For someone who plays a suicide bomber every night, Estelle Parsons keeps an awfully sunny disposition. The Oscar-winning actress, 85, is in DC to play Alexandra, the headstrong protagonist of Eric Coble’s new play The Velocity of Autumn, in what may turn into a pre-Broadway run but can be seen now at Arena Stage. Alexandra’s […]
Archives for September 26, 2013
Special Agent Galactica holds court at the Black Fox Lounge
Special Agent Galactica, a regular on the DC club scene, seen here at the Black Fox Lounge. Special Agent Galactica sashays up to the stage and looks out at the narrow cavern of the Black Fox Lounge. It’s go time. For her first act, Galactica delivers American standards with a mix of irony and earnest […]
Sandra and Salvador Rosa
Absurdism, or as playwright Joseph White chooses to label his brief plays Sandra and Salvador Rosa “oxy-moronic”, is a hard theater genre to get right. The layering of meaning and futility beneath facades of outrageous circumstances and over-the-top characters requires a solid grasp of theatrical rules and a lot of chutzpah to break out of […]