Theater Review: ‘Sons of the Prophet’
It’s not easy to maintain a balance in dark comedy. Going too dark dries up the laughter and becoming too wacky blots the underlying pain. “Sons of the Prophet,” Stephen…
Theater Review: ‘Unexplored Interior’
Even 21 years later, the horrific atrocities of the Rwandan genocide is hard to wrap one’s head around. How could 800,000 to 1 million Tutsis be macheted to death in…
The Carole King Musical, ‘Beautiful’
In an era when jukebox musicals proliferate, it’s sort of a no brainer to make a show out of one of the best selling albums of all time. Carole King’s…
Theatre Review: ‘Now Comes the Night’
You’d hardly identify E.M. Lewis’ world premiere, “Now Comes the Night,” opening the season at First Stage in Tysons as a part of the Women’s Voices Theatre Festival. There are…
‘Chimerica’ Big as a Continent at Studio
Twenty-six years ago, the day after thousands of soldiers in China’s so called People’s Liberation Army cleared Tiananmen Square, killing what could have been thousands of students who had been…
Counting Success at Women’s Voices Gala
For an event meant to toast the start of the biggest festival yet for women playwrights, the Women’s Voices Theater Festival kickoff gala Tuesday featured a lot of numbers. Mostly,…
Theatre Review: It’s a #DeathParty
D.C.'s ambitious Women's Voices Theater Festival this fall involves more than 50 regional theaters premiering what's billed as the largest number of original works by female writers in history. It…
Theatre Review: ‘Blue Straggler’ at Source
DC Culture’s Source Festival likely gets its name from its central place of operation, Source Theatre on 14th St NW. But the name also pays homage to the source of…
Shakespeare Theatre Company’s ‘Tartuffe’
It’s surprising that in its 45 years, D.C.’s venerable Shakespeare Theatre Company has yet to produce either of Moliere’s most famous plays. Perhaps, artistic director Michael Kahn, they were waiting…
Fairy Godsisters: Mary-Kate and Ashley
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, the child stars who recently declined to be involved in the upcoming revival of TV’s “Full House,” are still alive in the memory of young millennial…