Over Sunday morning brunch, DCTR’s team of reviewers – Debbie Minter Jackson, Gary McMillan and Joel Markowitz report in on the first musical of Day 2 110 in the Shade.
Archives for April 2007
Coriolanus
By William Shakespeare Produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company in conjunction with The Kennedy Center Reviewed by Tim Treanor William Houston as Coriolanus and Trevor White as Tullus Aufidius. (Photo: Stewart Hemley) The Royal Shakespeare Company, one of the best theater companies in the world, has mounted an extraordinary production of an extremely lame Shakespeare […]
4 Shows, 1 Weekend in NYC
OOPS! Make that 5 Musicals! A bite of the big apple From their weekend New York trip, Joel Markowitz, Debbie Minter Jackson and Gary McMillan give us a nightly review of some of the hottest shows on Broadway and Joel captures Stagedoor Greetings. Friday, April 20th It’s 1 am, Saturday morning, after […]
The Heidi Chronicles
By Wendy Wasserstein Produced by Arena Stage Reviewed by Debbie Minter Jackson Emerie Snyder, Catherine Weidner and Ellen Karas as Heidi Holland (Photo: Scott Suchman) I approached Arena’s production of The Heidi Chronicles hoping to finally get on board the love train for this signature Wendy Wasserstein work. I’ve enjoyed most of her other plays […]
Elliot
Elliot: A Soldier’s Fugue By Quiara Alegria Hudes Produced by GALA Hispanic Theatre Reviewed by Rosalind Lacy (l to r) Manolo Santalla (Pop), Laura Giannarelli (Ginny), Norman Aronovic (Grandpop) (Photos: Daniel Cima) In its 2006-2007 season, the GALA Hispanic Theatre continues to put women in the spotlight, Her Work, His Staging. The third play […]
References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot
By Jose Rivera Produced by Rorschach Theatre Reviewed by Ronnie Ruff Scott McCormick as the Moon (Photo: Marigan O’Malley-Posada) Communication between men and women or the lack of it is at the very heart of Rorschach Theatre’s References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot. Oh I know! There is communication with the moon, some pretty […]
The Musical of Musicals
The Musical of Musicals: The Musical! Music by Eric Rockwell, Lyrics by Joanne Bogart Book by Eric Rockwell and Joanne Bogart Produced by Metro Stage Reviewed by Gary McMillan Bobby Smith, Donna Migliaccio, Janine Gulisano Sunday and Russell Sunday (Photo: Colin Hovde) Will you listen to that? That’s the sound of an audience losing its […]
Cardenio Found
Adapted & directed by Christopher Marino Produced by Taffety Punk and Woolly Mammoth Reviewed by Juliet Moser Mark R. Ross as Julio (Photo: David Polk) Two twenty-first century minstrels open Taffety Punk’s production of a long-lost play, an acoustic guitar and electric bass strapped around their necks. Serenading the audience with an explanatory prologue, […]
Helen Hayes Awards
LOVE’S LABOR’S FOUND Mon, Apr 16 – The wind blew in Lear-like gusts last night, but inside the Warner Theatre, the atmosphere at the 23rd annual Helen Hayes Awards suggested the title Love’s Labor’s Found. Sparked by the opening flourishes of Marvin Hamlisch at the piano, the warmly modest emceeing of DC actor Jason Kravits, […]
Mill Town Girls
By Audrey Cefaly Produced by Quotidian Theatre Company Reviewed by Tim Treanor Veronica del Cerro as Fin Audrey Cefaly is a fine writer. She has a gift for character development, and her writing is deft and witty. Judging from her performance in this production, she is a more-than-passable actor as well. And she has done […]
A Man for All Seasons
By Robert Bolt Produced by Keegan Theatre Reviewed by Tim Treanor Timothy Lynch as Sir Thomas More and Melissa-Leigh Douglass as Margaret More and Charlotte Akin as Alice More (Photos: Ray Gniewek) A Man for all Seasons is not a play about a man who seeks to become a martyr for his beliefs. Rather, it […]
JANAM
INDIAN PROTEST THEATRE COMES TO WASHINGTON Interview by Joel Markowitz with Lorraine Treanor Moloyashree Hashmi speaks with us about JANAM (Jana Matya Manch – People’s Theatre Forum) Moloyashree Hashmi, India’s best-known street theatre actor, spoke with us moments before JANAM, New Delhi’s pioneering street theatre company, took the stage for their final performance in […]