Anima

Anima

By Christiaan Greer

Directed by Patrick Torres

Produced by Doorway Arts Ensemble

Reviewed by Janice Cane

“You would never kill me, would you, Ella?” “You would never make me, would you, Vlad?” Ah, young love. Nothing like it. Certainly nothing quite like Ella’s and Vlad’s explosive relationship. Peacemaking after their violent fights consists of cutting themselves with knives, while [...]

The Helen Hayes Awards

 
Last night, The Helen Hayes Awards, Washington theatre’s most glamorous evening, was presented before a sold-out audience at the Warner Theatre.

Stephen Schwartz

Stephen Schwartz on The Stephen Schwartz Project

Interviewed by Joel Markowitz

There was “magic to do” when Broadway composer Stephen Schwartz arrived at MetroStage for his first look at the premiere of The Stephen Schwartz Project.

Judas Iscariot Revealed

A conversation with actors Patrick Bussink, Jason McCool and dramaturg Hannah Hessel

Interviewed by Tim Treanor

What’s the hottest show in town? It could well be Forum Theatre’s The Last Days of Judas Iscariot,

Translations

Translations

by Brian Friel

Directed by Mark A. Rhea

Produced by Keegan Theatre 

Reviewed by Rosalind Lacy   

A knock-out punch is hard to see coming, but you know when you’ve been hit. Brian Friel’s Translations has that kind of riveting power so that you leave the theater reeling from its quaintly developed revelations. Keegan Theatre’s beautiful  restaging is a [...]

NYC Spring Trip

Theatre Schmooze columnist Joel Markowitz blogs about the New York theatre scene.
SPRING THEATRE WEEKEND MARATHON
MARCH 28-30
Hosted by Joel Markowitz
              
 SEE NEW YORK SHOWS IN A WHOLE NEW WAY
- No one knows New York, its theatre scene and restaurants like DCTS columnist Joel Markowitz. And he is inviting you to a show-filled spring weekend that [...]

The Screwtape Letters

The Screwtape Letters

Adapted by Jeffrey Fiske and Max McLean from a novel by C.S. Lewis

Directed by Jeffrey Fiske

Produced by the Fellowship for the Performing Arts at the Lansburgh Theatre

Reviewed by Tim Treanor

I respectfully recommend that you commit to memory the name of Karen Eleanor Wight. There will be a day, I predict, when every member [...]

Theatre Attendance is Declining. Tell Us Why.

DC-area theatre lovers got some good news and some bad news this week.
The good news is that Washington, D.C. continues to be a robust theatre town.

Seff on the London Scene

LONDON CALLING :

The Vortex, Speed-the-Plow, God of Carnage, Billy Elliot, Brief Encounter, Gone with the Wind, some not to be missed London spots, and a visit with Emma Thompson

by NY Theatre Buzz columnist, Richard Seff

Man of La Mancha

Man of La Mancha

Play by Dale Wasserman

Music by Mitch Leigh . Lyrics by: Joe Darien

Directed by Colin Hovde

Musical Direction by Shawn Burke-Storer

Choreographed by Stefan Sittig

Produced by Washington Savoyards

Reviewed by Leslie Weisman

You don’t often get the chance to see a small local company put on a Broadway blockbuster that started life as a black-and-white TV show, [...]

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