354 stories by "Elliot Lanes"
If a particular production can gage how a whole theatre season is going to be, then Torch Song Trilogy at Studio Theatre tells us that it is going to be a fantastic year of theatre here in D…
In part one of this feature, we were in the basement of Boston's Charles Playhouse with the wacky occupants of Shear Madness, the long running comedy whodunit. Now we come upstairs and onto …
Sometimes in the theatre everything aligns as the perfect venue finds its dream production. For over 33 years in the basement of Boston's historic Charles Playhouse, the whodunit comedy …
Jeremy Skidmore is quite busy these days. He has returned to Round House Theatre to direct their season opener production of The Beauty Queen of Leenane. He previously directed R…
Steppenwolf in Chicago was founded in 1974 in a church basement by three people committed to starting an acting company; Terry Kinney, Jeff Perry and"someone you probably know"film and TV…
Sandy Bainum is a singer/recording artist who has been seen on Broadway in 42nd Street and most recently at Signature Theatre in Company. On Tuesday, August 16th, she took to the st…
When you think of sketch comedy troupes, The Second City in Chicago is probably the first name that pops into your head. They have been at it for over fifty three years now with resident com…
Hey everyone, I’m back from vacation and ready to share with you some of the theatrical highlights that Jen and myself saw while in Chicago and Boston. From Chicago’s Steppenwolf…
There is always a danger in performing when you let the audience decide your repertoire for the evening. The only reason this approach works is because of the pop rock vocal stylings …
George Daugherty is the creator and conductor for Bugs Bunny at the Symphony II, which is playing tonight and tomorrow evening at Wolf Trap. He is one of the classical music world’s mo…
This Friday your friendly neighborhood columnist starts a well deserved ten day vacation in Chicago and Boston with his lovely wife Jen. Today’s ‘A Quick 5′ is a taste of s…
What better way to end my 2013 Capital Fringe viewing experience than with a show that merges two of the performing arts' oldest forms. The forms of musical theatre and burlesque collide in …
James Konicek is currently playing the dual role of Captain Hook/Mr. Darling in Imagination Stage’s Peter Pan and Wendy. He is one of DC’s most popular actors having worked…
The key to a good solo show is to have an interesting story. For a performer, getting up in front of an audience and telling us about their real life experience can be unnerving. If the stor…
Mary Leaphart's solo cabaret show Almost Together combines an eclectic list of show tunes mixed with a few pop standards and her personal story of her battle with Bi-Polar disorder. This sou…
Here is an interesting idea for a show. Take a Nina Simone song entitled "Four Women"Â and build an evening of dance, sketch and spoken word based on that song around it. Wild Women Theatr…
Grain of Sand Theatre has achieved the impossible by keeping their perfect track record of well acted, well staged productions at Capital Fringe with this year's entry Tell-Tale, which is…
I Do! I Do! opened originally on Broadway in 1966 and starred Mary Martin and Robert Preston. The show was written by Tom Jones (Book and Lyrics) and Harvey Schmidt (Music), whom you most pr…
It is not easy to get up on stage and talk about your life experiences. Sometimes it is quite unnerving being up there alone with just you and your audience. Richard D. Graham is a United St…
With all of the solo shows to choose from at Capital Fringe, Underneath The Lintel is one you might really want to consider seeing. Featuring TV and film actor Pat O'Brien (Mr. Dewey on Save…
As we all know, bullying has become quite an issue in this country. Lee J. Kapaln's one man show called Bully is drawn from Kaplan's own experiences in junior high school. Through journal en…
It does my heart good to know that with all of the shows to choose from at this year's Capital Fringe, there is one for us obscure musical theatre geeks. Songs From An Unmade Bed is a theatr…
This year’s Capital Fringe has lots to offer in the way of dramas, solo shows and musicals. As with any festival there are hits and misses but with the show I am about to tell you abou…
All of us want the perfect life for ourselves. We all want the perfect marriage, perfect job etc. But it is possible to have the perfect life and to have it all? How to Have It All: The Musi…
Teddy Roosevelt assumed the presidency in 1901 after the assassination of William McKinley. He immediately goes to work on a plan to build a canal between the seas. This will ultimately end …
