354 stories by "Elliot Lanes"
D.L. Coburn's Pulitzer Prize winning play The Gin Game originally opened on Broadway in 1978. It starred two legends of the stage Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy and was directed by Mike Nicho…
Composer/conductor Marvin Hamlisch's first hit song was in 1965 and for the next 47 years, until his untimely death in 2012, his canon of work has been unrivaled. Very few people's work have…
Moisés Kaufman is the director of The Tallest Tree in the Forest which is currently playing at Arena Stage. He has previously directed at Arena with his plays 33 Variations (premiered at Ar…
Today I am presenting the second of my four special awards as part of this year’s Readers’ Choice Awards here on MD Theatre Guide. Â The Giving Back Award goes to a lady and co…
Michael Tolaydo is currently playing the role of Christopher who is the father of the lead character in Tribes at Studio Theatre. Michael is one of the area’s most versatile performers…
Jillian Mueller is currently playing Alex Owens in the national tour of Flashdance-The Musical which concludes it’s DC engagement this Sunday at Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theat…
The Lyric Stage Company of Boston is the oldest operating regional theatre in Boston, Massachusetts, and this season they are celebrating their 40th anniversary. As part of this milestone, t…
Last year I presented two special honors as part of our Reader’s Choice Awards:Â Most Unique Theatrical Experience and Most Enthusiastic and Supportive Audience Member. This year I a…
Legendary pop/folksinger and Grammy Award winner Judy Collins returns to the Birchmere in Alexandria VA. on January 24th for what will be a great night of music from the singer that always d…
Emily Kester is currently playing Marianne in Edgar and Annabel at Studio Theatre. She had previously performed at Studio Theatre in Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. Her DC area credits include…
Jjana Valentiner is currently playing the role of the Stage Manager in Our Suburb at Theater J. She previously appeared there in The History of Invulnerability. Some recent credits inc…
There are many things I pay attention to when I go to the theatre. Of course there are the performances and the physical production with all the elements that you can see. Then there is the …
Happy 2014 everyone!! Andrea Frye and Eugene Lee are currently performing in Arena Stage’s highly acclaimed production of Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner in the roles of Mary Pre…
The Kennedy Center on New Year's Eve had something for everyone. No other place offers you your choice of dancing elves, a murder mystery, a musical that puts us back in the 80's, and a symp…
There is always a danger of taking a movie that so many people love and turning it into a stage musical. Usually the new songs never match what was in the film and the result is never as goo…
Shout hooray and hallelujah, the landmark musical Gypsy is now playing at Signature Theatre. Considered to be a perfect musical by many, including myself, this musical fable of an overbearin…
Many two person acts are the stuff that legend is made of. In the past we've had Mary Martin and Noël Coward in the TV special from the 1950s, entitled Together with Music; then, of co…
Opera gets a bad rap sometimes for not being very accessible for kids. Yes, there is Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel but by enlarge Opera is an adult form of entertainment. The Washington Na…
Today marks the 18th anniversary of the passing of our dear cabaret angel Nancy Lamott. For a singer that had so much ahead of her, 43 was way too young for her to leave us. For the past two…
 Dr. Sherrie Maricle is currently the drummer and leader of her own big band  The DIVA Jazz Orchestra which provides all of the music for Maurice Hines is Tappin Through Life at Ar…
Usually when a singer gives his or hers first concert, it's in a small venue with friends and family. If you are a 2013 Tony Award winning actress that won't do. Patina Miller hit Broadway i…
In November of 2006 the beloved Disney movie musical Mary Poppins flew into Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre where it ran for over 2,600 performances. While keeping most of the iconic songs …
A little gem of a musical that only ran five performances on Broadway is back at Delaware Theatre Company in Wilmington Delaware. The two character musical called The Story of My Life opened…
Fifty one years after its pre-Broadway tryout at the National Theatre, the rip- roaring musical comedy that introduced Stephen Sondheim to Broadway as a composer and not just a lyricist, …
There are two stage versions of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol that I consider to be the definitive telling of the story. The Ford's Theatre production is easily the one to beat f…
