She is in her 37th year onstage as a folk singer, a cabaret star and musical theatre actress, and now Maureen McGovern is bringing her solo show A Long And Winding Road to Arena Stage in Crystal City, after workshops in Florida and Boston. Maureen sat down with Joel Markowitz to talk about the songs she chose for the show. [Read more...]
Maureen McGovern
March 31, 2009 By 3 Comments
She is in her 37th year onstage as a folk singer, a cabaret star and musical theatre actress, and now Maureen McGovern is bringing her solo show A Long And Winding Road to Arena Stage in Crystal City, after workshops in Florida and Boston. Maureen sat down with Joel Markowitz to talk about the songs she chose for the show. [Read more...]
Lysistrata
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Iolanthe
March 31, 2009 By 4 Comments
ROOMS on Opening Night
March 29, 2009 By 4 Comments
I am waiting to pick up my ticket for the opening night production of ROOMS a rock romance at New World Stages when I suddenly find that I am nervous. From the moment Carolyn Griffin called me to tell me about this new musical she had just landed for MetroStage, [Read more...]
Crimes of the Heart
March 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
When you think of a Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Beth Henley’s Crimes of the Heart may not be the first work that springs to mind. The quirky dark comedy about the three Magrath sisters of Hazlehurst, Mississippi lacks the grand importance of works that usually reap such prestigious awards. Yet the charms and depth of the play are amply displayed in the pleasing new staging by Firebelly Productions. [Read more...]
Caryl Churchill’s controversial play staged this weekend
March 26, 2009 By 1 Comment
Theater J and Forum Theatre have joined together for a free reading of Caryl Churchill’s controversial 10 minute play Seven Jewish Children and two response plays, Deb Margolin’s Seven Palestinian Children and The Eighth Child by Robbie Gingras. Each of these brief plays will be followed by discussion periods. The program is estimated to run under an hour. [Read more...]
The Tapioca Miracle Reading at MetroStage
March 25, 2009 By 1 Comment
Gone are the days when a producer calls a young Jerry Herman into his office and says ” Kid – Hello Dolly! is yours. Go write it.” Today, getting a new musical written, financed and produced is daunting. Usually DC audiences get their first look at a show in development at a workshop or premiere. Thanks to Tapioca’s creative team, we can take you behind the scenes into private reads, investor invites, and, if the collaborators get it right – onto that miracle of miracle – the next Hello, Dolly!. [Read more...]
Stoop Stories
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Elizabeth Rex
March 23, 2009 By 2 Comments
Elizabeth Rex is a whimsical post-show talkback between the legendary Elizabeth I of England, William Shakespeare and his troupe of actors in a royal barn. It’s a play within a play and Keegan Theatre has achieved an amazingly lively staging for its regional premiere in Washington D.C. [Read more...]
King of the Jews
March 23, 2009 By 3 Comments
The novel King of the Jews is the story of the heroic Jew Trumpelman, who makes the fatal decision to collaborate with Nazi oppressors in order to save the lives of the other Jews in his community. [Read more...]
