My friends know that I am a theatre nerd who sees an insane amount of live theatre. Unfair. I have interests beyond seeing live works of theatre. I also like to see films based on plays or featuring theatrical stars. How’s that for well-rounded? Below is a list of the films that I am most […]
Archives for August 28, 2013
Next! Washington Stage Guild opens its season of dreams
For its 28th season, Washington Stage Guild presents “The Season of Dreams”, “four plays that examine the need to see beyond the mundane in order to create, to survive, to develop, to live.” The plays are by American playwright Steven Deitz, Londoner Simon Gray, Ingvar Ambjørnsen from Norway, and George Bernard Shaw.
Nijinsky’s Last Dance
“I am Nijinsky!” The actor Primoz Bezjak repeatedly declares, one moment bathing in glory as the acclaimed god of dance, and the next wailing in pain as that integration of self crumbles. Mladinsko Theatre’s spare and searing production of Nijinsky’s Last Dance has come to Washington from Slovenia. In the intimacy of the Mead Theatre […]