– Enjoy an interactive discussion on Twelfth Night with acclaimed author and Tony Award-nominee Ken Ludwig, followed by a book-signing for his new book, “How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare” Saturday June 9 at 12pm at Folger Theatre- Ken Ludwig’s name is synonymous with stage comedies: Lend Me a Tenor, Moon Over Buffalo, Fox on […]
Archives for June 2013
Kinky Boots – big winner on Tony night?
If you want to prepare for this Sunday night’s Tony Awards telecast on CBS (8pm EST), you might want to get hold of the new original Broadway cast album of the show that has more nominations than any other, Kinky Boots. With 13 nominations, there are likely to be a good many times when the […]
We talk with Rachel Pickup and Richard Sheridan Willis from Twelfth Night at Folger Theatre
Standing in a Capitol Hill bakery, they could have been a pair of European travelers, not quite blending in with the hustling Washington crowd getting scones and lattes in the afternoon rush. But the willowy blonde with striking features and the gentleman with tousled salt and pepper hair were islands of calm in the busy […]
There’s hope and heart in Signature’s Company
Normally, you’re drawn to Company, Stephen Sondheim’s 1970 Broadway musical about the ecstasies and aggravations of marriage, because of its cynical tang. From the bar fly bravado of “The Ladies Who Lunch” to the blithering brilliance of “Getting Married Today,” Company scorches with acidic wit.
Stupid Fucking Bird
One hundred and fifteen years ago, the Moscow Art Theatre produced a play by an obscure playwright – really, a physician who wrote plays – which changed the history of theater. The play was called The Seagull, the playwright was Anton Chekhov, and the Constantin Stanislavski-directed production successfully challenged virtually every convention in the contemporary […]
The Guardsman
The Kennedy Center’s new production of Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnár’s vintage 1910 dramedy The Guardsman, starring Finn Wittrock and Sarah Wayne Callies, promises to be a surprise hit once it works out a few kinks evident on opening night. As a comedy, Molnár’s play is a turn-of-the-last-century drawing room amusement that’s deliciously laced with touches […]
DC playwright Jacqueline Lawton on The Hampton Years, getting its first production at Theater J
Local playwright Jacqueline Lawton has spent over a year and a half researching and writing The Hampton Years — a play now brought to life in her first regional production. This week, in a whirlwind of activity, the show began performances at Theater J as part of the second annual Locally Grown Festival.
Marc Shaiman breaks his silence on the music (and troubles) of Smash
Smash, which finished its run on NBC just about a week ago, was certainly a lot of things, and inspired a lot of mixed responses in those who watched the show. Even those who defended it fervently couldn’t claim it was consistently good.