Dickens’s “Hard Times,” adapted by Stephen Jeffreys, focuses on the nascent trade unions and the divide between wealthy mill owners and the faceless workers during the Victorian... Read more
There is one very important fact about Louise Nevelson—she gives one heck of an interview. That she’s dead is just a quibble, because death has not blunted her sardonic wit or defenses. Or,... Read more
I do not know why, but, I had the Disney version of Baloo singing, “just the Bear necessities” in my head as I entered the theatre and saw the children in costume behind the stage. We had t... Read more
Comden and Green’s classic musical “Singin’ in the Rain” directed by Marcos Santana is now showering us with wonderful music and dancing on the Main Stage at Olney Theatre Center. Betty Com... Read more
Arena Stage delivers a flawless and brilliant production of “Disney’s Newsies” directed by Molly Smith that features a talented, hard hitting cast of actors with top notch singing and dancin... Read more
Whispers and murmurs of murder echo through 18th century Vienna as the elderly court composer Antonio Salieri recounts his glory days and the fateful meeting with the prodigy who captured th... Read more
The 20th Anniversary Tour of “Rent” packs almost as big a punch as the first tour to Washington, DC did so many years ago (I saw that one, too) but it’s not just nostalgia speaking when I sa... Read more
Factory 449’s current production of “Agnes of God,” directed by Rick Hammerly, rises above the weaknesses in John Pielmeier’s well-known but uneven script with three exceptional performances... Read more
“We, the people, must redeem, The land, the mines, the plants, the rivers.” This excerpt from Langston Hughes’ poem “Let America be America Again” is read at the top of Lynn Nottage’s “Sweat... Read more
Anchuli Felicia King’s “White Pearl,” making its U.S. premiere at the Studio Theatre, is a sharp and often hilarious satire of corporate culture, the beauty-industrial complex, and cross-cul... Read more
