Tin Pan Alley, Dante, Tommy Tune and Broadway Today

tinpanHere’s To The Ladies! The Women of  Tin Pan Alley, A Dante Rehearsal, Tommy Tune: Steps in Time and Broadway Today.

No winter blues here!  As the snowflakes fell and the freezing temperatures made us shiver, there was a buffet of song and dance appetizers on our local stages. Here are four shows and special performances that made this musical theatre lover stand up and cheer!

Giving The Ladies Their Due – Finally!

Theater Alliances Here’s to the Ladies! The Women of Tin Pan Alley, now playing at H Street Playhouse, and lovingly directed by Jessica Burgess,  is a walk down memory lane – an homage to many of our country’s gifted songwriters, whose contributions to our Great American Songbook have been ignored for too long. [Read more...]

The Inspector General

inspectorgenThe Inspector General
By Nikolai Gógol
Directed by Kathleen Akerley
Produced by Journeymen Theater Ensemble
Reviewed by Steven McKnight

Gógol’s The Inspector General is both a great classic work of 19th century Russian drama and an odd duck.  It can be described as anything from a prose comedy to a dramatic satire.  In the hands of Journeymen Theater Ensemble, The Inspector General is a comedy of frequently inspired silliness.  [Read more...]

Helen Hayes Nominations Announced

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It was a big night for big theaters at the 2009 Helen Hayes nominations last night. Helen Hayes President and CEO Linda Levy Grossman announced that Arlington’s Signature Theatre racked up over a quarter of the organization’s 150 nominations, which celebrate the 2008 theater year. [Read more...]