Produced by Arena Stage Reviewed by Debbie Minter Jackson Lynnie Godfrey as Aunt Ester (Photo: Scott Suchman) Gem of the Ocean reminds us why August Wilson is considered by some to be the Shakespeare of our time. Beautifully mounted at Arena Stage, it is nothing short of an epic. Issues involving Honesty, Redemption, Forgiveness, Self-love, […]
Archives for February 6, 2007
Crave
Produced by Signature Reviewed by Ronnie Ruff (l to r) John Lescault, Kathleen Coons, Deborah Hazlett, Joe Isenberg (Photo: Carol Pratt) It just may be that Crave is the most unusual production I have seen in the entire history of DC Theatre Reviews. Those keeping notes should scribble in their notepads now that this is […]
Orson’s Shadow
Produced by Round House Theatre Reviewed by Tim Treanor Kathryn Kelley and Wilbur Edwin Henry (Photo: Stan Barouh) Imagine Noises Off, Michael Frayn’s comedy about a grade-Z theater company’s attempt to put on a farce (or read about Arena’s production of it here). Now, substitute theater icons Orson Welles (Wilbur Edwin Henry), Joan Plowright (Connan […]
Las Paredes (The Walls)
Produced by GALA Hispanic Theatre Reviewed by Rosalind Lacy (l to r) Cynthia Benjamin, Carlos Castillo and Manuel Cabrera-Santos (Photo: Daniel Troconis) Argentine playwright Griselda Gambaro took an enormous risk because she couldn’t keep silent about “the disappeared.” When she wrote The Walls (Las Paredes) in 1964, she was ahead of her time. She held […]