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LOVE’S LABOR’S FOUND

Mon, Apr 16 - The wind blew in Lear-like gusts last night, but inside the Warner Theatre, the atmosphere at the 23^rd annual Helen Hayes Awards suggested the title Love’s Labor’s Found. Sparked by the opening flourishes of Marvin Hamlisch at the piano, the warmly modest emceeing of DC actor Jason Kravits, now enjoying a Broadway run in The Drowsy Chaperone (and fondly remembered as the world’s most annoying District Attorney on "The Practice"), guest performer E. Faye Butler, and the surprise appearance of Lynn Redgrave, the crisply produced awards ceremony managed to hand out 27 awards in two hours and ten minutes, with the sold-out audience lustily cheering each nominee.

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By Audrey Cefaly

Produced by Quotidian Theatre Company

Reviewed by Tim Treanor

Veronica del Cerro as Fin

    Audrey Cefaly is a fine writer. She has a gift for character development, and her writing is deft and witty. Judging from her performance in this production, she is a more-than-passable actor as well. And she has done a competent job of directing her own production.

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By Robert Bolt

Produced by Keegan Theatre

Reviewed by Tim Treanor

Timothy Lynch as Sir Thomas More  and  Melissa-Leigh Douglass as Margaret More and Charlotte Akin as Alice More (Photos: Ray Gniewek)

A Man for all Seasons is not a play about a man who seeks to become a martyr for his beliefs. Rather, it is about Sir Thomas More (Tim Lynch), who desperately seeks to avoid martyrdom with all the considerable lawyerly skills at his command. In fact, Sir Thomas will do anything to keep his head but the one thing he must do – which is to betray himself, and to deny that which he believes with all his heart is true. Which is to say, to lie about something at the core of his being.

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INDIAN PROTEST THEATRE COMES TO WASHINGTON

Interview by Joel Markowitz with Lorraine Treanor

Moloyashree Hashmi speaks with us about JANAM (Jana Matya Manch - People’s Theatre Forum)

Moloyashree Hashmi, India’s best-known street theatre actor, spoke with us moments before JANAM, New Delhi’s pioneering street theatre company, took the stage for their final performance in the Artomatic Festival.

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By Conor McPherson

Produced by Scena Theatre

Reviewed by Ronnie Ruff

Brian Hemmingsen (Photo: Ian C. Armstrong)

Scena Theatre’s latest production of St Nicholas begins with the simple lines. "When I was a boy, I was afraid of the dark." Brian Hemmingsen’s booming voice rattles the rafters at Church Street with his sometimes funny, sometimes spooky reading of Conor McPherson’s story of an angry theatre critic in search of the next after show party, vampires and love. "I wasn’t dying … I was dead." he reads (more on that later). The critic brings scotch laced washes of colorful dialog to the table, explaining to the audience that real vampires count rice kernels and dislike garlic only because their breath suffers. He is a stereotypical bundle of egotism and weakness and takes us on quite an expedition — commencing with crabby criticisms of life and his writing career to the unexpected, feeble obsession for a youthful actress that lures him to London. There he moves from mean-spirited desperation to complete shame and at last, after a time pimping for the vampires, a lurid reinvention of his humanity. It is all about the rescue, after all.

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Adapted by Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus from the novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Produced by Round House Theatre

Reviewed by Tim Treanor

Aubrey Deeker (as Raskolnikov) and Mitchell Hébert (as Porfiry) Photo: Stan Barouh

“God gives grace to the dead,” says Raskolnikov (Aubrey Deeker), again and again. Though he does not believe in God, does not believe in grace, and has no idea what it’s like to be dead, it is his mantra – the one he chants to ward off his past. Intense, fierce, nearly hallucinatory, Round House’s Crime and Punishment is one man’s inward-gazing, reflective, reflexive journey through hell.

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From the 2006 Helen Hayes Nominees

All last season, Washington was awash in fine theater. Hundreds of artists took on thousands of tasks, large and small, designed to bring great classics and challenging new works to life. They did so, in most cases, with great skill and for disproportionately little money, knowing as they do, the stage artist’s secret: that good work, in and of itself, brings great reward. Next Monday, April 16th, Washington’s theatre community will gather for the Helen Hayes Awards Ceremony. Broadway star Jason Kravits will host a Nick Olcott-written, Daniel MacLean Wagner-designed, and Karma Camp-directed extravaganza, in which Sir Derek Jacobi, and Marvin Hamlisch, among others, will help to honor Washington’s extraordinary artists. (more…) Wednesday, April 11th, 2007 Posted in Feature Articles | 3 Comments » ≡ That Championship Season By Jason Miller Produced by American Century Theater Reviewed by Janice Cane (l to r) Elliott Moffitt and Morgan J. Hall (Photo: Jeffrey Bell) That Championship Season is the theatrical manifestation of mediocrity, one of the key themes of this story about a high school basketball team reunion. Clocking in at nearly two and a half hours—about as long as your average basketball game—That Championship Season feels much longer because, well, Coach (Elliott Moffitt) is yelling the whole time. Clearly that was his style back in 1952, when his team was in high school, but his tone is so loud and abrasive even when he spouts little bits of wisdom ("You all need each other. The days of going it alone are over."), it is a wonder the players responded so positively. (more…) Monday, April 9th, 2007 Posted in Our Reviews | No Comments » ≡ Titus Andronicus By William Shakespeare Produced by Shakespeare Theatre Company Reviewed by Tim Treanor    Christopher Scheeren, Danny Binstock, Chris Genebach as Lu David Murgittroyd as Martius and Sam Tsoutsouvas as Titus in the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s production of Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, directed by Gale Edwards. Photo by Carol Rosegg.     "If I had a choice between betraying my country and betraying my friend," E.M. Forster once wrote, "I hope I should have the guts to betray my country." It is Rome, during the final stages of the Western Empire. The great Roman general Titus Andronicus (Sam Tsoutsouvas) is back from his successful war against the Goths, having lost the staggering total of twenty-one of his own sons in battle. Against this heartbreaking deprivation, Titus is stoic: "sleep in peace, slain in your country’s wars!" He gives the benediction, and they are buried in the family tomb. (more…) Monday, April 9th, 2007 Posted in Our Reviews | 5 Comments » ≡ The Condensed Mikado Matt Williams as The Mikado and Karen Mercedes and Katishaw Interviewed by Joel Markowitz with Lorraine Treanor Listen in as the cast and orchestra of Washington Savoyard’s 90 minute condensed version of Gilbert & Sullivan’s Mikado accept our on-the-spot challenge to do the show in 10 minutes!  Click here to listen.  (10.33 minutes)  (more…)    Standard Podcast: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (280) Monday, April 9th, 2007 Posted in Our Podcasts | 3 Comments » « Previous Entries Next Entries » To Go Home Go Home Suggestions? Questions? We want to hear from you.Email Us Don't Miss a Thing. 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