Bedbound Breaks Barriers

Bed Bound — Solas Nua
By: Ronnie Ruff

Edna Walsh has yet to achieve the popularity in America that Conor McPherson has but he is, none the less, one of the most important new playwrights in contemporary Irish theatre. Solas Nua, one of the most exciting local theatre companies around has mounted Bedbound, Walsh’s 2000 play at the [...]

New World Order

By: Ronnie Ruff
The New World Order and Other Plays — Scena Theatre
Pinter’s The New World Order and Other Plays currently mounted at Warehouse Theatre by Scena Theatre is a cluster of angry one act plays that speak to the oppressive governments that abuse the citizenry of the third world.  Mainly aimed at the west, the three one acts depict [...]

The Lunch Launch

Bouncing Ball Productions got started with a bang Sunday evening at the Black Cat Club on 14th St. NW with scenes from three of writer Shawn Northrip and director Shirley Serotsky’s projects including  Titus The Musical, Cautionary Tales For Adults and Lunch (which is being performed at the CapFringe Festival). The wonderful Tracy Lynn Olivera (why don’t we see [...]

The Children’s Hour

By: Ronnie Ruff
The Childrens Hour at WSC

The Children’s Hour by Lillian Hellman starts on a slow path to it’s conclusion but as the plot thickens this melodrama of blackmail and lies in a 1930s girls school comes to life with a riveting but predictable ending. WSC’s H Lee Gable directs and casts Christopher Henley and Jay [...]

100th Review ~ Our Mission

Hi everyone, Ronnie here, just wanted to thank everyone for all the support that has been given over the last 11 months that it has taken to get to the 100 Review mark.  It is important for me to point out that the most important things to DC Theatre Reviews are our readers and the talented [...]

Hugh Will Love This Show + bonus interviews

Interviews with Aaron Posner and  SHERRI EDELEN
Review By: Ronnie Ruff – Interview By: Joel Markowitz
Our 100th Posted Review!
A Murder, A Mystery And A Marriage A Mark Twain Musical Melodrama  –  Round House Theatre  Bethesda
Check out Joel’s great interview with Director Aaron Posner above!

As I write this review I am a very happy reviewer for two reasons!  The first [...]

Assassins

By: Ronnie Ruff
Assassins at Signature Theatre

There is so much to like about a new Signature show even one they have done before, so when one goes bad there is a mourning period. I saw the show last night, had a late dinner, a good night sleep and I am ready to move on. Well, not [...]

Mame

By: Tim Treanor
Mame, at the Kennedy Center

It’s easy to see who the hero is in Eric Schaeffer’s immensely likeable Mame, now playing at the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater. In case we had any doubt, the hero’s profile looms over the final scene – over Mame herself, over her nephew, Patrick Dennis, wiser but no sadder [...]