Community theatre prepares area premiere of Broadway hit Curtains
October 23, 2009 By 12 Comments
Adding Machine: A Musical – TOP PICK!
October 22, 2009 By 1 Comment
Adding Machine is less a musical than a high mass of low events; a spiraling nightmare set to a gorgeous, angelic score. It is a story of ordinary people, who are never idealized and at the same time never the subject of condescension, getting what is coming to them. [Read more...]
Inventing Avi, the new Mary Poppins and God of Carnage
October 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The new New York season has begun, where fall is spring, and buds are budding all over the place. In the tiny June Havoc Theatre, a saucy new comedy has arrived, [Read more...]
Ragtime Interviews: Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty
October 20, 2009 By 6 Comments
Just read S.G. Smith’s column …
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Evil Dead The Musical
October 19, 2009 By 2 Comments
So how was your night? Here’s a quick synopsis of mine: I was transported to a haunted cabin in the woods, where I was leered at by demons, subjected to countless cheesy puns, doused in gallons of fake blood, and repeatedly hit in the face by fake intestines. In other words, [Read more...]
Dracula
October 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment
From our carefree seasonal contact with the Dracula character, we’re accustomed to the image of the withering Lugosi-type, the one who steps somberly into doorways at Halloween parties and makes googly eyes at the ladies. [Read more...]
Hysteria
October 19, 2009 By 1 Comment
Hysteria starts with a real case study of Sigmund Freud’s, adds touches of zany surrealism, highlights the crucial historical context, adds broad, almost slapstick comic patches, and splices in startlingly poignant and dramatic interludes. [Read more...]
The American Insomnia (El Insomnio Americano)
October 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Before a packed house at the Gunston Arts Center, Saulo Garcia, a one-man miracle takes us on a jittery joy-ride representing a cast of thousands— the immigrants who trade in their Latino identities for the American Dream. [Read more...]
Larry Kaye, Broadway Producer
October 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
DC writer/producer/director Larry Kaye has now added the title of Broadway producer to his credits with the openng of Oleanna at The Golden Theatre this past weekend. [Read more...]
