He’s the guy audiences love to hate, and this year, he’s earned a Tony Award nomination as the lying, sexist, bigot Franklin Hart, Jr. in 9 to 5: The Musical. Marc Kudisch is any producer’s go-to guy for seductive bad guys; [Read more...]
Tony nominee, 9 to 5′s Marc Kudisch
May 31, 2009 By 3 Comments
He’s the guy audiences love to hate, and this year, he’s earned a Tony Award nomination as the lying, sexist, bigot Franklin Hart, Jr. in 9 to 5: The Musical. Marc Kudisch is any producer’s go-to guy for seductive bad guys; [Read more...]
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
May 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I do not generally favor wordless Shakespeare productions, for the same reason that I would not enjoy a reading of Wagner. However, among all the great Shakespeare plays the fluid, theatrical Midsummer Night’s Dream is probably [Read more...]
Rent: The Broadway Tour
May 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The rent is late. No one’s got a job. No one can afford health insurance, and someone has contracted HIV/AIDS. The circumstances faced by the friends in Rent were as urgent in 1996 as they are now. [Read more...]
Crazyface
May 28, 2009 By 2 Comments
This greatly anticipated season finale shows why Constellation Theatre received the 2009 Helen Hayes Award for “Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company.” Crazyface features all the company’s trademarks [Read more...]
Radio Golf
May 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
How can African Americans achieve success in a country where they still are a minority in numbers and wealth? That’s the intriguing issue posed by Radio Golf, the last play in August Wilson’s twentieth century cycle. [Read more...]
The Singing Forest, 9 to 5 and Table Manners
May 27, 2009 By 2 Comments
My week began with high hopes, for Olympia Dukakis is back on the boards and that’s always good news. Her play is The Singing Forest by Craig Lucas. [Read more...]
Karen Zacarias and Lindsey Kyler
May 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
We recently had the opportunity to interview two women from Legacy of Light, now onstage at Arena Stage Crystal City: its creator, the award winning Washington playwright Karen Zacarías and Lindsey Kyler, the young actress making her debut here playing Millie and Pauline. [Read more...]
Tartuffe
May 27, 2009 By 3 Comments
To experience a fresh, modern translation of this 400+ year old Molière play, performed by a youthful, invigorating company, under nearly athletic direction by Karl Kippola is a treat, and would be as sumptuous as the exquisite costumes by Heather Lockard were it not [Read more...]
Rent’s Trisha Jeffrey
May 27, 2009 By 2 Comments
On the road as a swing and understudy in Rent: The Broadway Tour
She wowed DC audiences with her powerful singing and Helen Hayes Award nominated performance as the rebellious and feisty daughter, Emmie [Read more...]
Rosa de dos Aromas (Two-Scented Rose)
May 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Two young women sit, waiting, on a bench outside a prison. They make friendly small talk until both discover they love the same man, Marco Antonio Lazur. All at once, they’re enemies. [Read more...]
