By Calvin A. Ramsey and Thomas W. Jone II Produced by MetroStage Reviewed by Debbie M. Jackson Bricktop at MetroStage stomps and sizzles across the stage like there’s no tomorrow. Co-written by Baltimore playwright Calvin A. Ramsey and MetroStage favorite, Thomas W. Jones II, who also directs, Bricktop is a high energy, roller coaster ride through […]
Archives for January 28, 2007
January Pleasures
Carol, Bricktop, Stephen, Act Two and The Boar Here’s why they call me the Wandering Jew. This month alone I attended two National Symphony concerts, two Kirov Opera performances, press openings of a Neil Labute play and a Jewish memoir turned into a play, took a tour of the new spacious high tech theatre that […]
The Tempest
Robert Leembruggan and Ally Raber (Photo: Ray Gniewek) By William Shakespeare Produced by Keegan Theatre Reviewed by Gary McMillan What suits the Nation’s Capital better than a comedy of political treachery? The Keegan Theatre’s The Tempest, a solid – if uneven – entry in the Shakespeare In Washington Festival, nicely melds the drama […]