Produced by The Kennedy Center Reviewed by Rosalind Lacy You either love the mother. Or you hate her. But by the end of The Light in the Piazza, you love the mother because she’s transformed into something warmly human. This simple love story is a deep psychological journey about the seasons of love. The […]
Archives for December 2006
Noises Off
Noises Off by Michael Frayn Produced by Arena StageReviewed by Tim Treanor About twenty-five years ago the relentlessly serious English playwright Michael Frayn (Democracy, Copenhagen) wrote Noises Off, a farce about, well, a farce. It is a little like discovering that Aristotle also wrote limericks. (“There once was a philosopher named Plato/Whose cosmology was expressed in […]
Faith Healer
Faith Healer By Brian Friel Produced by Keegan Theatre Reviewed by Debbie Minter Jackson Irish storytelling is renowned for setting a mood and exploring life’s quirks, aches and heartbreak. Only a daringly bold company could attempt to capture the plucky pathos of Brian Friel’s Faith Healer because of the demanding skill needed to […]
The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate ….
The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society’s production of A Christmas Carol Produced by Starkit Productions By guest reviewer Gary McMillanStarkit Productions remounts the show they produced in Baltimore ten years ago as a British Panto-style production with cross-gender casting. Does the triumphant arrival of the Farndale Avenue’s leading ladies, Thelma Greenwood and Phoebe Reece, […]
King of Cool
King of Cool – The Life and Music of Nat King Cole Produced by MetroStage Reviewed by Debbie Minter JacksonJimi Ray Malary’s return to MetroStage in Alexandria, in King of Cool: The Life and Music of Nat King Cole is a silky smooth treat. Having caught his rendition of “Duke” Ellington earlier this year, I […]
A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun Produced by African Continuum Theatre Reviewed by Debbie Minter Jackson Walter Lee and Ruth Younger go back even farther than Sidney Poitier and Ruby Dee. What is it about Raisin in the Sun that keeps its strong, sure-fire appeal for almost 50 years? And why see this rendition by the […]
The Christmas Foundling
The Christmas Foundling by Norman Allen (inspired by the stories of Bret Harte) Produced by Journeymen Theater Reviewed by Tim Treanor “Home is the place where, when you have to go there,” Robert Frost said famously, in The Death of the Hired Hand, “they have to take you in.” The very young Tom (Sean McCoy) […]
The Long Christmas Ride Home
The Long Christmas Ride Home by Paula Vogel Produced by Studio Theatre Reviewed by Debbie Minter Jackson Paula Vogel’s Long Christmas Ride Home offers an intriguing glimpse at the fundamental blocks of family relationships. Master storyteller Vogel uses a disarmingly simple device of a long snowy ride to Grandma’s house for Christmas, youngsters jostling for […]
From Budapest With Love
She Loves Me Produced by Arena Stage Reviewed by Ronnie Ruff Interviews by Joel Markowitz Revivals of Broadway musicals are huge nowadays and there is little doubt that to be successful, everything needs to click: a good book, a strong score, characters we can care for and good performances. She Loves Me, the Christmas card […]
She Loves Me
She Loves Me Produced by Arena Stage Reviewed by Ronnie Ruff Revivals of Broadway musicals are huge nowadays and there is little doubt that to be successful, everything needs to click: a good book, a strong score, characters we can care for and good performances. She Loves Me, the Christmas card sent to us this […]