Review: ‘The Second Shepherds’ Play’
Falstaff had the girth and beard to make for a decent Santa, but Shakespeare never wrote anything close to a Christmas play. Which might pose a problem for Folger Shakespeare…
Stage Review: New Austen Holiday Sequel
When every theater company feels compelled to do something Christmas-themed come December, it can lead to either overusing certain titles or creating fluffy trifles. One great addition to regional theaters,…
Cincinnati Ballet Brings its ‘Nutcracker’
As expected this time of year as TV ads, wreaths and shopping center crowds, “The Nutcracker” has by now gone beyond being merely a beloved holiday tradition to possibly being…
Smokey Robinson Wins the Gershwin Prize
Dylan confirmed this week he won’t be going to Sweden next month to pick up his Nobel Prize Literature “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American songbook.”…
Stage Review: New Dimension for ‘Tommy’
"Tommy," the groundbreaking 1969 set by the Who that it dubbed a rock opera, finds a new dimension in the Open Circle Theatre production in Silver Spring. While there's still…
Stage Review: ‘Six Degrees,’ 26 Years Later
More than 25 years after it was first staged, “Six Degrees of Separation,” John Guare’s sly tale of a young con man captivating and ultimately fooling an upper East Side…
Elvis Costello Stays Around a While
It’s not often that Elvis Costello tours without a new album to support. When he has, the super-prolific songwriter has left his setlist to fate with his always-entertaining Spinning Songbook…
Ballet: Christopher Wheeldon’s ‘Cinderella’
Before ballet stages everywhere become crowded with nutcrackers and their gala holiday accouterments, there is still time for other sturdy folk tales of enchantment set to Russian music and popular…
A Documentary Worthy of ‘Hamilton’
After a bestselling soundtrack, coffee table book, and record breaking run on Broadway, where it’s won 11 Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize, the much lauded “Hamilton” also now has…
Stage Review: ‘Kiss’ at Woolly Mammoth
I wish you could see “Kiss” at Woolly Mammoth Theatre the way I did: Without a lot of advance insight, no prior research and only the vague knowledge it was…