Since I have been reviewing theatre in DC I have had the great opportunity to see some pretty incredible theatre from companies just starting out. Recently many of these “fringe” companies got a boost from a two page spread in our paper of record that outlined an exciting kind of theatre that many DC theatre […]
Archives for March 2006
Fanny’s First Play: All It Needs Is Love
By: Tim Treanor Fanny’s First Play – WSG The stage can be a forum for ideas. A socially conscious playwright, if he is clever and sensitive, can use his art to present his solutions to the great social dilemmas of his day. Throughout his lengthy career, George Bernard Shaw exploited that theatrical potential as well […]
Stars, Stripes and Heifers
By: Ronnie Ruff God Of Hell – Didactic Theatre Adrienne Nelson and Colby Codding, photograph taken by Elish Healy Sam Sheppard’s latest play is a sarcastic look at the nationalistic* themes promoted by the current administration or to quote the playwright “a takeoff on Republican fascism.” A comedy in three scenes, the play uses more […]
Plays Under Construction Festival, 2006
The Playwrights Forum and Round House Theatre have joined forces to present the Plays Under Construction Festival, a three-week festival offering a behind-the-scenes look at the development of three new plays by three local playwrights. The festival runs March 13 – April 1, 2006 at Round House Theatre Silver Spring and the Round House Theatre […]
Review: Julius Caesar at Caesar’s Palace – what could go wrong?
There are a thousand things wrong with this misconceived and poorly-executed production, beginning with the theme. There is no imaginable reason to place Julius Caesar in Caesar’s Palace, except as a play on words. But where does this lead us? Hamlet in a hamlet? King Lear in a Lear jet? MacBeth in a McDonalds? I […]