In a world where shows like “Dancing with the Stars” fill the airwaves, it seems absurd to imagine a town where dancing is forbidden. Yet this is the world of Bomont, Texas, where Chicago native (and dancing enthusiast) Ren McCormack is forced to move with his mother when his dad leaves. Thus, the stage is […]
Caught in limbo between the Old South and urban life in a desperate attempt to escape her past, Blanche Dubois regrets her travel on that streetcar by the name of Desire. In Lake Braddock Secondary School’s production of A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, they showcased each characters’ struggle in hot New Orleans.
Come board ship to see the spectacular comedy of mistaken identity, love, and celebrity worship. Cole Porter’s classic musical, Anything Goes, is a hilarious comedy that the entire family can enjoy.
Tzeitel refuses to marry Lazar Wolf, Hodel leaves home to rejoin her love in Siberia, and Chava has fallen in love with a gentile! What’s a father to do? Well, last night T.C. Williams showed us how to deal with life’s difficulties with their performance of Fiddler on the Roof. A heart wrenching and classic […]
West Springfield High School’s production proved the age-old belief that “There’s No Business like Show Business” with their production of Irving Berlin’s Annie Get Your Gun. Coincidentally another name of a song in the musical made the audience only “do what came natur’lly” in loving their production.
A six-foot tall invisible rabbit, a very genial man with an unusually uppity sister, and a sanitarium…what else could a comedy lover possibly ask for? Chantilly High School’s production of Harvey contained these elements, and so much more. This comedy, written by Mary Chase, premiered at the 48th Street Theatre on Broadway on November 1, […]
Seventeen auditioners line up across the stage, hoping that they are one of the lucky eight to be cast in a chorus line. As each one of them reveals their past and the events leading up to their decisions to become dancers, the lives and stories of these characters became more and more poignant. Thus, […]
John Tolins begins his very controversial play The Twilight of the Golds with one of its main characters, David Gold, saying that he is “one of those people who takes people to the Opera against their will.” And if this play is any indication, he is. Tolins’ tale of genetics, family relations, and the consequences […]
The shadowed profile up an upright man appeared on stage and was quickly contorted into a painful stoop; it was the form of the elephant man. The Elephant Man was recently performed by Centreville High School in Clifton, Virginia. The cast faced the difficult issues of how “freaks” are seen in society and how some […]
Love, archetypical characters and vibrant colors paint a “pretty little picture” onstage at Fairfax High School as the FX Players prepare to perform a “comedy tonight.” This comedy being none other than the bawdy and ever popular, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.