The Misanthrope is a 17th-century comedy of manners in verse written by Molière, and first performed in 1666. More than 350 years later, this literary classic has been reimagined by Manhattan-based playwright Matt Minnicino, with his version, A Misanthrope, currently being staged by Avant Bard Theatre through June 30 at the Gunston Arts Center. “If […]
Archives for May 2019
Quotidian Theatre announces the 3 plays for season 2019-2020
Bethesda-based Quotidian Theatre will be producing plays from two writers familiar to its audiences — Horton Foote and Connor McPherson — and one from Henrik Ibsen which shocked audiences when it was originally produced, in its three play 2019-2020 season. Quotidian will lead off with McPherson’s Port Authority, the tale of three different men, at […]
With Gwen and Ida, David S. Kessler connects a Hollywood star with an obscure 20th century painter.
When we first met, David S. Kessler was a small mammal biologist at the National Zoo by day, avid theatre goer by night. He retired, but Kessler isn’t the type to rest for long. He received our 2015 Audience Award, quickly moved on to writing and performing plays in Capital Fringe. With his newest play, […]
Spoleto Festival USA 2019: Path of Miracles by The Westminster Choir
There are rare but important artistic experiences that serve as spiritual pilgrimages. This year, in a kind of riches of Grace, we have shared in two at Spoleto Festival. Compagnie Hervé Koubi crafted a work that used in part the language of street dance to carry us on a journey of healing. Joe Miller and […]
Spoleto Festival 2019: Globe Theatre’s Comedy of Errors and Pericles
While Spoleto Festival is perhaps best known for its cutting-edge premieres of opera, dance, and theater, it grants special dispensation periodically to productions by English language’s favorite bard, William Shakespeare. In 2013, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, produced by Bristol Old Vic with South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company, became a festival hit and remains indelibly etched […]
Spoleto Festival 2019: Chamber Music and Compagnie Hervé Koubi, dance
How often we, in our silos, get stuck in our own work and schedules. Even more, artists miss opportunities to be fed and inspired by the interplay of other arts forms. If released, dancers see dance, musicians attend concerts, painters prowl galleries, and theater-makers (if they clamber out of their mole-holes of rehearsal halls) scurry […]
Spoleto Festival 2019: Inspiring opening ceremony followed by a shocking Salomé
A sun-drenched morning greeted townsfolk and cultural tourists alike for the 43rd no-weather-spoiler day at this year’s Spoleto Festival Opening. People gathered in the street outside City Hall. Many of the wise women of this fair city sported wide-brimmed hats and beat fans against the heat; seersucker suits and straw hats remained the dress code […]
Rainbow Theatre Project presents Stonewall: 50 – new plays commemorating 50 years of change since the Stonewall riots
Rainbow Theatre Project presents Stonewall: 50, a staged reading of new short plays that celebrates the legacy and worldwide changes that started from the Stonewall riots in June 1969. The protests lit the fire for PRIDE, the effects of which are still as vital today as they were 50 years ago. In June 28, 1969, […]
Review: Singin’ in the Rain makes a splash at NextStop
Singin’ in the Rain seems like the type of beloved movie that shouldn’t be made into a stage version, with its perfect 1952 film, directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and named by the AFI as the Greatest. Movie. Musical. Especially when you have a cast of eight, and an orchestra of two. Unless the […]
Tony-Winner Susan Hilferty on designing The Oresteia at Shakespeare Theatre
Currently in its final weeks at Shakespeare Theatre Company, The Oresteia is Michael Kahn’s swan song after over thirty years as the Artistic Director before Simon Godwin takes over next season. The modern adaptation of the Aeschylus trilogy by Ellen McLaughlin was commissioned by Shakespeare Theatre and features an all-star design team and cast. Sarah […]
Review: Young Jean Lee’s We’re Gonna Die from Flying V
When asked about how she comes up with ideas for her plays (which, let me tell you from personal experience, is every writer’s favorite interview question), playwright, director, and filmmaker Young Jean Lee has said that she focuses in on what scares her the most to write about at that particular moment in her life […]
Best Medicine Rep’s got 4 comedies for Season 3
Best Medicine Rep, the DMV’s only theater company devoted to comedy, will present a 2019-2020 season composed of a fresh comedy from the West Coast, a reprise of a successful 2018 production, and two world premieres for 2020. Helen on Wheels will kick off the season. Cricket Daniel’s comedy is about Helen the hellion Wheeler, […]
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