Reviews by Lorraine Treanor

Lorraine Treanor is editor and publisher of DC Theatre Scene. She has produced plays and concerts in her home town of Chicago, and twice in the Capital Fringe Festival. Her daughter Nina Norris is an artist working in Chicago. She lives in a log house in Waldorf.MD with her funny and talented husband Tim Treanor.

The Rough Guide to the Underworld

July 2, 2009 by lorraine treanor  
Filed under In DC, Onstage Now

by David J. Loehr
directed by Joel David Santner
After the drama of being human comes the comedy that’s a little divine.

Source Festival Coverage

June 28, 2009 by lorraine treanor  
Filed under Features, Uncategorized

Welcome to our coverage of this year’s Source Festival which runs from June 20 - July 12th at Source, 1835 14th St NW in Washington.

Capital Fringe Festival 2009

June 24, 2009 by lorraine treanor  
Filed under In DC, Onstage Now

July 9 - 26
125 performances
plus
7 music events
plus
4 workshops

Source Festival 2009

June 24, 2009 by lorraine treanor  
Filed under In DC, Onstage Now

June 20 - July 12
Reviving the Washington Theatre Festival’s rich and storied tradition that goes back almost 30 years, Source Festival reinvents DC’s original arts festival.

Contemporary American Theater Festival

June 24, 2009 by lorraine treanor  
Filed under Onstage Now

July 8 - August 2
in Shepherdstown, WV

Hip-Hop Theater Festival

June 24, 2009 by lorraine treanor  
Filed under In DC, Onstage Now

Presented by:
the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
All events and performances throughout the festival are free and open to the public.

Cast announced for Forum’s Angels in America

June 23, 2009 by lorraine treanor  
Filed under News and Views

Forum Theatre’s season opener, the much anticipated Angels in America,  features Alexander Strain as Louis, Jennifer Mendenhall as Hannah, Nanna Ingvarsson as The Angel, Karl Miller as Prior, 

The women of Philadelphia’s Grey Gardens: Lisa Peterson, Joy Franz and Hollis Resnik

June 16, 2009 by lorraine treanor  
Filed under Features, Theatre Schmooze

I’m off for a theatre weekend in the “City of Brotherly Love” with DCTS’ editor Lorraine Treanor to see three classic musicals: Grey Gardens, Forbidden Broadway’s Greatest Hits

Fucking A

June 16, 2009 by lorraine treanor  
Filed under In DC, Onstage Now

A bloody, modern riff on “The Scarlet Letter”, as only Suzan-Lori Parks could do it - with wicked poetry, biting comic songs and unforgettable style.

Barack Stars

June 16, 2009 by lorraine treanor  
Filed under In DC, Onstage Now

Chicago produced a president, a string of corrupt governors, and they’re vying for the Olympics in 2016; so who better to make fun of all of it than The Second City - celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

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