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The Neverending Story

⊆ July 1st, 2008 by lorraine | ˜ No Comments »

  • The Neverending Story
  • Based on the novel by Michael Ende . Adapted by David S. Craig
  • Directed by Janet Stanford
  • Produced by Imagination Stage
  • Reviewed by Ted Ying

Only a human child can save the land of Fantastica.  Such stuff as dreams are made on-or at least children’s fantasy.  The Neverending Story is such a fantasy, brought to life by Imagination Stage. Read more…


Mamma Mia

⊆ July 1st, 2008 by lorraine | ˜ No Comments »

  • Mamma Mia!
  • Music and lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and some songs with Stig Anderson
  • Book by Catherine Johnson
  • Directed by Phyllida Lloyd
  • Produced by Judy Craymer, Richard East and Björn Ulvaeus for Littlestar, Universal at the National Theatre
  • Reviewed by Gary McMillan

If we could harvest the energy on stage at the National Theatre, the nation’s dependence on fossil fuels would be a thing of the past. Read more…


The Lion King

⊆ June 30th, 2008 by lorraine | ˜ No Comments »

  • The Lion King
  • Music & Lyrics by Elton John and Tim Rice . Additional Music & Lyrics by Lebo M, Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, Julie Taymor and Hans Zimmer
  • Book by Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi
  • Directed by Julie Taymor
  • A Disney production presented by The Kennedy Center
  • Reviewed by Ted Ying

When Disneyland first opened, guests had to purchase tickets for the rides and attractions.  Tickets ranged from “A” to “E” with the “E” tickets reserved for the best, most thrilling and amazing rides and attractions.  Well, in true Disney fashion, the current production of The Lion King is definitely an “E” ticket. Read more…


A Body of Water

⊆ June 29th, 2008 by lorraine | ˜ No Comments »

  • A Body of Water
  • by Lee Blessing                            
  • Directed by Michael Ryan Fernandez
  • Produced by Firebelly Productions
  • Reviewed by Rosalind Lacy
  • After seeing Firebelly’s spellbinding, well-polished production of Lee Blessing’s poetic play A Body of Water, I felt a hunger for human interaction. The edge-of-seat suspense kept me holding my breath until the last revelation. Read more…


This Storm Is What We Call Progress

⊆ June 28th, 2008 by lorraine | ˜ No Comments »

  • This Storm is What We Call Progress
  • By Jason Grote
  • Produced by Rorschach Theatre
  • Directed by Jenny McConnell Frederick
  • Reviewed by Tim Treanor

A gal, a pal, a cabal…Kabbalah! This perfect Storm has been brewing for centuries - brewing within us, from the days of the first Adam’s atoms, when we sought to find the words - “let there be light,” say, or “we hold these truths to be self-evident” - which would open the secrets of the invisible universe, and make new worlds come into being. Read more…


Red Noses

⊆ June 27th, 2008 by lorraine | ˜ No Comments »

Red Noses
By Peter Barnes
Produced by the Washington Shakespeare Company
Directed by Jay Hardee and John Geoffrion
Reviewed by Tim Treanor
Red Noses is a deadly earnest meditation on the redemptive power of laughter, a soggy, self-sabotaging pudding of a play not advanced by the Washington Shakespeare Company’s strident production of it. Imagine the work of the great George Carlin

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Richard Seff's "NY Theatre Buzz"

Wrapping Up the Season

  • Wrapping Up the Season
  • Macbeth, Boeing Boeing, Top Girls, Cry-Baby, Hot ‘n Cole
  • and the Awards: Richard Seff, Theatre World, and the Tonys
  • By Richard Seff

The 2007-08 season in New York is now history and considering the deplorable condition in which the world outside finds itself, it was a remarkably healthy one. The numbers were good, the number of new plays was outstanding, the quality of musical revivals was remarkable, the quality of new musicals not so hot. But all of the entries offered roles to the multi-talented folk who perform and do other creative things to make audiences happy. Read more…

⊆June 19th, 2008
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"Theatre Schmooze" with Joel Markowitz

Spectacular Scene Stealers

  • Spectacular Scene Stealers
  • By Joel Markowitz

As you know, musicals are my passion and this spring, these were the five musical actors and actresses who stole a scene or two and the hearts of their audiences. Read more…

⊆June 19th, 2008
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Podcasts

Hugh Panaro

A Conversation with Broadway Actor Hugh Panaro

Part of our series that looks at the Philadelphia theatre scene

Interviewed by Joel Markowitz Read more…

 
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⊆July 1st, 2008
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Nixon’s Nixon

  • Nixon’s Nixon
  • A Conversation with Ed Gero and Conrad Feininger of Nixon’s Nixon
  • by Joel Markowitz

By now, Ed Gero and Conrad Feininger are deeply familiar with Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger. They first played them in Nixon’s Nixon at Round House Theatre in 1999, and are reprising their spot-on portrayals, again for  Round House Theatre. Read more…

 
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⊆June 27th, 2008
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Dan Kazemi

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Interviewed by Joel Markowitz 

Part of our look at Philadelphia’s spring season

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⊆June 11th, 2008
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Two Future Stars

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  • Two Future Stars Shine in Act Two’s Cabaret
  • Josh Holober-Ward and Tracy Ramsay
  • Interviewed by Joel Markowitz

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⊆June 9th, 2008
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Theatre News

DCTS Covers the Summer Festivals

This summer, DC Theatre Scene will be adding coverage of four major festivals to our regular review and podcast schedules. Here’s the run-down. Read more…

⊆June 25th, 2008
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ATCA Convention Here for the Theatre

This week, if any of those tour buses block your crosswalk, be kind. The passengers may not be monument-loving tourists, but some 90+ theatre people here to check out the DC area theatre scene. And not just theatre people. Theatre critics. Read more…

⊆June 19th, 2008
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Tony Predictions and Winners

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  • The results are in. 
  • By Joel Markowitz

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⊆June 13th, 2008
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Actors Equity Presents the Richard Seff Award

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We don’t know who Tony or Oscar were, but we do know who created the award for New York’s best supporting players: Broadway vet and DCTS columnist Richard Seff. Read more…

 
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⊆June 12th, 2008
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