http://dctheatrescene.com DC's Liveliest Theatre Website Sun, 18 May 2008 11:28:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en on Adding Machine, No No Nanette!, and a Master Class with Harold Prince By NY Theatre Buzz columnist Richard Seff http://dctheatrescene.com/2008/05/16/two-musicals-one-dark-one-fluffy-then-cue-the-prince/ The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan Directed by Richard Clifford Produced by Folger Theatre Reviewed by Leslie Weisman The Folger's done it again: taken a classic from an earlier era and turned it into a contemporary cautionary tale of a situation so in-the-moment as to have been heralded, just four days into its ... http://dctheatrescene.com/2008/05/16/the-school-for-scandal/ IT'S LUCKY 13 FOR IN THE HEIGHTS By Joel Markowitz Tues - May 13 -- It's the show that has captured my heart and the hearts of my friends. It's energetic and exciting, and it's an old fashioned Broadway musical with a Latin twist. Today, In The Heights received a well-deserved 13 ... http://dctheatrescene.com/2008/05/13/in-the-heights-sweeps-tony-nominations/ Crumble (lay me down Justin Timberlake) by Sheila Callaghan Directed by Shirley Serotsky Produced by Catalyst Theater Company Reviewed by Leslie Weisman This may be the shortest, sharpest - and the most seemingly effortlessly poetic - play you'll see outside of the Capital Fringe Festival.  Like some of those memorable mini- quasi- master sketches, "Crumble," ... http://dctheatrescene.com/2008/05/13/crumble-lay-me-down-justin-timberlake/ Antony and Cleopatra By William Shakespeare Produced by Shakespeare Theatre Company Directed by Michael Kahn Reviewed by Tim Treanor Forget all you've heard about Antony and Cleopatra, the great romantics. Forget all that claptrap about Antony as a love-addled cat's-paw for the seductive Cleo. Throw it in the ash heap of history. Instead, believe Bill ... http://dctheatrescene.com/2008/05/12/antony-and-cleopatra/ The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? By Edward Albee Produced by the Bay Theatre Company Directed by Lucinda Merry-Browne Reviewed by Tim Treanor This is a play about a man who has sex with a goat - enthusiastically, and frequently. He is in love. Although he has a sweet and intelligent wife, and his life ... http://dctheatrescene.com/2008/05/12/the-goat-or-who-is-sylvia/ Volvió una Noche, She Returned One Night by Eduardo Rovner Directed by Mario Marcel                                      Produced by Teatro de la Luna Reviewed by Rosalind Lacy    One reason I love to see plays at Washington D.C.'s Hispanic theaters is that I emerge renewed, as if I've traveled through a parallel universe.  Meet Eduardo Rovner, a multi-prize-winning Argentine ... http://dctheatrescene.com/2008/05/12/she-returned-one-night/ Julius Caesar By William Shakespeare Produced by the Shakespeare Theatre Company Directed by David Muse Reviewed by Tim Treanor Shakespeare Theatre's sturdy and handsomely-mounted Julius Caesar leaves things... unresolved. Are we helpless pawns to a hapless fate, as Director Muse works hard to imply by his staging? Or can a clever politician, such as the formidable ... http://dctheatrescene.com/2008/05/08/julius-caesar/ Mad Breed By Jacqueline E. Lawton Directed by Juanita Rockwell Produced by Active Cultures Theatre Reviewed by Janice Cane Mad Breed reminded me of the last time I greeted news of a brand-new play with a good deal of skepticism. I didn't think one of my favorite books, a rich tapestry of complex characters and ... http://dctheatrescene.com/2008/05/08/mad-breed/ By Joel Markowitz May 8th -- Glory Days opened on Tuesday, May 6th. The New York critics unanimously hated it and closing notices were posted on May 7th, making it the first Broadway musical in 23 years to close after opening night. http://dctheatrescene.com/2008/05/08/glory-days-is-over/