Bennie Scarton, Jr. for InsideNOVA.com writes about Upper Room Theater Ministry’s The Music Man: The Music Man, this week will be the seventh summer musical production in as many years by the Upper Room Theatre Ministries at All Saints Catholic Church in Manassas. The performances will be Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. […]
Anne Midgette for the Washington Post writes about two new operas at the Capital Fringe Festival: What is the difference between opera and musical theater? Some composers will tell you that it’s an opera house. That’s not the view of Opera Alterna, a small new company with a mission to bring opera to different kinds […]
Cristopher Rawson for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette write about the American Theatre Critics Association Conference held in DC last month: What do theater critics do in conference assembled? They go to plays — up to 10 in the six days of the recent American Theatre Critics Association gathering in greater Washington, getting a full taste of […]
David Montgomery and Mary Jordan for the Washington Post write about a stolen Shakespearean Folio being recovered by the Folger Shakespeare Library: The man dressed a little flashy for a rare-book guy. British accent. He picked Monday, June 16, to go to the library — the Folger Shakespeare Library on Capitol Hill. No warning, no […]
Jane Horwitz for the Washington Post writes about the 18th Contemporary American Theater Festival: A Greek tragedy turned inside out, hints of impending genocide, fault lines within families, races and social classes, and pig farming — yes, pig farming — will go under the microscope at the 18th Contemporary American Theater Festival. The five-play rep […]
Courtney Scites for InsideNova.com writes about Vpstart Crow‘s upcoming production of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream: William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream, will be presented July 11-27 by the Vpstart Crow Productions, Inc. at the Cramer Center, 9008 Center Street in Old Town Manassas. Staged in a present day urban environment, the production features […]
Nelson Pressley in the Washington Post writes about technical effects of the new breed of musicals on Broadway and on tour, including Spiderman, Shrek, Mary Poppins and The Little Mermaid: Even if you’ve never seen the musical “The Lion King,” you might have heard rumbles about why for so long it’s been, um, a rather […]
The Underpants Little Theatre of Alexandria Little Theatre of Alexandria, Alexandria, VA $14 to $17 Through June 28th Michael Toscano in the Washington Post writes: Enjoying Little Theatre of Alexandria’s production of “The Underpants,” the 1911 lampoon of German bourgeois sensibilities from German satirist Carl Sternheim, might be primarily an exercise in managing expectations. The […]
Source Festival Source Source Theatre, Washington DC $15 Playing through July 13th Peter Marks wrote an interesting article about the Source Festival in last Sunday’s Post: Mike Batistick kept a bite-size play parked on his hard drive: the story of one Macy’s doorman telling another about an odd happening at the zoo. The New York […]
Doubt: A Parable Elden Street Players Industrial Strength Theatre, Herndon, VA $19/$16 Seniors and Students Playing through June 28th Michael Toscano in the Washington Post writes: With their stunning production of the Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning drama “Doubt, a Parable,” Elden Street Players audaciously invite comparison of their work with not only this spring’s […]