Actor Frank Britton survived a vicious attack on the streets of downtown Silver Spring following the opening night cast party for The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. From his hospital bed, Britton said “They could have blown me away. But instead they just broke my face … I’m moving on and I just want to […]
Archives for June 10, 2014
Author Ed Dixon steps into his own musical Cloak and Dagger at Signature
Back in high school, Ed Dixon penned three entire musicals—we’re talking book, music and lyrics!—and almost four decades later, the playwright is as busy as ever. Over the years he’s written critically praised plays such as Scenery and Murder at the Apthorp, plus notable musicals like Fanny Hill, A Park Avenue Christmas and Whodunit… The […]
Puro Tango II at GALA Hispanic Theatre
Delightful, daring, death defying, ultimately satisfying. In Puro Tango II, the spotlight immortalizes the women who sing soulful and poetic tango songs, as well as the dancers who dance it. It’s as if the characters seem to be saying: ‘I’m working class, at the bottom of the social ladder. I live in squalor, in slums. […]
Alan Ayckbourn’s polished his Farcicles to a brilliant shine
Sir Alan Ayckbourn was in New York this past weekend polishing up his staging of the three evenings of theatre he has brought us to officially welcome the delights of spring. The weather turned balmy and breezy, but not until the first of the plays opened a week ago, and I’m convinced it did so […]