In this imaginative upending of “Hamlet,” We Happy Few has put Ophelia front and center. It’s a refreshing concept, and mostly works pretty well in this new play by Amber Smither... Read more
Attention must be paid once again to Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. Lucky for us, Playbill.com and The Actor’s Fund have made it possible to relive a monumental revival of this America... Read more
Cultural historian Martin Grams’ annual October Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention in Maryland, with its film showings, radio recreations, and lectures on popular culture, was cancelled this... Read more
As the pandemic drags on, the performing arts have worked hard to adapt to a safe and accessible format. Theatres have hosted outdoor shows and online staged readings. Performances from well... Read more
“Romantic poetry is a progressive universal poetry. Its mission is […to] fill and saturate the forms of art with sterling material of every kind, and inspire them with the vibrations of... Read more
In a series of Big Finish audio adventures of the legendary Time Lord “Doctor Who,” classic theatre sometimes comes to the fore. So was it in “The Mask of Tragedy,” which found the Doctor wi... Read more
There was a time when home technology did not allow viewers to watch their favorite shows via DVD’s, VHS cassettes, video streams, or even 8 or 16 mm film. Instead, one read “tie-in” novels... Read more
The United States is now engaged in a reexamination of the role that race has played, and continues to play, in American society. The American Shakespeare Center and Blackfriars Playhouse of... Read more
“Genesis 37” was an intriguing and rather mysterious play and where it ended up was not at all expected. It was also a rather savage — in a supremely civilized fashion — takedown... Read more
The Q-Fest Round Three was a full eight hours of theatre and talk-backs featuring 20 playwrights (five per theatre). Artists from Adventure Theatre MTC, ArtsCentric, 4615 Theatre Company, an... Read more
