A CHRISTMAS CAROL: A GHOST STORY OF CHRISTMAS Adapted by Michael Wilson with Original Direction by Matt August Original Staging Recreated by Mark Ramont Reviewed by Rosalind Lacy There’s a reason for the standing ovation at the end. Experiencing Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol at the Ford’s Theatre is thrilling.It’s more than the spectacular technical […]
Archives for November 2006
The Little Prince
The Little Prince Produced by Round House Theatre Reviewed by Rosalind LacyA plane with an open cockpit makes a crash landing during a thunder storm in the Sahara Desert, miles from help. As the Aviator fixes his plane, an extraterrestrial person, the Little Prince, pops out of the cockpit. He orders the Aviator to “Draw […]
Cinderella
Cinderella Music by Richard Rodgers and Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Produced by Olney Theatre Center Reviewed by Tim Treanor I am going to give you this straight up, without frou-frou or folderol. If your kids have not yet become cynical, or worse, analytical, you should take them to this show. I […]
Tomorrow
Produced by Quotidian Theatre Company Reviewed by Debbie Minter Jackson Quotidian’s production of Tomorrow does justice to the quiet, deliberate tone of Horton Foote’s adaptation of a short story written by William Faulkner. Set in a dreary Mississippi farm town in the early 1900’s, the play tells the back story about a sole dissenter on […]
The Throat Interview by Guest Interviewer Hugo Medrano, Producing Artistic Director of GALA Hispanic Theatre
“This is a really wonderful production. It goes right to the heart of human emotions. Very touching.” Hugo Medrano, Producing Artistic Director of GALA Hispanic Theatre talks with members of the company of THROAT, the bold new play by Mando Alvarado, who is joined here by director Michael Ray Escamilla and actor Raul Castillo. They […]
Martha, Josie and the Chinese Elvis
Martha, Josie and the Chinese Elvis by Charlotte Jones Produced by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Reviewed by Tim Treanor At Christmastide, hope floats from the heavens like snow and cloaks us in a robe of optimism and cheer. We pray for, or fantasize about, a peaceful world where people are free and bellies are full. […]
Still Going Solo
Communion and Bulletins from Fatland by Debbie Minter Jackson There’s something to be said about being “the nation’s oldest continuing women’s theater”– that’s a lot of keeping power. Horizons Theatre celebrates its thirtieth season with “Still Going Solo,” a collage of solo pieces reflecting the company’s distinctive mission, talent, and innovative perspective. The two intriguing […]
Proof
Proof by David Auburn Produced by Firebelly Productions Reviewed by Tim Treanor Proof is less a great play than a great opportunity for actors to put together a memorable and satisfying evening of theater. The slender plot revolves around the discovery of a complex and significant mathematical proof locked in the desk drawer of Robert […]
Ari Roth tells us about Theater J’s new season
Ari Roth tells about Theater J’s commitment to new plays, this year’s full season of new work and the Peace Cafe. Listen here.
Equus
Equus by Peter Shaffer Produced by the Washington Shakespeare Company Reviewed by Tim Treanor Consider the horse. I am looking at one right now in my neighbor’s yard. He is an enormous gelding, six and a quarter feet high at the withers and weighing well over a thousand pounds. Retired from an indifferent career […]
Review: Mando Alvarado’s debut Throat a smash success
It has been quite a while since a play has grabbed my attention from beginning to end, but that is the case with this touring masterpiece named Throat. Although on first glance one might think this is a political piece, it is, in fact, far from it. Yes it is about a young Marine back […]
Jocasta
Jocasta Produced by Natural Theatricals Reviewed by Debbie M. Jackson Jocasta has the markings of a fine production in the making. An adaptation of Oedipus set in the tropical West Indies in the 1890’s, the piece repackages the old adage-you can run but you can’t hide from your fate and destiny. The pulsating rhythms of […]