SMASH
NBC’s new series about the development of a Broadway musical got off to a really good solid start. They covered a lot of ground in the first episode but did a great job introducing you to the...
View ArticleHere’s to leaving when there’s no good reason to stay…
Well it was a momentous night tonight; for the second time in my life I’ve found a show so uninteresting that I left at intermission. Tonight’s show was Eugene O’Neal’s, “Strange Interlude” at the...
View ArticlePeter and the Star Catcher
This season’s crop of Broadway show revivals and ‘movie musicals’ really left me feeling underwhelmed. Instead gnashing my teeth trying to whittle down the number of shows down to those I absolutely...
View ArticleBlack Watch – Social Media Day
Well, I think I’m going to try and find more of these types of events. I do enjoy getting to see machinations involved in putting a show together. The real treat for me and a bit of a surprise was that...
View ArticleWhorehouse – Signature Theater
I initially thought that “Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” was an odd show for Signature Theatre to open their season with. The show did not strike me as timely or fresh (and I was half right) but...
View ArticleThe Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart
I don’t know how to start Explaining the story of Prudencia Hart. A modern play written in verse Of such things I am normally obverse, Yet it is so wonderfully acted and brilliantly written That I had...
View ArticleHappy Merry Hanu-mas!
I was very excited when I got the email from Signature Theatre that they had added another holiday show to this seasons cabaret performances and it was entirely due the return of Marc Kudisch to metro...
View ArticleBy the pricking of my thumbs…
Okay folks, this is an opportunity you shouldn’t miss. The one man production of Macbeth starring the talented Alan Cumming is coming to Broadway for a limited engagement. This show has three things...
View ArticleHughie – Shakespeare Theatre Company
The latest offering from the Shakespeare Theatre Company is this pithy nearly one-man play by Eugene O’Neill. While the play is titled “Hughie” it is actually about Erie, an erstwhile gambler who has...
View ArticleLiza & Alan – NYC – UPDATED
UPDATE: Last night’s show was wonderful! Mr. Cumming has yet to fail me and last night was no exception. I really can’t describe why I enjoy his performances so much but I was sitting up and leaning...
View ArticleThree Musketeers – Synetic Theatre
This production is a fun, energetic and buckle-swashing good time. It seemed pretty clear by the promotional photo (see above) that they were planning to take a lighter note with this production and I...
View ArticleCoriolanus – Shakespeare Theatre Company
It was with not small amount of excitement that I received the news that Patrick Page had completed his term beneath the Green Goblin’s mask (reference Spider-man: Turn off the Dark) and after an...
View ArticleBroadway Ennui (or 2013 Tony Awards)
Having watched the Tony Awards I am sure of three things, Neil Patrick Harris should be the host in perpetuity, Lin-Manuel Miranda should always write the opening/closing numbers and my total lack of...
View ArticleCome on, Come on, Come On…
In the mood for a trip back to the psychedelic ‘60’s? Then you should groove your way on down to the Arena Stage and spend One Night with Janis Joplin…baby. But, if you’re expecting a musical be...
View ArticleSpin – Signature Theatre
So this is going to be a little love sonnet to Signature Theatre. Their new show is charming, delightful, funny, touching and a smorgasbord of other superlative adjectives but simply put, watching the...
View ArticleSleeping Beauty – A Gothic Romance
I haven’t enjoyed a ballet this much in a long time, I would actually have to say “favorite ballet so far.” Granted ballet is not something I frequent on a regular basis and I do tend to find the very...
View ArticlePride in the Falls of Autrey Mill
It has been a theater-tastic week and I’m going to try and post on everything I’ve seen, even though a couple of the shows are closing and going away. So far this week I’ve seen Pride in the Falls of...
View ArticleIf/Then – Broadway Bound
One of my favorite things about the DC theater scene is the ability to see some shows on their out of town tryout; it’s just kind of cool (not to mention cheaper.) When I first heard about this show I...
View ArticleMan in a Case-Shakespeare Theatre Company
Let’s start with honesty, would I have gone to this show if it didn’t star Mikhail Baryshnikov? If someone had asked me to go, I probably would have gone. I have a strict policy of going to see things...
View ArticleTwelfth Night – Synetic Theater
Who knew that a company whose typical stock in trade runs to darker and even macabre themes could create such a light frothy confection of fun? Having been a fan of the work Synetic does for years now,...
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