Taffety Punk likes to say that its ensemble members belong to a “theatre band,” searching for new ways to fuse music and text onstage. This fun-loving, fidgety company has repeatedly plumbed the reverberating midpoint between song and the spoken word, bringing their rough-and-tumble spirit to Shakespeare’s verse, gritty 21st-century originals, and quite a bit in […]
Archives for April 12, 2013
Coriolanus
Performed with Wallenstein as part of STC’s Hero/Traitor Repertory, Shakespeare’s less-performed Roman tragedy roars to life at the STC. Director David Muse sheaths the tragedy’s notoriously complex text in a muscle-bound character study, and Patrick Page gives a ferocious portrayal of the general-turned-invader as a fanatically uncompromising military man whose only flaw is a refusal […]
Monty Python’s Spamalot
Monty Python’s Spamalot now at The National Theatre for its brief and final visit to DC, is a musical romp through a favorite film that shouldn’t be missed. A delight we’re lucky to have back in town after its visit to The Warner last spring, this production puts a new spin on a classic in more […]