The Brothers Size is a deceptively simple three-character play that tackles themes of brotherhood, devotion, and freedom. It is receiving an outstanding production at 1st Stage. The story involves a pair of brothers. Ogun Size (Gary-Kayi Fletcher) runs an automotive repair shop in Louisiana, while his younger brother Oshoosi Size (Clayton Pelham, Jr.) is recently […]
Archives for February 5, 2019
Review: Everything Is Wonderful, a hardspun joy of a play at Everyman
We quickly learn that Everything Is Wonderful is Amish shorthand for “Shut your pie hole, I beg you.” But you wouldn’t want to miss a single plainspoken word of this magnificent, wholehearted play by Chelsea Marcantel that delves into the barbed nature of forgiveness and surrender to pain and grief and whether or not it […]
The Wiz (Ford’s Theatre) and Fly By Night (1st Stage) are most nominated 2018 Helen Hayes productions
Last night, theatre artists, administrators, patrons, and special guests gathered in the National Theatre’s Helen Hayes Gallery for theatreWashington’s announcement of the nominees for the 35th Annual Helen Hayes Awards for work presented in 2018. The nominations were the work of 40 Helen Hayes judges, who considered 2,866 artistic elements of 208 eligible productions. The […]