In case you’re not already booked for the many shows performing around town tonight, we thought you might enjoy watching “A Broadway Celebration: In Performance at the White House” premiering tonight, Wednesday, October 20 at 9 p.m. on PBS stations nationwide (in the DC area, see it on WETA TV26 and in New York on WMET, channel 13 (more local listings) and re-airing at 10pm. [Read more...]
Henry VIII
October 20, 2010 By 3 Comments
No heads will roll at the Folger this month. Ian Merrill Peakes strikes a brooding tone on the promotional art for Henry VIII, with an unbuttoned tunic and a smoldering stare to rival the one summoned by Jonathan Rhys Meyers. But unlike that actor’s fiery exploits on Showtime’s drama “The Tudors”, Peakes must act his regal role within the confines of a script that, although written by our greatest playwright, isn’t actually that great. [Read more...]
The Glory of Living
October 20, 2010 By 1 Comment
What happens to a young woman whose childhood is a funhouse mirror chamber of horrors and who grows up with no sense of self and no grasp of the value of human life? Meet Lisa (Mary Myers), a 16 year old Southern girl, the heartrending anti-heroine of Rebecca Gilman’s play The Glory of Living. [Read more...]
Women Beware Women
October 20, 2010 By 10 Comments
Constellation Theatre Company’s staging of Women Beware Women, while described by its 15th century playwright Thomas Middleton as a tragedy, is a wonderfully entertaining farce as boldly adapted by Jesse Berger. It’s a crazy, wild ride of a play where the terrific cast of morally depraved characters and their sly, knowing winks to the audience keep the laughs coming as friends and lovers become haters and co-conspirators, ultimately plotting each others’ demise. Shades of Sweeney Todd—only not as dark. [Read more...]
The Little Prince
October 20, 2010 By 7 Comments
“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” These words, penned (in French) during the Second World War by writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, will immediately ring a bell with children of all ages and nationalities. [Read more...]
