“If there’s one thing reality can’t tolerate,” says Dr. Phillip Cotton (Reed Birney), “it’s competition.” But you knew that already, didn’t you, Mr. or Ms. Avid Theatergoer, you fiction-lover, you believer in hope against the odds. You know what the struggle is, against the sodden day-to-day, against the crashing disappointments. You’ve given reality the finger, […]

Antonio’s Song is a masterful collaboration between two distinguished artists—some may remember Dael Orlandersmith’s emotionally charged Yellowman that tore through Washington D.C. some years ago, or her Stoop Stories.  Her lyrical language and raw emotional style blend perfectly with the basic story of co-writer Antonio Edwards Suarez in Antonio’s Song: I Was Dreaming of a […]

The great opera contralto Marian Anderson (Angela Wildflower), has been denied accommodations at the Nassau Inn because of her race. So instead she stays at the home of one of her enthusiastic fans, Professor Albert Einstein (John Leonard Pielmeier). Ms. Anderson is denied an opportunity to give a concert at Constitution Hall by its owner, […]