Every public figure has a brand: a carefully shaped, smoothed over, polished up image that, by design, features only the most salable dimension of the person's character. Then there's the ra…
An essence of Dupont Circle-based Keegan Theatre's work is "scripts that put real people out there on the stark edges of life." The edge couldn't be much starker or farther out there than it…
Those who have dared to venture into the grimy, blood-stained corner of theatrical history occupied by the Grand Guignol French Theatre of Horror tradition might know that the success of the…
That second-to-last letter in the LGBTQ acronym represents a segment of the community that is probably least visible and least understood. Ballast, written by Georgette Kelly and directed by…
A changing climate"that's not a bad way to characterize life in America right now. Sure, we (almost) all agree that our planet's actual physical climate is changing, at best causing intensif…
The Taffety Punk theatre group is one of the smallest but mightiest acting groups in the DC theatre scene. This impressive band of professional actors, dancers, and musicians applies the pun…
Theatrical productions presented as near recreations of hit films often find themselves in an awkward catch-22. Standing upon a rigidly defined, iconic brand that's practically guaranteed to…
You may gain new appreciation for the old saying, “practice makes perfect,” while watching the Reduced Shakespeare Company's performance of William Shakespeare's Long Lost Fir…
In an election season battered by super-charged personalities, we're reminded that public officials take widely varied approaches to winning elections and getting things done. On one end we …
What makes a lion a lion? Identity is the question of the hour in The Lion, a roaring one-man musical show written, sung and strummed by Benjamin Scheuer and directed by Sean Daniels, …
Simply delicious. That's perhaps the best word to describe the Adventure Theatre's new production of James and the Giant Peach, which made its triumphant opening this past weekend at Glenn E…
Think back to the last event you attended where you met someone new. Did you make a good impression, or did you totally blow it? Will you never talk to that person again, or could they becom…
The biblical proverb instructs parents to "train up a child in the way he should go," with the promise that "even when he is old he will not depart from it." But what should a fa…
The centuries old fairy tale of Jack and the Beanstalk is sprouting up everywhere lately. Most recent incarnations appear in the likes of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods, ABC Televis…
Few venues in the Washington area espouse social justice as intentionally and intrinsically as the Mosaic Theater Company. Such a commitment urges risk-taking that pays off generously in the…
I was grateful to slip into the St. Mark's Players' last pre-Snowzilla performance of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and not only because the next two performances had alrea…