Just announced – Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years will replace Crime of the Heart in Signature Theatre’s spring lineup. Aaron Posner will direct the intimate two person musical, famously based on the composer’s failed marriage. Through the course of 14 songs, rising novelist Jamie and struggling actress Cathy separately tell their own account […]
Archives for March 2013
Peter Pan and Wendy
Aimed at the young and the young at heart, Peter Pan and Wendy is filled with a whimsical spirit as several gaggles of youthful performers retell the adventurous journey to Neverland and back again.
Home
Most anyone who has ever left his home has longed to be back in it. There exists an unmistakably powerful pull to the familiarity that has been burned into our brains by the repetition of living in a place. Even for those who didn’t enjoy their homes, a pull exists, however slight it might be.
Snowquester’s here. Watch for show cancellations
It turns out the weather forecasters had it right. The DC area is in for as much as 8 inches of snow, which is already falling quickly. Some show cancellations are inevitable – Arena Stage has already announced that the matinee for Metamorphoses has been moved to March 13th at noon. They will announce any […]
How Roy Berkowitz’ Source short became a movie, and where to see it free this week
Sometimes a play seems to have a mind of its own, and like an independent child, leaves its warm nurturing nest, wins awards across the country, and, in this case, gets turned into a film. That’s what happened to ‘Neitzsche’ Ate Here by local playwright Roy C. Berkowitz which returns home to DC for a […]
New Sam Shepard, three world premieres headline 2013 Contemporary American Theater Festival
Heartless, Sam Shepard’s latest take on the human condition, will be one of five plays at the heart of the Contemporary American Theater Festival’s 2013 Season.
Show Boat: Performing Race in an American Musical
With some musicals, there aren’t enough interesting things to write about to make up a single slender volume. Show Boat, on the other hand, has been the topic of a small library of interesting works, including Miles Krueger’s landmark “Show Boat: The Story of a Classic American Musical.” Now, Todd Decker makes a significant addition […]
The Wiz
It’s hard to explain America’s fascination with The Wizard of Oz other than to say it’s an enduring one. L. Frank Baum’s classic book The Wonderful World of Oz inspired a Hollywood movie and numerous stage adaptations, including some that put a unique spin on the material.
Signature’s new season includes a new play and 3 new musicals
Arlington’s Signature Theatre will feature four world premieres among its eight 2013-2014 productions, the company announced today.
Oh, man. Oh, Manon Lescaut!
In the second act, a massive column opens like a giant jewelry box to reveal the quintessential material girl in a glittering gown, as worldly as Jessica Chastain on the Oscar runway. Behind her spread across the entire back of the stage is a painted Baroque sky of swirling clouds and cherubic putti. Oh Man, […]
If/Then starring Idina Menzel coming to the National Theatre for a pre-Broadway try-out
We’re beginning to see signs that the new booking agents for the National Theatre are living up to their promise to keep the lights on at that historic theatre. Their first announcement is a big one: a world premiere, pre-Broadway tryout of the musical If/Then starring Tony Award-winner Idina Menzel.
Forum brings back Last Days of Judas Iscariot in 2013-14 season
Forum Theatre’s fifteenth season will include a revival of Stephen Adly Guirgis’ The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Forum’s sensational hit from its 2007-2008 season, from May 22 to June 14.