Jonathan Bank runs a pretty tight ship over there at the Mint Theater Company, one of our off-Broadway treasures. In the most unpretentious of black box theatres on the third floor of a 43rd Street office building, he has given us productions of long forgotten or little known works by playwrights who were, in their […]
Archives for September 2011
Michael Feinstein and Linda Eder at The Regency
I don’t usually cover the Cabaret world, but as Michael Feinstein and Linda Eder have both graced Broadway stages on their career trajectories, I thought you might like to know how they’re doing when they are up there just inches away from you, on their own without benefit of plot, full orchestra or an audience […]
Tosca free at Nationals Park this Thursday
Looking to stretch your family entertainment dollar during yet another period of economic uncertainty? Well, here’s some good news. The Washington National Opera is coming to your rescue with its fourth annual installment of “Opera in the Outfield” this Thursday evening at Washington Nationals Park. This year’s operatic offering is Giacomo Puccini’s romantic thriller, Tosca. […]
The creative force known as Kwame Kwei-Armah on heading CenterStage
Baltimore inspired him, and now he intends to return the favor. “Cool. Savvy.” That branding for the 2011-2012 season dangles outside the CenterStage theater on Calvert Street in Baltimore. It’s cut and pasted from an enthusiastic Washington Post review of last season’s ReEntry. Presumably, the idea was that even for those outside the Baltimore Beltway, […]
Kennedy Center’s launches MyTix discount and giveaway tickets program
The Kennedy Center celebrates turning 40 with MyTix, a generous ticket discount program This month, forty people will win a pair of tickets to Les Misérables, and others will be able to take advantage of deeply discounted tickets, thanks to the generosity of Kennedy Center Chairman David M. Rubenstein and his wife Alice Rubenstein. Called […]
Trouble in Mind
Baltimore has many advantages over its sister city to the South—better food, nicer people, filmmaker John Waters, and the citizenry got to see Alice Childress’ funny, furious come-to-Jesus-talk of a play Trouble in Mind four years ago.
Fela!
Fela! is all about the music and the tragically inspiring story of the legendary Nigerian musician, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. Immensely stirring and emotional, it was a hit on Broadway, winning almost universal acclaim, and in 2010, Fela! was nominated for eleven Tony Awards and won three (best choreography and best design in costume and sound.)
Notes to the Motherland
Be patient, readers. There is a review in your future, but first—a history lesson. Lithuania is a relatively small (about 3 million people) country on the Baltic Sea, bordering both Russia and Poland. Once a prominent European Duchy, Lithuania has spent most of the last few centuries occupied by one foreign power or another. Lithuanians […]
The Mandrake
“The ends justify the means”. Villainous ladder-climbers spout it in corporate dramas, and history teachers write it across blackboards (at least mine did). Most of us know Machiavelli from these words, and the work from which it came, The Prince. Most of us don’t know, however, that the scathing writer also penned a play. Faction […]
1409 Playbill Cafe closing Sept 30
Popular theatre restaurant announces it’s taking an intermission “Dear Friends”, 1409’s Facebook entry began this morning, and with that, Elsayed Mansour and Jeff DeMontier went on to announce that their restaurant, 1409 Playbill Cafe, the favorite DC hangout for everyone working in theatre for more 13 years, will be closing its doors on Sept. 30th. […]
Gaurav Gopalan died of natural causes, autopsy indicates
Gaurav Gopalan, whose death rocked the DC theater community earlier this week, probably died of natural causes, his longtime partner told DCTS.
The Heir Apparent
In these troubled modern times, one has to find things to be thankful about. I, for one, am thankful that Artistic Director Michael Kahn has dug up another dusty old script from the bottom of the back of the Shakespeare Theatre bookshelves — this time, a French comedy from 1708 called Le Legataire Universel — and handed […]