Sunday, March 17 — The 13th annual WATCH awards were handed out in front of a sold out audience at the Little Theatre of Alexandria in Alexandria, VA. WATCH (Washington Area Theatre Community Honors), represents 34 local community theatres, 15 of which received awards.
Archives for March 2013
A Walk in the Woods
The Soviet Union is no more, and the days when reaching an agreement with it on arms control was a matter of planetary life and death are fading into memory. Why, then, would a play about two superpower negotiators trying to put controls on the nuclear arms race mean anything to us today?
Season change at Olney: The King and I and world premiere of Stephen Dietz comedy
The King and I, the musical retelling of “Anna and the King of Siam” which made Yul Brenner an international star, will run at Olney Theatre Center November 14 through December 29, 2013, the Company announced last week.
CenterStage’s new 7 show season features Groucho, Will, and a Civil War holiday
Baltimore’s CenterStage this week announced a seven-play 2013-2014 season which includes a favorite from Will Shakespeare, a Christmas play by Paula Vogel, and Bruce Nelson in a role made immortal by Grouch Marx.
Mud Blue Sky
Whoever said that travel is broadening never met a modern-day flight attendant. The three women of Marisa Wegrzyn’s world premiere, world-wearily funny play Mud Blue Sky, are drudges at 50,000 feet. Their backs ache, their dogs are barkin’, they figure out what city they are in by the cable TV selection in their interchangeable hotel […]
Nova Y. Payton – Defying Gravity: The Making of a Supernova
Following Nova Y. Payton’s debut at Signature Theatre in the 2011 production of Shaiman and Wittman’s Hairspray, there was more than just a little buzz about the new theatre girl in town with the big voice who brought the house down with “I Know Where I’ve Been.”
Metamorphoses creator Mary Zimmerman on the power of myths
— We talk to Mary Zimmerman, director and creator of Metamorphoses, now completing a successful run in the Fichlander at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. Zimmerman shared her insights on the creation of the piece, the power of myths and how Metamorphoses has touched audiences over the years.–
Fred Thompson preps for his Expert Witness date at STC by taking a few questions
— On Monday, March 18 at 7.30 p.m., The Shakespeare Theatre’s “Expert Witnesses” series will feature a Watergate investigator, an actor, a lawyer, a U.S. Senator, and a former candidate for President of the United States – and they’re all one guy: The Hon. Fred Dalton Thompson, Republican of Tennessee. I had a chance to […]
Book of Mormon ticket demand crashes Kennedy Center site. Again
Tickets went on sale to the general public this morning for The Book of Mormon, and within minutes, the flood of ticket seekers crashed the Kennedy Center’s site. (It’s still not available as of this writing.) We are told by a source inside the Kennedy Center that the lines at the Box Office are quite […]
WSC lands two venues to finish its season
Although its forced exile from its residence at Artisphere compelled WSC to abandon its plan to produce a spring rep series, the company announced today it has resolved, temporarily, its need for playing space, and has a re-vamped spring season.
Studio’s next 11 play Season features Award-Winners, Michael Kahn, new plays, and a bloody musical
Michael Kahn will make his Studio Theatre directing debut and Stephen King’s bloody thriller Carrie will find its way to Studio’s stage as a musical during its 2013-2014 season, the company announced yesterday.
Woolly Mammoth’s 34th season ‘America’s Tell-Tale Heart’
Writing comedy is hard, but Monday night, Woolly Mammoth pulled off a smart, funny show to present its 34th season with company member Emily Townley (Tryst, Bright New Boise, House of Gold) turning in a performance that would make Billy Crystal envious.