Max Posner’s play is called The Treasurer because a grown man is forced to take responsibility for the finances of his aged, widowed mother. But the title also suggests that he will take stock of the sort of debts that can never be repaid – the emotional ones accrued within a family.
Archives for September 26, 2017
Load-in, tech and grooming. Cat-tress Sweet Bea gets ready for her Shakespeare Theatre debut
Thrilling whisker-tingling moment to be inside the Lansburgh Theatre at last. I was met at the door and escorted to my private dressing room. There was my name on the door. It’s spacious and even has an equity shower, though they should have considered my tastes more fully on that one. Water? Ugh. I especially […]
Constellation’s throwing a wild, wild Wild Party review
Nothing succeeds like excess, Oscar Wilde once wrote, and nowhere is that more true than in America. We are the land that invented competitive eating; when the Olympics finally welcomed professional athletes we sent the Dream Team; and we have a world-class opioid epidemic.
How I Became a Pirate review. Adventure Theatre MTC’s most excellent adventure
There came a point toward the end of How I Became a Pirate (which opened this weekend at Adventure Theatre MTC) when, during an ensemble musical number, my eyes were darting from one part of the stage to another. I noticed that Captain Braid Beard was effortlessly juggling three balls.
The Bridges of Madison County review
When the expressive Erin Granfield sings about Iowa, drawing out each letter and syllable, you learn everything you need to know about her character’s quiet restlessness and pent-up longing.
Ten Blocks on the Camino Real Review. Tennessee Williams as seen by National Theatre of Ghana
Adventurous DC theatre-goers, act now. You have but two more opportunities to see something unique and artistically gratifying: The National Theatre of Ghana performing its version of Tennessee Williams’ Ten Blocks on the Camino Real.
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