“This play changed my life,” proclaims shtetl tailor-turned-stage-manager Lemml (Ben Cherry) in Paula Vogel’s incandescent Indecent, and as you look up in wonder at the candle and stage-lit faces in Baltimore Center Stage’s extraordinary production you know exactly what he means. This is as good as it gets, readers. Vogel’s 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning play is […]
Archives for March 8, 2019
Arena Stage announces its 10 play season for 2019-2020
In the 2019-2020 theater season, Arena Stage may well be the place to go to meet interesting people: the acid-tongued Texas Governor Ann Richards; Fidel Castro; Ken Ludwig’s mom and dad, some of August Wilson’s unforgettable Hill District denizens, two survivors of Taliban brutality, and the woman who took over second base for the Negro […]
Crying Hands. Treatment of the deaf and disabled under Hitler and Mussolini
“The growth of Nazism during the past few years frightens me. Today’s populist politicians use rhetoric that is identical to Mussolini’s and Hitler’s propaganda. New generations need to be told what happened during the war and they need to be reminded how it could happen,” Norwegian actor, director and playwright Bentein Baarson said. Baarson learned […]
Review: Cirkus Cirkör’s Limits. Swedish acrobatic troupe knows no limits.
We here in Washington, DC are no strangers to a “political circuses,” but it was hard to know what to expect from Swedish acrobatic troupe Cirkus Cirkör, whose past performances have been described as “contemporary circus activism.” The troupe’s newest piece Limits—part jaw-dropping acrobatics, part contemporary ballet, interspersed with feats of strength, live music, mind-bending […]