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Inheritance Canyon, far-out scifi at Taffety Punk (review)
When my husband, Donald MacLennan, a brilliant physicist whom I adored, passed away in 2014, I decided to renew his subscription to Physics Today. I felt his presence guiding my hand as I made out the...
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WIT’s October Issue (review)
It’s a old wives’ tale that comics are at odds with the audience- the heckler at a comedy show these days is more far likely to be shouted down by the audience than by the comic. That’s because, as an...
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Whenever You’re Near me (I Feel Sick) from Thelma Theatre (review)
The spirit of the Fringe has infiltrated the national headline-making Women’s Voices Theater Festival. With a lively, if modest, production of Jennie Berman Eng’s Whenever You’re Near Me (I Feel Sick)...
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Spectacular Broadway-style Ragtime at Toby’s Dinner Theatre (review)
Sumptuous costumes that take your breath away. Glorious voices in soaring harmonies, accompanied by a live orchestra. Corseted ladies on swings, and a storyline that encompasses the sweep of American...
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theatreWeek has begun, and the ticket deals are crazy!
Welcome to theatreWashington’s annual theatreWeek where 52 theatre companies are offering tickets at unbelievable prices. Buy during this week for shows throughout the season. But remember, some deals...
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A Matter of Worth, Live Garra Theatre
One dollar, one woman, one epic story connecting a tragic past to a hopeful future; A Matter of Worth by Marcia E. Cole, allows the audience to experience slavery through the eyes of Hannah, a cotton...
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The Requiem at Highwood Theatre (review)
For years, psychologists have marveled at the power of music to rebuild memory, aid recovery from brain injury, and even fight Alzheimer’s disease. In The Requiem, talented young playwright Madison...
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UpClose: Christine Evans, Women’s Voices Theater Festival
Christine Evans’ new play, Can’t Complain, debuts at Spooky Action on October 1, 2015. Her award-winning plays have been produced in her native Australia, the US and the UK. World premiere productions...
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Now Comes the Night, 1st Stage (review)
Learning to let go, whether of a friend or a traumatic experience, is one of life’s greatest challenges. In Now Comes the Night playwright E.M. Lewis explores both in the story of a journalist recently...
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Museum guard touches a Rembrandt in new play at Ford’s Theatre
For many of us, museums can be a relatively rare pleasure – even if we live in a cultural hub like Washington. They are an escape from reality and mundanity – a chance to reflect deeply on art and...
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Stylish and witty Friendship Betrayed, from WSC Avant Bard
What do we have here? Raised hemlines, bobbed hair, bathtub gin, and women who take the bull by the horns. Clearly, we are bee’s knees deep in the Roaring Twenties. And it is a heady time for three...
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If I Hold My Tongue at Compass Rose Theater (review)
If I Hold My Tongue is a new work by playwright Patricia Henley. Focusing on a group of women in a halfway house in Baltimore, it explores what it is to be a parent, a member of the community, and...
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A smashing Carmen at Washington National Opera (review)
If opera is meant to be a true synthesis, bringing together the many art forms of music, singing, dance, acting, and the visual arts, then Washington National Opera’s Carmen has created a smashing “top...
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Will the shows go on during the visit of Pope Francis?
Today and tomorrow (Sept 23 and 24) the visit of Pope Francis will draw hundreds of thousands of people to the city. Expect intermittent street closures, parking restrictions, bicycling restrictions...
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UpClose: Marilyn Hausfeld, Women’s Voices Theater Festival
Marilyn Hausfeld will debut Just Between Us – A Piano, A Mic, A Memory, October 1 – 4, 2015. She has performed in numerous theaters in the D.C. area including the Kennedy Center, Round House, Theater...
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Critic John Lahr’s theatrical joy ride
We are pleased to welcome noted theatre critic John Lahr back to Washington with this interview, conducted last week in New York. ——————————- John Lahr, preeminent biographer of Tennessee Williams,...
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Uprising at MetroStage (review)
Sunday night I stepped into a theatre filled with a diverse group of people: young, old, black, white, and brown. The faces surrounding me had one thing in common, a smile; a smile that seemed to be...
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Queens Girl in the World at Theater J
Queens Girl in the World is a story of change, discovery, and self-acceptance set against the tumultuous backdrop of Civil Rights-era New York City. Playwright Caleen Sinette Jennings tells an...
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At Chesapeake Shakespeare, it’s Much Ado About Nothing (review)
You know something? Shakespeare is funny. This production is a delight, and I am going to recommend it – wait for it- most especially for people who hate Shakespeare. The more you hate hate...
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Sherri L. Edelen – ready for the Cake Off battle
It was back in 1949 that the Pillsbury Company held its first annual Pillsbury Bake-Off competition, awarding $50,000 for the contest’s best recipe, which in its first year was No-Knead Water-Rising...
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