Sunday morning, most of us woke up to the dreadful news about the massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. Sunday is a day off, of course, for a lot of people. For others, it’s a work day, and people went in to staff restaurants and the Metro and to provide the numerous other services […]
Archives for June 14, 2016
La Cage aux Folles at Signature Theatre (review)
La Cage aux Folles – being given a fierce, glittering new production at Signature Theatre – is très magnifique.
Matt and Ben, the perfect Fringe warmup from Flying V (review)
With plenty of pop culture candy, quirky magical realism, and a heaping helping of side-splitting silliness, Flying V’s newest show, Matt and Ben, has formulated a raucous recipe for a preparative to Fringe that lives up to their motto: “Be Awesome.”
Aaron Posner on District Merchants, his irreverent spin on Merchant of Venice
Aaron Posner is everywhere this season. With productions of Stupid Fucking Bird popping up in theatres all across America, and a few Helen Hayes and Barrymore Awards in both writing and directing categories, there’s a pun or two to be made about the playwright being a feather in the cap of the Washington theatre community.