Maybe there’s something in the water in Ireland. Not only are they writing new plays by the boxcar, they’re writing new types of plays, using approaches which never occurred to Aristotle. Three of these theatrical adventures will be on display at the Mead Flashpoint today (Nov. 12) and tomorrow at 7 p.m. They’re all in […]
Finding the funny in a Commedia class
It was mid-October, the air was crisp, the leaves were changing and the people in Sidney Harman Hall were metamorphosing. I was an observer in Matthew Wilson’s Master Class for actors, and the long sequence of “exercises to warm up the neck” was a dead giveaway: this workshop was going to be as physical as […]
Inside Arena Stage’s new Mead Center
Dazzling waterfront edifice becomes an instant national theater landmark Beginning this evening, Friday October 22, 2010, Washington’s venerable Arena Stage launches its gala re-opening weekend, celebrating its rebirth in a gleaming, attention-grabbing new facility that will open to the public for the very first time. Dark for roughly thirty months while Arena’s casts and crew […]
Kickstarter backers give shows a hand
After eight years of working on it, and a lifetime of thinking about it, he finally had a musical ready for prime time, but needed $6,500 to showcase it. She had a once-in-a-lifetime invite to bring her Denver company’s vaudeville-meets-Cirque show to an Off-Broadway theatre but needed money to build a juggling machine for the […]
Director Nicolas Kent talks about The Great Game: Afghanistan
I attended the all-day presentation of The Great Game: Afghanistan, and, during lunch, met some of its performers. One of them said “You should meet him. This is his baby.” And, with that, I met Nicolas Kent, Artistic Director of Tricycle Theatre, and director of 6 of the 12 plays comprising The Great Game.
Take us out to the opera
You’d really like to go to the opera, but you’ve always thought it was too expensive, right? Well, here’s your big chance to try out this wonderful, over-the-top art form for free. The Washington National Opera (WNO) is holding its third annual “Opera in the Outfield” production Sunday, September 19, at 2 p.m. in—where else—Washington […]
OVO’s creator and her world of insects
Over the years, the creative masterminds, elastic-limbed acrobats and clowns of Cirque du Soleil have given the world a look at the evolution of mankind, the music of Elvis and The Beatles, and space travel
Looking back on the Hispanic Theatre season
Looking back at the excellence in the 2009-2010 Hispanic Theatre season is really looking forward to more to come. This summer, after working in a coffee community, a voluntary collective of “fincas” (small farms), and living with a family in El Salvador, I emerge ever more wide-eyed and aware of the great need for more […]
Casting Challenge: Pick your favorite musical and play and cast the leads
Question #3 in our series, getting ready for voting for the 2010 Audience Choice Awards. (In case you haven’t been following along, #1 is here, and #2 is here.) This fun exercise was dreamed up by Steven McKnight: Casting Challenge: Pick your favorite musical and play and cast the leads.
Who were the most memorable characters you saw portrayed this season?
Here is the second in our series of questions thinking back over the past season as we get ready for the 2010 Audience Choice Awards. Again, Steven McKnight came up with it. Who were the most memorable characters you saw portrayed on a DC stage this season?
Best Plays and Performances of 2009-2010
The 2009-2010 ends awash in melancholy, with the death of a great Washington theater leader following (by mere days!) the death of a promising young actor and singer. These tragic events serve as punctuation for a season we will remember with some sorrow.
Which shows do you most regret missing from this past season?
To get ready for the opening of the polls to choose the DCTS Audience Choice Awards, we thought we would ask a series of questions to help us all think back over the season.