Washington National Opera’s American Opera Initiative, now in its seventh season, annually holds a mini-festival and commissions a composer-librettist team to create an hour-long opera and raise up American unsung voices and stories. Nothing – short of reopening the government – could be more timely. Despite the almost universal cry currently from the lips of […]
Archives for January 14, 2019
Director Sheldon Epps: Looking at Twelve Angry Men through the lens of the killing of Trayvon Martin
“About four years ago, I did my first production of this show at Pasadena Playhouse and what prompted it was some serious and robust conversations about race that were going on in our country that were prompted by the Trayvon Martin situation,”director Sheldon Epps said, as he prepares for the opening of Twelve Angry Men at […]
Thank You, Dad review. A searing solo performance about Jim Jones and blind faith
Furloughed? Sick of snow? Cheer up. You could be a member of the People’s Temple. The Reverend Jim Jones (Lance Bankerd) and his tragically devoted followers are back from the jungles of Guyana and as ghoulishly riveting as ever in Rapid Lemon’s world premiere production of Thank You, Dad, a three-act, documentary style play about […]