“Looks like our silence continues to speak, shout, and roar!” Director Paata Tsikurishvili finished his introduction—the last words spoken onstage for the rest of the evening. Red and gold d... Read more
Cobblestones. Train tracks. Sewer grates. Each of the exits of Arena’s round stage featured a different piece of street life in London. The catwalks below the lighting formed an X and were d... Read more
Searching for a modern American political play, Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director of New York’s Public Theater, asked Richard Nelson to write him a grandiose drama. Instead, Nelson created a s... Read more
Can you tell me how to get, how to get to T and 14th? Until November 22nd, Source Theatre in NW D.C. will be hosting Constellation Theatre Company’s Avenue Q, a coming-of-age story featuring... Read more
Whiskey. Digestive biscuits. Cadbury chocolate. Everything’s better with an Irish accent. Even distasteful jokes and murder. In The Dealer of Ballynafeigh momma’s boy paramilitary Billy (Pet... Read more
We walked down rickety paint splattered stairs into a tiny blackbox theatre. Six lengths of white fabric hung across the middle of the stage with Warhol-esque silhouettes blinking across the... Read more
“Lord, the fire is now in the hands of a woman!” What if one of the most well known biblical tales only told half the story? “You don’t remember me—the girl you left for dead.” What if one o... Read more
If Sweeney Todd took place in a greenhouse in Brooklyn it would be Little Shop of Horrors. As The Arlington Players cast of Little Shop sang songs like “Feed Me” and “Suppertime,” I found my... Read more
“Our fractured portrait [of Queen Elizabeth I] is like that caught for a moment by a kaleidoscope, not a camera; more in common with Picasso’s portraits than of any kind of naturalism…” writ... Read more
Since 2001, performers 18 and younger could hone their skills with the Children’s Playhouse of Maryland (CPM), performing in well-known shows like Les Mis, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Cats, an... Read more