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Hugh Martin: Hidden Treasures (Songs for Stage and Screen (1941 – 2010)

February 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Let’s see. Should I do a recording review of this CD of 29 songs by the man who wrote the memorable songs for the sparkling movie “Meet Me In St. Louis” and Broadway’s “Improbable Musical Comedy” High Spirits? [Read more...]

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DC Theatre Scene critic makes news on WTOP

February 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment

When a critic writes a review, he doesn’t expect to find himself interviewed on a news radio station. But that’s what happened to one writer from DC Theatre Scene.

Critic Larry Bangs can be heard today speaking on Bob Madigan’s “Man About Town” on WTOP. The subject?  Larry’s rave review of Mad Love by the student writers at Young Playwrights’ Theater. How good are these young playwrights?

Listen in here. [Read more...]

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The Water Engine

February 21, 2012 By 3 Comments

I was on my way to the basement of a church in NW Washington to see a play I had never heard of, a minor work from a major voice in theater, one of my favorites, in fact. I was directed around back and down the stairs of the Universalist National Memorial Church to see a play that I had missed between American Buffalo and GlenGarry Glen Ross. [Read more...]

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Forty years and still singing, Washington Savoyards throws a gala

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From time to time, most performing arts organizations schedule a special evening of entertainment geared toward raising audience awareness as well as attracting much needed donations from well-heeled arts patrons. These sparkling “gala” evenings usually highlight an ensembles’ best or most popular performers singing, playing, or dancing to classical, pop, or Broadway hits. Click here for more events happening in this year’s Gala season. [Read more...]

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