Joel Markowitz – getting discovered

Joel Markowitz is always discovering new talent, and now  media sources are discovering him. His DCTS column, Theatre Schmooze, is packed with performer news and views and he has done scores of interviews for DCTS, sitting down with stars and newcomers alike. Recently, Joel added a monthly preview column on BroadwayWorld to his busy to-do list. [Read more...]

Triumph of Love

Triumph of Love is the Tina Fey of musicals—smart and sexy.

Those who prefer some brains with their bong-chica-bong-bong will revel in Olney Theatre Center’s goofy and gossamer-light production, directed by Clay Hopper with an appreciation for the old slap and tickle. [Read more...]

On the Verge, or The Geography of Yearning

Skip the fall down Wonderland’s rabbit hole and check out this bizarre yet unique look at time travel through the eyes of demure but adventurous Victorian ladies.

(l-r) Tiffany Fillmore as Alex, Leigh Jameson as Mary and Natasha Staley as Fanny. (Photo:Stan Barouh

On The Verge, or The Geography of Yearning as staged by Jackson Phippin is chock full of good things. [Read more...]

Public Enemy

Tommy Black, unemployed, miserable and depressed, has been cowering in a room in his mother’s house watching Jimmy Cagney movies, temporarily safe from the bullies and bullets of 1980s Belfast. Eventually, having absorbed some of Cagney’s swagger, he emerges, [Read more...]

La Cage aux Folles

This miracle musical from the pens of Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein, based on a French play by Jean Poiret, first landed on our shores in 1983 with a cast headed by George Hearn and Gene Barry. It returns now in a revival which was conceived and born in England at the Menier Chocolate Factory [Read more...]