The Screwtape Letters, in a touring revival at the Lansburgh Theatre, is a polished, imaginative rendering of a tedious, self-righteous play. The acting and production values in this two-hander are excellent, but the script is a smug harangue. The play is adapted by Max McLean and Jeffrey Fiske from C.S. Lewis’s much-beloved epistolary novel, a […]
Archives for January 30, 2019
Lin-Manual Miranda in Puerto Rico. The Hamilton cast pulls off a surprise
María Celeste Arrarás interviewed Lin-Manuel Miranda in El Dorado, Puerto Rico for “Al Rojo Vivo” the day after the closing night of Hamilton in Puerto Rico, in which Miranda reprised his lead role during a three-week run to raise funds for hurricane relief. The following transcript is a rush translation to English from a conversation […]
American Ballet Theatre’s Harlequinade; a comedic ballet in grand style
American Ballet Theatre’s production of Harlequinade, at the Kennedy Center through Sunday, transforms old-fashioned commedia dell’arte stock characters and situations into something elegant and beguiling. That’s largely due to the sound judgement of the ballet company’s artist in residence, Alexei Ratmansky and his careful and charming reconstruction of this Marius Petipa ballet. Les Millions d’Arlequin, […]
Review: Fun Home, well worth the trip to Baltimore Center Stage
A nonlinear remembrance of family and self, Fun Home was lauded as a groundbreaking piece when it opened on Broadway in 2015, winning the Tony for Best Musical that year. Based on Alison Bechdel’s extraordinary graphic novel of the same name, this autobiographical musical follows Bechdel in triplicate through the years: her ten year old self, […]