Strange Bedfellows
October 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Traditionally, the Washington Stage Guild doing a successful production of Shaw is as close to a sure bet as the local theatre scene offers. Happily, the company’s latest production of two one-acts collectively titled Strange Bedfellows continues their winning streak. [Read more...]
Black Pearl’s author Frank Higgins
October 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Playwright Frank Higgins takes us on his journey of writing Black Pearl Sings! – from researching American folklore, discovering the story that led to creating his characters, finding an African song which would serve as a powerful moment in the play, the workshops, the first production, the endless rewrites, and, finally, the opening at Ford’s Theatre. [Read more...]
Angels in America, Part I – Millennium Approaches
October 7, 2009 By 3 Comments
Those who hold that Angels in America is merely a political play – an extended skewer of the Reagan Administration – are mistaken. It is made of sturdier stuff. Two years from now, no one will stage Son of a Bush, [Read more...]
A stage view of The Quality of Life
October 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment
John Adams, the second president of the United States, once said that “grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart.” If Arena Stage’s newest production, [Read more...]
Bethesda Theatre now a rental
October 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment
As reported in Jane Horwitz’ Backstage column in the Washington Post, the Bethesda Theatre, virtually shuttered since 3 Blonde Moms last June, will experiment as a rental facility. [Read more...]
West Side Story, Mamet One Acts, Wishful Drinking
October 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Arthur Laurents’ directing chops get keener as he ages. At 90, he gave us the Patty LuPone Gypsy that captured all the nuance in his script that improved upon the Jerome Robbins’ Ethel Merman success in which Ms. Merman gave the performance of her career. [Read more...]
Black Pearl Sings!
October 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Black Pearl Sings! covers a lot of territory telling what happens when Susannah, an educated musicologist travels into the deep South seeking old folk songs containing hints of African tradition and style. [Read more...]
Ferdinand the Bull
October 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Karen Zacarias’ excellent adaptation of the book, ‘The Story of Ferdinand’, enhances the story with new characters and songs, and, as such, is wonderfully suited to the stage.
In this version, Ferdinand, the peace-loving, flower-smelling bull, has a friend, Cochina the pig played by Sara Beth Pfeifer, who convinces him to go to Madrid [Read more...]
