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Kit Marlowe

October 30, 2007 By Leave a Comment

  • Kit Marlowe
  • By David Grimm
  • Directed by Jessie R. Gallogly
  • Produced by Rorschach Theatre
  • Reviewed by Tim Treanor

David Grimm’s Kit Marlowe is a history play, written in the old style and the high language, so full of juice and life and sweetness of phrase that it could have been written by Marlowe himself, had Marlowe been born in the 20th century and permitted to write whatever came into his head.  And Rorschach Theatre – why, Rorschach just plays the hell out of it!  How great is that!  So stop reading this review and go buy your tickets! [Read more...]

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redshirts

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What do Emily Dickenson, iambic pentameter, and modern poetry have to do with a bunch of newly recruited black college football players, itching to make the next great play and score with a “just gimme the ball, dammit” mentality?  These are just a few of the many elements mixed in cuisinart whirling speed in Round House’s Silver Spring production of redshirts.

Instead of getting a splattering mess, all the stories fall in line – the entire back lineup squad trying valiantly to pass freshmen English, the no-nonsense English Professor up for tenure, the assistant coach trying to be mentor and guardian while keeping watch over his own lucrative position, even the do-gooder teaching assistant has a  story.

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The Jungle Book

October 30, 2007 By 10 Comments

  • The first review from Kids Stages – our new coverage of theatre for and by kids.
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  • THE JUNGLE BOOK
  • A musical based on the book by Rudyard Kipling
  • Music and lyrics by Daniel Levy
  • Book and lyrics by April-Dawn Gladu
  • Directed by Kathryn Chase Bryer
  • Produced by Imagination Stage
  • Reviewed by Johnny Perl

    • The Jungle Book is about a young “man-cub,” named Mowgli, who is raised by wolves in the jungles of India. Mowgli goes to school and learns the rules of the jungle from Baloo, the bear, and Bagheera, the Jaguar. Mowgli and his animal friends work together to defeat the evil tiger, Shere Khan and the comical “Bander Log”(which are the Hindi words for “The Monkey People”). In the end Mowgli is reunited with his human mother or “mataji” in a heartwarming scene in which Mowgli recognizes the physical similarities between himself and Messua, his mother. [Read more...]

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