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Little Theatre of Alexandria Proof

By • Mar 12th, 2014 • Category: Reviews

LTA’s production never loses sight of the key point that Proof is a play about emotions, not equations.



Reston Community Players Xanadu

By • Mar 12th, 2014 • Category: Reviews

Xanadu delivers a frothy, fun evening, and for such a show, who could ask for anything more?



Signature Theatre Beaches

By • Mar 5th, 2014 • Category: Reviews

There is so much to enjoy in the acting, singing and technical presentation of Beaches.



Port City Playhouse Next Fall

By • Mar 3rd, 2014 • Category: Reviews

While ultimately a poignant tale, Next Fall is surrounded with ample comedy as it journeys to its conclusion.



WSC Avant Bard Orlando

By • Mar 1st, 2014 • Category: Reviews

Under the direction of Amber Jackson, the WSC Avant Bard production is a lively, weightless, little romp with plenty of charm.



Washington Stage Guild Back to Methuselah

By • Feb 27th, 2014 • Category: Reviews

For anyone fond of Shaw, or, for that matter, anyone who delights in the witty and thoughtful interplay of words and ideas on stage, this is an opportunity not to be missed.



Kensington Arts Theatre Spring Awakening

By • Feb 25th, 2014 • Category: Reviews

Teenage youth: soulful, loving, open-hearted, emotionally confused, intellectually curious, sexually blossoming, honest, full of hope and energy, victimized. Adults: tyrannical, abusive, clueless, hypocritical, closed-minded, punitive, hard-hearted, caring more about their image in the community than their children’s lives.



Spooky Action Theater The Wedding Dress

By • Feb 18th, 2014 • Category: Reviews

Ready for something unknown? Ready for an adventure? Ready to get out of the house now that the Olympics are winding down? This just might be it.



Theater J Yellow Face

By • Feb 16th, 2014 • Category: Reviews

David Henry Hwang’s Yellow Face is an illuminating, lively excursion into the playwright’s inner turmoil and the xenophobic suspicions evocative of a certain time in America.



Arena Stage Mother Courage and Her Children

By • Feb 12th, 2014 • Category: Reviews

When top-of-the-line acting and spectacularly good technical theater combine to bring Brecht’s vision to life with the power and immediacy of Arena’s production, it isn’t at all hard to move to the foreground of one’s mind the lives of the inevitable counterparts of Mother Courage and her children in places like present-day Syria.