There’s one spot in DC where the glories of U Street’s “Black Broadway” are alive and well as The In Series performs From U Street to the Cotton Club at Source Theatre. Set in the attic of a fictional club singer named Grandma “Sassy” Lena, the evening is a tour (though by no means a straightforward history) […]
Archives for January 2019
4.48 Psychosis review. An operatic version of Sarah Kane’s final play
Playwright Sarah Kane killed herself at the age of 28 shortly after writing her fifth play, which offers a harrowing taste of what it’s like to live with, and die from, depression. Now two decades later, composer Philip Venables has turned 4.48 Psychosis into an opera, and the Royal Opera of London has brought it […]
[title of show] review. NextStop’s cast takes over Off-Broadway’s wickedly clever musical
Broadway obsessives who can rattle off titles like Shogun: The Musical, Smile and Ruthless with as much authority as The Music Man and Les Misérables will find a special place in their heart for the wickedly clever meta-musical [title of show].
Lottery opens today for As Far as My Fingertips Take Me – a Woolly one-on-one experience
Most theaters want big audiences, of course. But there are some subtle, intimate plays which are best performed before a small audience — a hundred or so. And some experimental pieces are designed for an audience of only twenty or less, and hang the economics of it. Woolly Mammoth is staging a play for an […]
Forecasting Washington area theatre in 2019
Our forecast feature allows us to comfortably predict, even before the year’s first show opens, that 2019 will be an exciting one for Washington area audiences as companies open newly renovated venues, welcome new leadership and take on exciting new artistic risks. NEW VENUES Round House Theatre Round House Theatre will undergo a full interior […]
Bekah Brunstetter: from Flying V to Broadway
Bekah Brunstetter, a North Carolina playwright whose work has frequently graced DC-area stages, will write the book for a Broadway musical version of the Nicholas Sparks’ bestseller, The Notebook, producers Kevin McCollom and Kurt Deutsch announced yesterday.