Meet John Doe

Music by Andrew Gerle, lyrics by Eddie Sugarman
Book by Andrew Gerle and Eddie Sugarman
Additional story by Matt August
Directed by Eric Schaeffer

Produced by Ford’s Theatre in association with Goodspeed Musicals 
Reviewed by Gary McMillan

The Pillowman

Aaron Muñoz (left) and Tom Story (Photo: Carol Pratt)
Actors Tom Story and Aaron Muñoz, who play brothers in The Pillowman, take us inside the Studio production, Tom, who plays story teller Karkurian, tells us a real story about an Arkansas panther that just might creep into your nightmares, and director Joy Zinoman drops in for a [...]

Theatre Schmooze

THE HELEN HAYES NOMINEES NOSH AND SCHMOOZE and
INSIDE A READ THROUGH –TUNING OF THE MUSICAL OF MUSICALS.

Congratulations to all Helen Hayes nominees - 123 pictured here (Photo: Kip Pierson)
Lots of Talent In This Embassy!
The maple leaf flag is flapping in the wind. It’s 6 PM on March 19th as Lorraine Treanor and I climb [...]

Writer’s Cramp

By John Byrne
Produced by Scena Theatre
Reviewed by Tim Treanor
  Jason Stiles as F. S. McDade (Photo: Ian C. Armstrong)

    If there is any justice in this world, they will assemble those involved with this production after its close, for special awards. To Jim Jorgensen would go the Order of the Golden Foam-Rubber Masque, commemorating [...]

iMusical!

They deliver musicals that are fresh, funny, and made up on the spot!

(l to r)  Karen Lange, Jordan Hirsch,Travis Ploeger, Jason Saenz, and Liz Demery
Director/pianist Travis Ploeger invited Joel Markowitz and Lorraine Treanor to stop by a warmup session for Washington Improv Theatre’s cast of iMusical! where the troupe improvised three songs especially for you, the DCTR listener. [...]

Meet John Doe

At the piano: (l to r) Andrew Gerle, Joel Markowitz, Eddie Sugarman
They are the newest ‘it’ guys - composer Andrew Gerle and lyricist Eddie Sugarman - loaded with talent, funny, refreshing and boy can they sell a song! They have hit the big time with their first partnership (they also co-wrote the book) for their [...]

The Pillowman

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By Martin McDonagh
Produced by Studio Theatre
Reviewed by Tim Treanor

(left to right) Denis Arndt, Tom Story and Hugh Nees (Photo: Carol Pratt)

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Bach at Leipzig

Produced by Rep Stage
Reviewed by Rosalind Lacy
A Glorious Farce

(left to right) Bruce Nelson, Karl Kippola, and Matt Dunphy (Photo: Stan Barouh)
In great performances, sometimes every ingredient is just right. The right director, the right play, staged with the right actors [...]

Macbeth in Tlingit Spoken Here

Whether or not you were lucky enough to have seen Alaska’s Perseverance Theater’s production of Macbeth at the National Museum of the American Indian (it closes with a sold out performance this Sunday), you will want to listen in as Metro Connection’s Stephanie Kaye talks with director Anita Maynard Losh about the adaptation and hear [...]

After Darwin

By Timberlake Wertenbaker
Produced by Journeymen Theater
Reviewed by Ronnie Ruff

I have seen so many abstract plays recently! Abstract plays are great really, all the intense chat with your friends about the true meaning of the play over coffee at Lotzabucks. A few days ago I had the opportunity to see a wonderful play [...]

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