as the benchmark of…
British Playwright's Look at Cloning, ACTCo Double Bill Among Intriguing Works
Anyone feeling residual guilt over Sunday school lessons skipped long ago might consider the makeup class masquerading as a play these days at Theater J. But only if the guilt is really, rea…
Bob Denver was a smart comic actor on two dumb sitcoms. How we need smart actors and dumb sitcoms now.
Smart 'Othello' Still Doesn't Have All the Answers
With Age, Experience, Actors Page and Brooks Bring Deeper Awareness to Classic Roles
Success Builds With 'Passion,' 'House'
Artistic Director Hopes to Get Something Cooking In Downtown Silver Spring by Lending Out Its Facilities
Improvements Include More Parking, Plazas
Avery Brooks will play Othello opposite Patrick Page's Iago in the Shakespeare Theatre Company's season opener, which begins Aug. 30, staged by Artistic Director Michael Kahn. Some theatergo…
An Ex-Marine Brings Iraq Stateside at MetroStage