Daniel Beaty’s original play The Tallest Tree in the Forest at Arena Stage follows controversial performer and activist Paul Robeson, initially renowned for his singing, but later labeled a communist traitor and blacklisted during the McCarthy era.
Archives for January 2014
50 Shades: the Musical!
As the Daily Show and Saturday Night Live have shown repeatedly, the best parodies don’t try to reinvent the wheel; instead, they tweak their source material with minor changes and let the unintentional comedy shine through. 50 Shades: The Musical! lampoons the “50 Shades of Grey” phenomenon with a raunchy script and game cast that […]
Predict the Helen Hayes Awards nominees
On January 27th, the Helen Hayes Awards nominees for the most outstanding work in professional theatres in 2013 will be announced by theatreWashington, which administers the judging and stages the Awards ceremony every year. True Theatergoer, the website that lets you vote for your favorite shows year round, has made their predictions and invites all […]
theatreWashington opens new jobs site for Washington theatre pros
In an effort to keep Washington D.C.’s theatre talent remaining in the area, theatreWashington, in tandem with Washington area theatre casting directors, has launched theatreWork.org, an online interactive database that will match professional theatre artists looking for work in the area with employment opportunities that meet their specific skills and ambitions.
Win free tickets to the screening of Bolshoi Ballet’s Le Corsaire at Angelika Films
DCTS has partnered with Angelika Mosaic Film Center in Fairfax, Virginia to offer you free tickets to the latest screenings of opera, ballet and theatre from around the world. We have 3 pairs of tickets to each screening of Le Corsaire performed by The Bolshoi Ballet. With a dashing pirate, a kidnapped maiden, and a […]
Machinal
Be warned. The Roundabout Theatre Company has mounted such an effective production of Sophie Treadwell’s expressionistic drama Machinal (originally a Broadway entry in the 1928-29 season) that it may leave you limp and disoriented when you hit the street after seeing it.
Another good Irishman gone – personal remembrances of actor Tom Quinn
“Another Good Irishman Gone.” So read the subject line in the email I received about the death on Jan. 5th of Tom Quinn, a wonderful actor and indelible character, well known and well loved by many in the DC theatre, TV, and film communities.
Adele Robey talks about Gin Game
When Donald L. Coburn’s two-character play Gin Game first appeared on Broadway in 1977, married couple Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy took on the roles of seniors Weller Martin and Fonsia Dorsey, two mismatched elderly residents in a nursing home who strike up an acquaintance over a game of gin rummy.
Washington Post critic Peter Marks hosts The Summit at Arena Stage
Subtitled “An In-Depth exploration of D.C. Theater in Three Acts”, Washington Post theater critic Peter Marks will host a series of three Monday night panel discussions with artistic directors, actors, playwrights and directors. On his popular Twitter feed (@petermarksdrama), Marks wryly described the outcome of the sessions: “in which we solve all of the theater’s […]
Bang the Drum Slowly
Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan once said, “One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something.” As seen in Bang the Drum Slowly, two friends prove loyalty has no price-tag […]
Tribes
The dinner table is rarely just a place to plop your plate and in the case of the bourgeois English family depicted in Nina Raine’s engrossing Tribes, it is an intellectual battlefield. Sloshing wine, banging utensils and talking over one another (all in Wilson Chin’s Real Simple magazine fantasy of a bohemian household set), this […]
A Gin Game well played at Anacostia Playhouse
The Gin Game is a tromp through the emotional landscape of two people in a nursing home playing harmless games of Gin Rummy to pass the time — harmless as a heart attack.