SUPPORTING PLAYER BECOMES LEAD PLAYER FOR DC THEATRE SCENE Dec 28 — Broadway quadruple-threat – actor, agent, author and librettist – Richard Seff will join the staff of DC Theatre Scene effective January 1, DCTS Editor Lorraine Treanor announced today. Seff, the author of the well-received Broadway autobiography, SUPPORTING PLAYER: My Life Upon the Wicked […]
Archives for December 28, 2007
Brooks Returns to Tamburlaine
Fri, Dec 28 – Avery Brooks, whose recent injury halted production of the Shakespeare Theatre’s production of Tamburlaine, has recovered sufficiently to rejoin the cast and the play will resume production on Saturday, December 29.Brooks plays the title character in the Christopher Marlowe play, which inaugurated the company’s new Harman Hall space.Brooks’ injury, the nature […]
2008 Wish List
My End of Year Schmooze by Joel Markowitz So none of my readers can accuse me of being listless, here are my two end of the year lists: 1 – WOULDN’T THE 2008 THEATRE SEASON BE SHEER BLISS IF…
Shlemiel the First
Shlemiel the First Based on the story by Isaac Bashevis Singer Conceived & adapted by Robert Brustein Music by Hankus Netsky & Zalman Mlotek Lyrics by Arnold Weinstein Directed by Nick Olcott & Michael Russotto Produced by Theater J Reviewed by Gary McMillan Shlemiel the First is a triple threat: a “ho hum” score, a […]