The national touring production of Hair was officially launched last Thursday at the Kennedy Center’s Opera House to a wildly enthusiastic if somewhat less-than-full house. Subtitled, “The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical,” the revival of this grand-daddy of all rock musicals attracted a happy, chatty, diverse crowd predominated by Baby Boomers eager to relive all the […]
Archives for November 2010
Brief Encounter
For those of us old enough to remember the film version of Noel Coward’s Brief Encounter, a warm glow descends upon us whenever it’s brought to mind. For those even older who were exposed to the one act play on which the film was based (called Still Life, a part of Tonight at 8:30), there […]
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Short, tart and to the point – this 28 minute recording of the songs from a one-act show provides a record (pardon the pun) for future reference, but I for one am not likely to refer back to it very often. It is highly entertaining the first few times you hear it. However, since the […]
The War of the Worlds
The “terrifying broadcast that panicked a nation!” the night before Halloween more than 70 years ago and sent thousands heading for the hills can now be not only heard, but seen. Scena Theatre has taken the Orson Welles Mercury Theater’s (almost literally) groundbreaking “The War of the Worlds,” based on the eponymous 1898 book by […]
The Happiest Day of Our lives
Teatro de la Luna’s XIII International Hispanic Theater Festival continued on a roll with a richly profound, absurd black comedy from Spain about waiting. Three sisters, who are triplets, wait for the happiest day of their lives: a wedding and a first communion. Nobody comes. Nobody leaves. Nothing happens.