There’s leaning on the innuendo in a largely innocent song, and then there’s what Tracy Lynn Olivera has done with “Brand New Key” — and what Tracy Lynn Olivera has done with “Brand New Key” is take a bouncy ‘70s novelty hit and paste a bodacious ‘70s pornstache on it. I’d have rolled my eyes […]
Archives for February 2015
Love Lines 2015 – original Valentine’s Day cards for theatre lovers
We took some of our favorite lines from plays and paired them with images to create our first series of Valentine’s Day cards. Help us share the love. We hope you enjoy them, share them, and let us know which were your favorite cards. And, most especially, we wish that your life be filled with […]
Chris Henley shares laughs with political humorist Mark Russell
“When I retired, I was telling people that I would dedicate the rest of my life to being an amusing dinner guest. The problem with that was, when I would start to say something, at that moment the waiter would arrive with the list of specials.”
Musical Chicago at the National just as Fosse meant it
Almost 30 years ago, Bob Fosse collapsed after rehearsals for a revival of Sweet Charity not two blocks from the National Theater, where I saw a piece of his legacy last night: the most recent national tour of Chicago. Today and for this play, Fosse is no longer just the man, the brilliant light who […]
That chill in the air? It’s Frozen at Anacostia Playhouse
As if Washington’s current climate isn’t frigid enough for our liking, Bryony Lavery’s controversial play Frozen has arrived to further chill the air. The Tony-nominated drama, which centers on the disappearance of a young girl, saw a Broadway run in 2004, a Studio Theatre production in 2006, and can be seen at the Anacostia Playhouse […]
The Lieutenant of Inishmore, a bloody good time
Quick quiz: who would you most like to give you their cat for safekeeping after first making you pledge your life to its well-being: (a) Tony Soprano (b) Satan or (c) the Irish rebel Padraic (Thomas Keegan), titular character in Martin McDonagh’s play now being staged at Constellation?
Ruined at Everyman Theatre, devastates and invigorates
Don’t mess with Mama Nadi (Dawn Ursula), the flinty matriarch of a bar and brothel in a Congo mining town. She has a machete and she knows how to use it.
WSC Avant Bard brings Othello into today’s wars
The United States of America has been at war for 14 years. 4489 Americans have died in Iraq. 2356 in Afghanistan.* Over 52,000 wounded. 970,000 disability claims registered with the Veterans Administration. There will be future consequences we can hardly conceive of.
House of Desires / Los Empeños de una casa
That Sor Juana Inés De La Cruz was a poet, a genius and a nun, who lived in Mexico in the 17th century (1650-1694), is well-known. When I visited Mexico in 2009, I felt her impact at the co-ed University of the Cloister of Sor Juana in the Historic Center of Mexico City. Her memorized […]
New musical The Turn of the Screw: smart, moving, amazing
It ends as it begins. In silence. An unnerving calm as a lone woman ponders the remnants of a house long ago locked and draped in the cozy white of sheets that say life no longer bustles here.
A crowd pleasing Godspell at Olney
Olney Theater’s plan for their new rendition of Godspell, which opened this past weekend, was simple but effective: gather some of DC’s best powerhouse vocal performers and pour them all into the ensemble of a musical known for being packed start to finish with songs. For the most part, Godspell delivers on its promise of […]
Outstanding production of Doubt at 1st Stage
John Patrick Shanley’s thought-provoking dialectic on the dead-end of certainty vs. the revelatory nature of doubt is masterfully handled by director Michael Dove in a production at Tysons’ 1st Stage.
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