What can a one-man performance bring to a story that’s so familiar to so many that we can almost mouth the dialog? Plenty, especially when that performer is one of the most gifted actors in the metro region and when he’s supported by a crackerjack design team and armed with a great script — that […]
Archives for December 5, 2012
Giant
It’s taken seven years to bring John LaChiusa and Sibylle Pearson’s musical, based on Edna Ferber’s novel, to fruition. The Dallas Theatre Center has presented it, so has the Signature Theatre in D.C. Each outing has been helpful, and the authors have landed in New York at the Public Theatre in a brave and bold […]
A Killing Game
It takes some special theatre magic to conjure a lot from a little. And just our luck: dog&pony have been playing with some worthy new potions. The company’s name may imply a rickety ruse, but their shows have delivered both whimsy and substance over the past five seasons. This bunch have become one of DC’s […]