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Arena Stage will inaugurate its $125 million renovated facility, The Mead Center for American Theater, with a blizzard of productions in 2010-2011, kicking off its 60th season on Oct 23, 2010 with the first modern American musical, Oklahoma! , [Read more...]
High Fidelity is an aggregate of great music (Tom Kitt, Next to Normal) with funny lyrics (Amanda Green) hung on a lame story (David Lindsay-Abaire, from the Nick Hornby novel) with unlikeable characters, and Landless plays the hell out of it. [Read more...]
The atheist Augustine Early (Eric Lucas), a poor boy from Kansas, discovered at an early age the liberating force of deciding that there is no God. So he burns down his trailer in order to give himself and his mom better Section 8 housing. [Read more...]
One of the most popular musicals of all time, Little Shop of Horrors tells the story of the well-meaning flower shop employee Seymour Krelborn and his wisecracking carnivorous plant, Audrey II. Seymour delights in the attention his leafy friend attracts, but when Audrey II develops a craving for human flesh, the situation spins out of control. [Read more...]
The Ambassador Theater is presenting the Washington DC premiere of Summer at Nohant, a Romantic-period comedy in three acts, celebrating the 200th Anniversary of Frederic Chopin’s birth. [Read more...]
Eleven years ago, I was blown away by Natalie Toro’s gorgeous voice in Signature Theatre’s production of The Fix, and last year, I was once again mesmerized by Natalie’s performance in A Tale of Two Cities in NYC. [Read more...]
Though significantly different from Prokofiev’s original symphony of Peter and the Wolf, Imagination Stage’s modern adaptation is a very entertaining show.
The book (Allison Gregory) for the most part stays true to Prokofiev’s story, where young Peter and his friends – bird, duck and cat – work hard to avoid being attacked and eaten by the cunning wolf. [Read more...]
When they say “long form” improv, boy, they really mean it. Such was New York’s Upright Citizens Brigade, whose touring company makes its second stint of weekend performances (they are here until March 27th) at Sidney Harman Hall, co-produced by UCB and DCComedy.org. [Read more...]
Gdirl from Gdansk, the latest play from Ireland’s Liam Heylin being given its world premiere here by Keegan Theatre, is an appealing work whose gentle charms gradually enfold the audience. [Read more...]
Jeremy Skidmore, who Washington theatregoers first became aware of as Theater Alliance’s wunderkind Artistic Director, has joined lawyer Roger Yoerges to form the DC-based theatrical representation firm, Capital Talent Agency. [Read more...]
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