By Carlos Pais Produced by Teatro de la Luna Reviewed by Rosalind Lacy Comedy doesn’t flow easily from Latin American playwrights’ pens, according to Teatro de la Luna’s Artistic Director Mario Marcel, because of the past 25 years of political oppression,. But judging from the world premiere of Argentine playwright Carlos Pais’ satire Love in […]
Archives for May 2007
Cast Change for Songs for a New World
Laura Griffith Replaces Benanti In Strathmore/Signature Songs for a New WorldMay 15, 2007 – The cast for the Signature Theatre concert presentation of Jason Robert Brown’s Songs for a New World tomorrow and Thursday evenings at the Music Center at Strathmore has had one change. The role that was supposed to be played by Tony […]
Scenic Artists Help Eastern Market
Shakespeare Theater Company To The Rescue – Fills First Window at Eastern Market May 11, 2007 – When Washington’s Eastern Market burned last week, the windows overlooking 7th Street were all destroyed. While the building is restored, those windows will be filled with plain plywood. At the request of the D.C. Office of Property Management […]
Either Or
By Thomas Keneally Produced by Theater J Reviewed by Janice Cane Either Or is an incredibly compelling story, all the more so because it is true. Personal conflict set against the backdrop of worldwide conflict. Risk. Love. Anguish. Hope. Defeat. All elements of an unforgettable play are there. And yet, Either Or does not cross […]
Theodore Bikel, Act 1
Fortunately for us all, renowned performer Theodore Bikel has found a welcome at Theater J. In town to play the title role in the staged reading of Shylock, Mr. Bikel talks about the inherent anti-Semitism in Shakespeare’s character that led to playwright Arnold Wesker’s new interpretation. In 2005, Theater J produced the powerful drama The Disputation […]
David Turner
(pictured: David Turner in Spamalot, with Joel, and in Gutenberg!) On his latest trip to NYC, Joel Markowitz interviewed actor David Turner on Wednesday, May 2nd in his dressing room before the 8 PM performance of Gutenberg! The Musical! . Washington audiences may remember David’s Helen Hayes Award nominated performance as Sir Robin in Spamalot […]
Theatre Schmooze
A Little Bit of This…A Little Bit of That… It’s been a while (5 weeks to be exact) since we’ve last schmoozed, so let’s catch up. Lion in Wait with The Pillow Brothers March went out with a scary roar as I sat down to podcast the Pillow Brothers-Aaron Munoz and Tom Story who were […]
Sleeping and Waking
By Chris Stezin Produced by Charter Theatre Reviewed by Debbie Minter Jackson Plastic model body parts dangle from the ceiling in Chris Stezin’s Sleeping and Waking. The off-putting display is a constant reminder that the play’s protagonist, Sullivan, well played by Ian Le Valley, is the first successful full body transplant. Mind you, the play […]
The Flu Season
By Will Eno Produced by Catalyst Theater Company Reviewed by Tim Treanor The reviewer plops heavily into his chair and fires up his Dell. He types in the basics. Playwright’s name. Producing company. His own name. He takes a pull from the glass of tawny port he had just poured and sits back. He […]
Carolee Carmello
Broadway musical performer Carolee Carmello is the much acclaimed star of Signature’s Saving Aimee. Carolee tells us how she came to be offered the role of Aimee Semple McPherson, her most enjoyable and most apprehensive moments in the play, thoughts on rewrites and hopes for the future of the show. Her husband is Gregg Edelman, […]
Peter and Wendy
Something very unusual is happening on the Kreeger stage. I don’t mean the story, which is one of the world’s most familiar. Rather, that the avant-grade theatre troupe Mabou Mines and the incandescent Karen Kandel are reinventing the very grammar of storytelling in order to open up Peter Pan’s melancholy heart. To say that they […]
Renaissance
By Howard Walper, Steven Gottlieb, and Andrew Lloyd Baughman Produced by Landless Theatre Co. Reviewed by Janice Cane Renaissance, now making its debut in the black box at D.C. Arts Center, is by all means a play that makes you think. Throughout the one-act show, I felt introspective: “This play poses several interesting, provoking questions. […]