The press has spoken . The judges have spoken. Now it’s your turn. Since 2007, DC Theatre Scene has been asking its writers to name the best productions and performances of the theatrical season just ended. We then turn it over to you, our readers, to show your appreciation for all the work done by […]
Archives for August 16, 2011
Something’s Coming, Something Good: West Side Story and the American Imagination
West Coast author Misha Berson got it right when she observed that West Side Story’s place in world-wide popular culture exceeds that of a mere musical. As she says: “In Japan and South Africa, Cairo and Kalamazoo, people who have no truck with any other Broadway musicals can sing a few bars of ‘The Jet Song’ […]
Something Past in Front of the Light
Something Past in Front of the Light is “The Exorcist” for grownups. Playwright Kathleen Akerley’s genius script recognizes, as “The Exorcist” did not, that Satan (Alexander Strain), or “Stan” as he is familiarly called here, does not torment the innocent. To win Satan’s special attention you must invite him, as you must invite Dracula, into your […]