Triple Triumphs

The Glass Cage, Oklahoma! and Equus
by Richard Seff
The tiny Mint Theater, ensconced on the third floor of an office building in a 96 seat black box with stadium seating, should win all the prizes for impeccable productions of little known gems from the past. You have no idea how delicious can be the savoring of [...]

The Lieutenant of Inishmore

The Lieutenant of Inishmore
by Martin McDonagh
directed by Jeremy Skidmore
produced by Signature Theatre 
reviewed by Steven McKnight 
Halloween has arrived early at Signature, where Martin McDonagh’s The Lieutenant of Inishmore offers an abundance of gruesome fun.  This witty mix of black comedy, farce, and satire receives a gleeful production that will delight anyone who can handle its realistic violence [...]

Host and Guest

Host and Guest
by Roland L. Reed, from a poem by Vazha Pshavela
produced by Synetic Theater
directed by Paata Tsikurishvili
reviewed by Tim Treanor
In the shadow of the Russian invasion of Georgia, in the shadow of 9-11, in the shadow of all the miseries we do to each other in the name of tribalism, Synetic Theater once again presents [...]

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
by Karen Zacarías 
based on the novel by Julia Alvarez
directed by Blake Robison
produced by Round House Theatre 
reviewed by Miranda Hall 
Lime-green suitcases. American flag underpants. Blow-out birthday parties. Welcome to the world of the Garcia family.
Playwright Karen Zacarias’s latest adaptation, from Julia Alvarez’s acclaimed novel, bursts with music, compassion, and vivacity.

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Free Night of Theater Ticket Giveaway This Wednesday

Twenty four professional companies in the area are offering 3500 free tickets as part of the national Free Night of Theater 2008, sponsored here by the League of Washington Theaters.
Tickets go on sale this Wednesday, October 1st at noon. Those online may place only one order (for no more than 2 tickets) per person. If [...]

Blanche and Beyond

Blanche and Beyond
from Selected Letters of Tennessee Williams
adapted and Directed Steve Lawson
presented by The Kennedy Center in the Terrace Theater
reviewed by Debbie Minter Jackso
Richard Thomas has come a long way from playing John Boy Walton (early 1970’s) with over 40 films and countless stage productions since those early years.  Although the familiar visage is recognizable as soon [...]

Harold and the Purple Crayon

Harold and the Purple Crayon
book, music and lyrics by Adam W. Roberts
based on the book Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
directed by Michael J. Bobbitt
produced by Adventure Theatre
reviewed by Lorraine Treanor
Adam W. Roberts has taken the purple and white book about Harold and his purple crayon, added a few characters, peppered his play with lots of [...]

Mozart’s Men

Mozart’s Men
music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, from the operas Le Nozze di Figaro/The Marriage of Figaro; Don Giovanni; Cosi fan tutte/Women Are Like That 
book by Charlotte Stoudt; English lyrics for Act II by Nick Olcott and Bari Biern  
directed by Colin Hovde   
music direction by Alice Mikolajewskir
reviewed by Rosalind Lacy 
If you find opera off-putting and elitist, [...]

The Aging of the Plum

La Edad de la Ciruela, The Aging of the Plum
by playwright Aristides Vargas  
directed by Abel Lopez
produced by  GALA Theatre at Tivoli Square
reviewed by Rosalind Lacy
GALA director Abel Lopez and his inspired performers make The Aging of the Plum/La Edad de la Ciruela so mesmerizing and real, it moves beyond magic into the sublime. Enacted [...]

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
directed by Lise Bruneau
produced by Taffety Punk Theatre Company
reviewed by Tim Treanor
Taffety Punk presents its all-woman production of Shakespeare’s great Romeo and Juliet as a revenge play. Unfortunately, it is meant as revenge against the Shakespeare Theatre for its all-male production of the same play.  People!  Can’t we all just get [...]

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