Trumbo: Red, White and Blacklisted

Trumbo: Red, White and Blacklisted
By Christopher Trumbo
Produced by Rep Stage
Reviewed by Leslie Weisman

The colorful title  “Trumbo: Red, White and Blacklisted” is a playful verbal lure that is true to the spirit of its subject.  With a forthrightness that pays tribute to the blacklisted writer’s award-winning screenplays (The Brave One and Roman Holiday earned Oscars, Johnny Got His Gun the Cannes grand jury prize) and his personal correspondence from prison, [Read more...]

Peace

Peace
By Callie Kimball
Produced by Washington Shakespeare Company
Directed by Alexander Strain
Reviewed by Tim Treanor 

This, this is why Washington theaters need to produce Washington playwrights – because Washington playwrights understand what Washington audiences want to see from their theaters. We don’t want plays about politics. We work in politics all day, and many of us for several hours afterward. We want to see plays about the things which make politics important in the first place: [Read more...]