Toni Stone was the first woman to play big-league professional baseball. She succeeded Hank Aaron playing second base for the otherwise all-male Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American League in 1953. But while Aaron had been able to join the Braves because Jackie Robinson had broken Major League Baseball’s color barrier, MLB’s gender barrier remains […]
Archives for June 20, 2019
First look: Acuña Acuna, a Peruvian’s Journey in America
Hola, mi nombre is Erick. I was born and raised in Peru, and a couple of years ago I moved to Washington DC to work on a non-profit human rights organization (and do comedy as well). Now I’m performing my solo show Acuña Acuna around the country. When I moved to the US it was […]
Review: Ripcord, a disappointing odd couple comedy by David Lindsay-Abaire
In David Lindsay-Abaire’s Ripcord, there are two odd couples. The first are roommates Abby and Marilyn at the Bristol Place Senior Living Facility. The second are the farce and melodrama compelled to cohabitate in an unsatisfying evening that is neither funny nor moving. The premise has potential. Two elderly women, one a supreme grump and […]
Comic Michael Colyar’s drama among 150 shows in DC Black Theatre & Arts Festival
On June 21st, the 2019 DC Black Theatre & Arts Festival kicks off a fifteen day multidisciplinary arts celebration, with loads of theater showcases presented by artists from around the world. It has been ten years since the festival first debuted in the Washington, D.C. area, and it’s grown quite a bit since. “When it […]
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