The Keegan Theatre has mounted not one, but two, Tennessee Williams one act plays at the Gunston Arts Center in Arlington. I will discuss them in tandem here because they share much of same cast. The first play performed is Portrait of a Madonna. Lucretia Collins (Sheri Herren) is the character that ultimately becomes Blanche in […]
Archives for November 2005
Review: A Little Rebellion Now. 2005 play asks What if DC citizens said “Enough!”
Sometimes a smaller theatre company can mount a production that has so much enthusiasm and heart that one looks past technical issues and the company’s shoestring budget and just says “Who Cares! The show just rocks”. Venus Theatre has mounted A Little Rebellion Now at The Warehouse Theatre and it has that feel of true theatre excitement that is hard […]
Review: As Bees in Honey Drown struggles to please
Alexa Vere de Vere, a femme fatale any man would melt for, has her sights set on any ‘hot’ commodity she can draw into her sticky, sweet trap. Douglas Carter Beane’s As Bees in Honey Drown, currently mounted at Theatre On The Run by Trumpet Vine Theatre, tries to be something it ultimately is not, […]