Druid Revives Beckett’s ‘Waiting for Godot’
It seemed like a clever in-joke when the first lobby announcement at the Shakespeare Theatre Company began, “We appreciate your patience…” It was opening night for Druid’s production of Samuel…
Reviving Two Bergman Works on Stage
For being the centennial of Ingmar Bergman’s birth, there seems to be very little evidence of the Swedish director's work around. It's hard to find even his best known films;…
Survey of American Music in Drag
The Kennedy Center kicked off its multidisciplinary contemporary cultural assault with something thought to embody the approach, Taylor Mac's “A 24-Decade History of Popular Music (1776-2016).” Had the cabaret history…
Comic Nimesh Patel Keeps Topical
The comedian Nimesh Patel was in town this week, playing the Improv. His first D.C. show, he says, came in opening for Michael Che at the old LivingSocial on H…
When Sir Tim Rice Wrote for Elvis
I had Sir Tim Rice on the line the other day, to discuss the restaging of "Chess," which he created with two members of Abba. It premieres at the Kennedy…
Theatre Review: LBJ’s ‘The Great Society’
It will take biographer Robert Caro five volumes to complete his portrait of Lyndon B. Johnson, so it’s no surprise that there’s a second LBJ play from Robert Schenkkan. His…
American Ballet Theatre’s ‘Whipped Cream’
It must be galling for many ballet companies that their very operation is dependent on extended holiday performances of “The Nutcracker” year after year. Why can’t there be some other…
Daniel Kitson’s D.C. World Premiere
There was sufficient buzz about the booking of a new Daniel Kitson show at Studio Theatre this season that they would apparently take anything. The British storyteller, the darling of…
Folger’s Close Up ‘Antony and Cleopatra’
A condensed "Antony and Cleopatra" at the Folger Theatre still has time for a couple of ensemble dance numbers straight out of "Solid Gold," a battle scene that's almost as…
‘I’ll Get You Back Again’ at Round House
With its emphasis on both 1960s psychedelic rock music and the Three Stooges, it would seem the latest offering at the Round House Theatre was tailored precisely for my taste.…