Theatre Review: ‘Trevor’ at 1st Stage
Living in Connecticut eight years ago when a chimp being kept as a pet ripped the face off a neighbor, it was tough to see anything but stark horror in…
Review: Spooky Action’s ‘The River’
The theater space at the Spooky Action Theatre is so intimate you immediately feel you’re in the tiny cabin where all its action in Jez Butterworth’s play “The River” takes…
From Russia, Ballet’s Humpbacked Horse
If the current state of U.S. relations with Russia seems dark and murky, it's opposite that in the Mariinsky Ballet's current offering at the Kennedy Center. "The Little Humpbacked Horse" is…
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…
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…
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…
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…