Enda Walsh, the featured playwright of The New Ireland Festival at Studio Theatre, defies easy classification. But one thing is sure: whether he grabs part of the myth of Odysseus and resets it at the bottom of a drained swimming pool as in Penelope or uses the bashed-in skeleton of a London Council flat to […]
Archives for April 12, 2011
Supremes reject Wildely imaginative arguments, throw booklet at Ideal villain
Oyez, oyez, oyez, all you girlz and boyez! Last night, the Honorable the Supreme Court of the United States (supplemented by Judges from the Honorable the Less Supreme Courts) let the extortion conviction of celebrated blackmailer Laura Cheveley stand in the face of a slew of imaginative arguments presented by her gifted counsel, Beth Wilkinson.
2011 Curtain Call – the Helen Hayes Award nominated creative collaborators
Beginning today, DC Theatre Scene will roll out our annual Curtain Call feature to tell you about some of last year’s most exceptional theatre from the best source possible: the artists who created it. As the 2011 Helen Hayes Awards ceremony approaches, our five part 2011 Curtain Call presents nearly 100 of the playwrights, designers, […]
Eric Schaeffer’s Signature Story released
Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer and Sarah Valente will be signing copies of their new book “My Signature Story” Thursday, April 14th, from 7 – 9pm in the Signature’s Mead Lobby overlooking the glittering shops of Shirlington Village, in which Signature Theatre is an important anchor. “My Signature Story” tells the story of the origins of Arlington, […]