When she was a little girl, up until about the time she was 10 years old, Roz White visited her great grandmother in South Carolina every summer and saw first-hand the craftsmanship of the Gullah people and the beauty of the land. Those memories are one of the first things that attracted her to Frank […]
Archives for April 10, 2019
Mosaic Theater announces the eight plays for season five, 2019/2020
Mosaic Theater will dedicate its fifth season to the stories of men and women who come to political awareness, and the consequences of that awareness. The company’s eight-production 2019-2020 season begins with Lynn Nottage’s scabrous tragi-comedy Fabulation and culminates with a three-part world premiere about the murder of Black teenager Emmet Till. (The productions) “hurtle […]
Review: Mariinsky Ballet’s Le Corsaire, a high-flying springtime treat
Out of all the ballets in the classical cannon, Le Corsaire possesses one of the thinnest and most nonsensical plot lines around, but who cares. Lovers of classical dance have been flocking to this ballet for more than 150 years for the high-flying choreography and the Mariinsky Ballet’s production, at the Kennedy Center through Sunday, […]
Review: Play Date from Best Medicine Rep
We hear the sound of children in the front room through baby monitors, while we watch their parents carry on with all kinds of shenanigans in John Morogiello’s comedy Play Date. Kira Burri and Evan Crump play the hosting couple who have everything going for them – at least on the surface. He’s a successful […]
Review: Pantheon. Happenstance at play with the gods
Full disclosure: As a mere slip of a girl I used to read Bullfinch’s Mythology and Edith Hamilton’s Mythology for fun and enlightenment and when I couldn’t sleep I would populate the Greek heavens and Elysium with the names of the gods and goddesses in lieu of counting sheep. Imagine my delight when it was […]