Montgomery Playhouse Blame it On Beckett
By Bob Ashby • Jan 15th, 2014 • Category: ReviewsThe play is very funny, in a bitter sort of way, though the plot ultimately becomes rather convoluted in its attempt to provide a satisfying ending.
The play is very funny, in a bitter sort of way, though the plot ultimately becomes rather convoluted in its attempt to provide a satisfying ending.
The Olney production is more than good enough to entice new audience members to come back for more and to grow to know and love these jewels of American creativity.
The endearing performance of Albert Einstein’s Figments was amusing and well done.
Hearing and seeing fine performances of the glories of the score, as in this RMT production, never grows old.
In addition to sounding a cautionary note about contemporary demagoguery, the value of Parade in KAT’s production is that it takes what could simply be a history lesson and incarnates it in vivid, believable characters whose motivations and become clear to and can move an audience.
TCP’s Quartet was a show with all the mania and heart that one could stand in an evening, and the audience left with a sweet feeling that art could be just as true in the twilight years of an artist’s life.
There are some sparkling moments and performances in Port Tobacco Players’ production of Fiddler on the Roof. If only that energy and inventiveness had carried throughout the production.
ATMTC’s production of Goodnight Moon is a high energy, action-packed 60-minute musical that will delight all ages.
If you value absolutely stunning, absorbing theater, do not miss the opportunity to see Saint Joan.
The performances in A Soldier’s Play are well worth the trip out to Accokeek.