The close ties between Philadelphia and Washington theatre communities really showed as the Barrymore Awards were announced on August 3rd, and artists whose work has been seen here,
Creating the Fringe Musicals
Fall of the House of Usher, Fictitious The Musical, Captain Swishy’s Yee Haw Jamboree, Titus X, Pepe! The Mail Order Monkey Musical, Life in Death, Magnum Opus, The Saints, Please Listen …., The Bea & The Bug ….., Diamond Dead (Continued) plus 2 Musical Scene Stealers: Jordan Klein and Cristen Hall
Fringe Musical Scene Stealers, Part 2
Performances from Pepe! The Mail Order Monkey Musical, Is There Anybody Out There?, Dizzy Miss Lizzie’s Roadside Revue Presents The Saints, The Comic Roach: A Roadhouse Picture Show, The Elephant Man – The Musical, and Tempest A Celtic Musical.
Fringe Musical Scene Stealers: Part 1
Country heaven wrapped in bacon, a dizzy tribute to sainthood, a rock bodybuilding musical, Shakespeare gone loud rock and tongue-less, a lost monkey and a family going bananas,
Cabaret Carousel – This Joint Was Jumpin’!
Sometimes, you are sitting in the theatre and magic happens, and Wednesday night at Cabaret Carousel at Source: Blues and Ballads there was magic to spare. I thought I was in musical heaven! From the toe- tapping, finger-snapping opening
Spring Awakening’s Angela Reed and Todd Cerveris
They are husband and wife, and are very happy to be spending time together as they travel from city to city in the National Tour of Spring Awakening, the winner of the 2007 Tony Award for Best Musical.
Eleven Scene Stealers you should have seen
These latest scene stealing moments came from the debut of a professional company, from a children’s performing company and from some outstanding musicals at community theatres.
Danny and Sylvia: from DC to NYC
Danny Kaye once said it only took him 10 years to become an overnight sensation, but it took Danny and Sylvia, the bio-musical about Danny Kaye and his wife Sylvia Fine, only 8 years to move from its sensational American Century Theater opening in DC to its Off-Broadway open run.
The Tapioca Miracle hits the Big Apple
To help us understand what it takes to get a new musical from the page to the Broadway stage, the creators of the new musical in development The Tapioca Miracle are allowing Joel Markowitz exclusive access to the show’s development process and performances.
The women of Philadelphia’s Grey Gardens: Lisa Peterson, Joy Franz and Hollis Resnik
I’m off for a theatre weekend in the “City of Brotherly Love” with DCTS’ editor Lorraine Treanor to see three classic musicals: Grey Gardens, Forbidden Broadway’s Greatest Hits
Toxic Avenger’s John Rando
It’s a brand new day for New Jersey, thanks to Broadway director John Rando’s latest hit The Toxic Avenger. John Rando will always be remembered for his Tony winning staging of one of my favorite musicals – Urinetown.
Karen Zacarias and Lindsey Kyler
We recently had the opportunity to interview two women from Legacy of Light, now onstage at Arena Stage Crystal City: its creator, the award winning Washington playwright Karen Zacarías and Lindsey Kyler, the young actress making her debut here playing Millie and Pauline.