Author Archives: Doug Poms
About Doug Poms
Doug is a graduate of the University of Virginia (B.S. Commerce and J.D.) and George Washington University (M.B.A). Doug has lived in the DC area over 20 years and has been attending DC-MD-VA, NYC and London theater regularly for 15 years. Doug has written articles and poems and short stories for a number of publications and websites. Doug made his Broadway “debut” as a speller in the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee in 2005. Doug is also a big fan of movies, pop music, novels and quality television. La Cage aux Folles at The Kennedy Center
There is at least one reason you need to run and see the national touring production of the Tony Award-winning musical, La Cage Aux Folles, now in performances at the Kennedy Center: Christopher Sieber. Continue reading
Dreamgirls at Dominion Stage
The Dreamettes are back in town singing Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen’s rousing score in Dominion Stage’s production of Dreamgirls currently in performances at Gunston Arts Center’s Theatre One, in Arlington, Virginia, and directed by Anya Randall Nebel. Continue reading
Jersey Boys at National Theatre
Let’s Hear It for the Boys: Jersey Boys Soars Again at National Theatre Before there was Jersey Shore, there were the original Jersey Boys – The Four Seasons – led by the incomparable Frankie Valli. Jersey Boys, currently being performed … Continue reading
The Mistorical Hystery of Henry (I)V at WSC Avant Bard
If you have found some productions of Shakespeare’s history plays to be on the dry (maybe even dull) side, then try WSC Avant Bard’s spin on the Henry IV Parts I and II (with a bit of Richard II and … Continue reading
Saturday Night at Signature Theatre
Signature Theatre treated audiences to a fine concert production of the seldom performed Stephen Sondheim musical, Saturday Night, this past weekend. Continue reading
NSO Pops: Some Enchanted Evening: The Music of Rodgers & Hammerstein at The Kennedy Center
A Grand Night of Singing The National Symphony launches their 81st season, and their first with conductor Steven Reineke, with the glorious Some Enchanted Evening: the Music of Rodgers and Hammerstein, featuring three terrific vocalists: Rebecca Luker, Aaron Lazar and … Continue reading
NINE at The Arlington Players
Even with a last minute change of venue (due to last month’s ground-moving earthquake), The Arlington Players open their season with a delightful production of Nine, the acclaimed Tony Award-winning 1982 Best Musical featuring music and lyrics by the esteemed Maury Yeston. Continue reading
The Boy Detective Fails at Signature Theatre
The Boy Detective Fails to Disappoint The Boy Detective Fails, one of two new musicals currently being performed at Signature Theater (in rotating repertory with The Hollow), succeeds much more than it fails. The Boy Detective Fails based on Joe Meno’s novel … Continue reading
Marc Kudisch: What Makes Me Tick at Signature Theatre’s Sizzlin’ Summer Cabaret
In his mind-blowing, entertaining and yet intimate new cabaret show, What Makes Me Tick, Marc Kudisch divulges, among other revelations, that as a young boy, he longed to be Harry Houdini. Well, Mr. Kudisch works magic of a different kind … Continue reading
Wicked at The Kennedy Center: Rhapsody in Green
Wicked has established itself as the most beloved new musical of the 21st Century thus far, and the excellent production currently in performances at the Kennedy Center s makes it clear why. Based on the novel of the same name … Continue reading
Venus in Fur at The Studio Theatre
Over the past few years, Playwright David Ives has written or adapted a number of plays that have been well received both in DC and New York including New Jerusalem: the Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza, Is He Dead?, White … Continue reading
