DC artists create new style audio drama – Troublesome Gap

November 30, 2009 by lorraine treanor  
Filed under News and Views

Monday, Nov 30, 2009 — Troublesome Gap, a first-of-its-kind interactive online audio series makes  its Web debut Monday, November 30th at 8pm at www.troublesomegap.org. The man behind the audio drama is sound designer and multiple Helen Hayes Award winner Matthew Nielson, who also co-wrote and co-directed the series

Potomac Stages’ Holiday Gift Guide

November 30, 2009 by lorraine treanor  
Filed under News and Views

Theatre lovers have reason to rejoice.  Brad Hathaway, the founder of Potomac Stages,  has put together a collection of books and CDs that will lighten the hearts of theatre fans.

August: Osage County

November 30, 2009 by Hunter Styles  
Filed under Features, Our Reviews

August:Osage County – With grim humor and a bucket of dark wit, Chicago playwright Tracy Letts contributes a new chapter to a modern American story: how to survive in bustling solitude. A DCTS Top Pick.

Joe Calarco on directing The Light in the Piazza

November 28, 2009 by Joel Markowitz  
Filed under Theatre Schmooze

Award winning Director Joe Calarco talks with Joel Markowitz about designing, casting and directing the critically acclaimed Philadelphia Theatre Company’s The Light in the Piazza.

Camelot

November 27, 2009 by Steven McKnight  
Filed under Features, Our Reviews

Olney Theatre’s Camelot is a must-see holiday musical that brings back this living invocation of the great things we once believed we would do, and the honor-drenched lives we once believed we would live.

Jim Brochu – the stories continue

November 24, 2009 by Joel Markowitz  
Filed under Features, Our Podcasts

Actor Jim Brochu, appearing Off-Broadway in Zero Hour, and director Piper Laurie, share backstage stories, ranging from Barbra Streisand and Lucille Ball to the movie Carrie.

 
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As You Like It

November 24, 2009 by Tim Treanor  
Filed under Features, Our Reviews

If this production of As You Like It were a play, I wouldn’t know what to think. But since it’s a musical, I can turn off the brain-box and just enjoy the visual treats, the beautiful LaChiusa music, the clever lines and rich language, the marvelous special effects, and all the eye and ear candy that Aitken has laid out for us.

Ruhl’s In the Next Room and Love Child

November 23, 2009 by Richard Seff  
Filed under Features, NY Theatre Buzz

Broadway’s Richard Seff take a look at the new Sara Ruhl play, and finds much to like in the 2 actor, 22 character Love Child.

The Eggshell (La Cascara del Huevo)

November 23, 2009 by Rosalind Lacy  
Filed under Our Reviews

The Eggshell (La Cascara del Huevo), is a comic-satire conceived by the wonderfully inventive Killbob Theater Company from Cordoba, Argentina.

Call Mr. Robeson: A Life with Songs

November 23, 2009 by Debbie Jackson  
Filed under Features, Our Reviews

Tayo Aluko seems to almost channel Paul Robeson’s fury as he takes the stand for justice and equity in this must-see solo show.

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