The Roar of The Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd is a sui generis 1965 Broadway musical by the team of Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley. They collaborated on the music, lyrics and book, and, to top it off, Newley was also the star on Broadway: I am pretty sure no other musical checks all those […]
Archives for May 9, 2016
DCTS ticket giveaway: Pippin star Patina Miller at Strathmore
Update: We have a winner. This contest is closed, but we’ll have another very good one next Monday. She won the Tony Award for her role as Leading Player and now Patina Miller brings her magic to Strathmore for one night only, May 14 at 9pm.
WNO’s “made in America” Ring of the Nibelung: Twilight of the Gods
Friday morning, images across TV screens and in The Washington Post flashed pictures of wildfires burning in the oil fields of Alberta, Canada. For those of us this past week who have lived and breathed Richard Wagner’s towering operatic epic, The Ring of the Nibelung by Washington National Opera (all 18 hours!) these billowing spumes […]
Theater Alliance announces Season 14
Theater Alliance, a company which over the years has faced long odds, celebrates its success at Anacostia Playhouse by producing four plays about underdogs overcoming the odds in 2016-2017.