Broadway’s Jill Paice in Chess at Signature
September 7, 2010 By 4 Comments
If you were not a fan of Jill Paice when you walked into Signature Theatre’s production of Chess, you surely became one after watching her powerful performance as Florence. Jill burns up The Max every time she steps on the stage, and when she sings Florence’s songs – it’s sheer ecstasy! [Read more...]
Imagine This – CD and DVD
September 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Imagine this: you’ve written a musical that you think has great music. It has been recorded and performed in concert, but can’t quite get a full staging because people say the book is weak and the lyrics banal. What to do? How about writing another musical with a different lyricist and a different librettist about people putting on a musical? [Read more...]
Page to Stage: It’s big, it’s free, it’s all weekend long
September 3, 2010 By 1 Comment
While some head for the beaches, actors, directors and theatre goers know the place to be this Labor Day weekend is the Kennedy Center, for the 9th annual Page to Stage new plays and musicals festival. [Read more...]
Cherry Smoke
September 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
When I say that the chameleon Tim Getman has revealed yet another unexpected side of himself, I’m not just referring to the drastic change in hairstyle. For Cherry Smoke, he’s sporting a head buzzed to the scalp – a look that goes well with the lock-jawed sneer on his face through much of this moody and fitfully affecting tragic drama by James McManus. [Read more...]
Dinner with Friends
September 2, 2010 By 1 Comment
Playwright Donald Margulies has a way of building emotionally charged moments that begin benignly, even innocently, and then before you know it—bam, right in the kisser. His Dinner with Friends playing at the Olney Theatre Center does just that, [Read more...]
The Side Show interviews
September 1, 2010 By 4 Comments
Shelly Work, Amanda Rife on playing Daisy and Violet Hilton, and David Gregory on directing Side Show at Teatro 101
Whenever I hear that Side Show is being produced in our area, I find a way to see it. I was so impressed by Teatro 101’s production of Violet, (which I recently named as one of the Best Musicals of 2009-2010), that I knew they would do a wonderful job with one of my favorite musicals. [Read more...]
Chess
September 1, 2010 By 8 Comments
Chess is Cold War meets hot rock. It’s a tour de force of intelligence, emotional intensity and intrigue (political and personal), sporting a jaw-dropping score with music by ABBA’s Benny & Bjorn (Mama Mia!) and lyrics by Tim Rice (Evita and Jesus Christ Superstar among his impressive catalog of hits). [Read more...]
