One of our favorite local talents, Callie Kimball is off to the prestigious Macdowell Colony. What is the Macdowell Colony you might ask? Well, in their words they have a mission to “nurture the arts by offering creative individuals of the highest talent an inspiring environment in which to produce enduring works of the imagination. […]
Review: Arena Stage’s fearless version of Cabaret says “Never Forget”
The long history of Cabaret makes it extremely difficult to produce something refreshing and new for the seasoned theatre audience here in Washington, DC. I think, even more difficult, is the task of pleasing the critics who all have their favorite production. It was only a week or so ago that at least one major critical […]
Ronnie’s Audience Choice nominations, 2006
The Top 5 Plays I Saw This Season As our website and coverage of the local theatre scene has evolved I find myself drawn to two kinds of theatre. First off I love musicals – I love them mostly because I also have a love of all genres music and that obsession tends to fuel […]
3/4 Mass for St. Vivian
3/4 A Mass For St. Vivian — Theatre Alliance By Ronnie Ruff It wasn’t night time when I attended 3/4 A Mass For St. Vivian. It was a wonderful Saturday afternoon, really warm outside, a bit of a breeze blowing. Inside the H Street Playhouse it was that purple haze of dusk, the moon clear and […]
Phoenician Women
Phoenician Women — Natural Theatricals By Ronnie Ruff Natural Theatrical’s mounting of a new translation of Phoenician Women is a must see for anyone wanting to see how to make use of every bit of space a venue has to offer. The auditorium at the Masonic Temple in Alexandria is a grand ornate structure that seems […]
Buddy Oh Baby! You Knoooooooow What I Like!
By: Ronnie Ruff Podcast interview By: Joel Markowitz Buddy ~ Toby’s Dinner Theatre Columbia is not that far! Really! Toby’s Dinner Theatre in Columbia is currently offering Buddy, the most successful rock musical of all time and an absolute blast for anyone that is able to attend. I recently took in this show and I can […]
Memorandum: Important Must See!
By: Ronnie Ruff The Memorandum — Forum Theatre and Dance The Memorandum, a biting commentary on bureaucracy and the silliness that can be its result, is Forum Theatre and Dance’s final production of its 2005-2006 season. The production is directed by artistic director Michael Dove and written by Vaclav Havel who is one of the twentieth century’s best […]
Bedbound Breaks Barriers
Bed Bound — Solas Nua By: Ronnie Ruff Edna Walsh has yet to achieve the popularity in America that Conor McPherson has but he is, none the less, one of the most important new playwrights in contemporary Irish theatre. Solas Nua, one of the most exciting local theatre companies around has mounted Bedbound, Walsh’s 2000 play […]
New World Order
By: Ronnie Ruff The New World Order and Other Plays — Scena Theatre Pinter’s The New World Order and Other Plays currently mounted at Warehouse Theatre by Scena Theatre is a cluster of angry one act plays that speak to the oppressive governments that abuse the citizenry of the third world. Mainly aimed at the west, the three one […]
The Lunch Launch
Bouncing Ball Productions got started with a bang Sunday evening at the Black Cat Club on 14th St. NW with scenes from three of writer Shawn Northrip and director Shirley Serotsky’s projects including Titus The Musical, Cautionary Tales For Adults and Lunch (which is being performed at the CapFringe Festival). The wonderful Tracy Lynn Olivera (why don’t we see […]
The Children’s Hour
By: Ronnie Ruff The Childrens Hour at WSC The Children’s Hour by Lillian Hellman starts on a slow path to it’s conclusion but as the plot thickens this melodrama of blackmail and lies in a 1930s girls school comes to life with a riveting but predictable ending. WSC’s H Lee Gable directs and casts Christopher Henley […]
100th Review ~ Our Mission
Hi everyone, Ronnie here, just wanted to thank everyone for all the support that has been given over the last 11 months that it has taken to get to the 100 Review mark. It is important for me to point out that the most important things to DC Theatre Reviews are our readers and the talented […]