Cat’s Cradle
August 13, 2010 By 2 Comments
For two decades during the twentieth century, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. wrote some of the most important fiction coming out of America. The six novels which comprise his earliest and best work – Player Piano, The Sirens of Titan, Mother Night, Cat’s Cradle, God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, and Slaughterhouse-5 – were a riot of strange concepts and provocative ideas, [Read more...]
Nunsense
August 12, 2010 By 1 Comment
The nuns from The Order of the Little Sisters of Scaggsville who we meet in Toby’s Dinner Theatre’s production of Nunsense are anything but the stern, strict, knuckle-rapping, humorless disciplinarians you may have heard about. [Read more...]
Who were the most memorable characters you saw portrayed this season?
August 12, 2010 By 4 Comments
Here is the second in our series of questions thinking back over the past season as we get ready for the 2010 Audience Choice Awards.
Again, Steven McKnight came up with it.
Who were the most memorable characters you saw portrayed on a DC stage this season?
Secrets of the Trade
August 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Jonathan Tolins is a gifted playwright who has stayed pretty much in his own personal backyard in tackling his issues of the day. The Twilight of the Golds introduced him to me seventeen years ago when it featured Jennifer Grey on Broadway for a short run. [Read more...]
Best Plays and Performances of 2009-2010
August 11, 2010 By 6 Comments
Tim Treanor
The 2009-2010 ends awash in melancholy, with the death of a great Washington theater leader following (by mere days!) the death of a promising young actor and singer. These tragic events serve as punctuation for a season we will remember with some sorrow. [Read more...]
Which shows do you most regret missing from this past season?
August 10, 2010 By 19 Comments
To get ready for the opening of the polls to choose the DCTS Audience Choice Awards, we thought we would ask a series of questions to help us all think back over the season. [Read more...]
Wonderland – the concept album
August 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Frank Wildhorn has a habit of releasing recordings of the songs for his musicals long before the shows open on Broadway. His next foray onto the Great White Way is Wonderland, slated for an April, 2011 opening, but you can hear some of the songs now. [Read more...]
The Importance of Being Earnest
August 10, 2010 By 5 Comments
“The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility!”
So says Algernon Moncrief, chief idler and ne’er-do-well in Oscar Wilde’s classic drawing room comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest, now running at the H St. Playhouse in a new production by Scena Theatre. [Read more...]
Favorite New Plays debuted this season
August 10, 2010 By 6 Comments
In describing the DC theatre scene to friends around the country, I emphasize the depth and diversity of the offerings here. That point is brought home each year when I look back on the season, particularly the new and original works which debuted in the DC area. [Read more...]
Gavin Lee on playing Bert in Mary Poppins
August 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Kennedy Center audiences love Gavin Lee’s heart-warming, lovable performance as Bert, the chimney sweep in the national tour of Mary Poppins. Gavin originated the role in London, performed it on Broadway, and has been playing Bert all around the country on this tour. [Read more...]
