Taffety Punk Theatre Company in DC, the established ensemble-based company known for their creative, thoughtful, always distinctive approach to classic and contemporary theater, returns with another characteristic offering. This time, they have revisited a beloved Romantic chestnut: Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Rostand’s 1897 epic tale of unrequited longing, unshakeable courage, quiet sacrifice, and one oversized […]
Anyone looking for a truly killer time at the theater can look no further than Manor Mill Playhouse, where from October 3 – 12 you can enjoy Ken Ludwig’s snappy, breezy, suspenseful stage adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express. Directing the production is Manor Mill Playhouse’s Artistic Director, Vanessa Eskridge; she was able […]
On July 13th at Friends Meeting Washington, and again on July 19th as part of the brand new District Fringe (both performances at 2pm), Theatre 51 brings vivid life to historical truth in a world premiere play, Now to Ashes, written by Sarah Pultz and Renae Erichsen. The two authors joined me to talk a […]
PuppetCo, based at Glen Echo Park, is giving families–and audiences of all ages–a chance to lighten up and liven up a steamy June, with a world premiere, company-devised spin on some classic fairy tales. Through June 29th, the company is presenting Twisted Tales: Three Goldilocks Gruff in their playhouse at Glen Echo. More information and tickets […]
Even at its best, theater–ephemeral art though it be to experience–is hardly the work of a moment to create or present; and sometimes unexpected hurdles can make a complicated process even more challenging. Plays may take years to gestate and of course classics last for centuries. But every now and then the best-laid plans of […]
“Late-blooming Vaudevillians” is how Happenstance Theatre pitches the comic double bill of Diz and Izzy Aster, a theatrical duo who bring their period harmonies and fictitiously fractious marital disharmony to the stage via the expert clowning and seasoned wit of Mark Jaster and Sabrina Mandell. Selections of this tried-and-true material–which includes everything from classic slapstick […]
Pack up your go-go boots and head on down to Constellation Theatre in DC, where you can celebrate the advent of spring in all its amorous, chaotic glory with a modern musical adaptation of Sir Philip Sidney’s 16th-century pastoral-romantic classic, The Arcadia, running May 1st through June 1st in a revival directed by Allison Arkell […]
Local storytellers of all sorts take the stage for the second annual Baltimore Story Fest, running May 1-4 at Baltimore Theatre Project and in a special Mother’s Day-themed feature May 10 at Howard County Center for the Arts. The now-annual showcase of storytelling talent–featuring an array of styles, a range of perspectives, and a broad […]
The legendary, iconic, groundbreaking celebrity duo of vaudevillians, Bert Williams and George Walker, comes back to potent and poignant life in a revival of Vincent E. Smith’s 1986 hit, the eponymously titled Williams and Walker, running April 24-26 at Murphy Fine Arts Center at Morgan State University. Directed by Dwight R. B. Cook, who joined […]
Iron Crow Theatre returns to Baltimore Theatre Project weekends from April 11 through April 27 with a rare revival of HOW TO TRANSCEND A HAPPY MARRIAGE, Sarah Ruhl’s 2017 comically thoughtful–or thoughtfully comedic–romp through monogamy, polyamory, relationship geometries of all sorts, and mealtime. While not her most recent work at this point, the play arguably […]
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