If you follow “Our Reviews” on DC Theatre Scene you have already seen Debbie Jackson‘s positive review of the American Century Theater’s production of this show which runs through November 27 at the Rosslyn Spectrum. If you follow “Their Reviews” on the site you may also have found a link to my less positive review […]
Archives for November 16, 2010
Harry Connick, Jr on his Happy Elf
There was plenty of excitement at Montgomery College on Saturday, November 13th when I arrived to interview Harry Connick, Jr. before the press opening of The Happy Elf. Harry Connick Jr. was very grateful that Adventure Theatre and Montgomery College were co-producing this first full production of his new children’s musical.
The Pitmen Painters
In the words of William Feaver, the author of the book on which this play by Lee Hall is based, “It’s often said the play’s the thing. Here though, projected above the heads of the actors — demonstrating once again that art making is art appreciation and art appreciation is also a zest for life—pictures, […]
Romeo and Juliet: Choose Your Own Ending
Fresh from winning both Best Overall Show and Audience Choice Best Comedy at this summer’s Pick of the Fringe Awards, Romeo and Juliet: Choose Your Own Ending is back with both a bang and a whimper, courtesy of two characters who in the original are relatively minor. Here they come forcefully into their own, in […]