1,260 stories by "Joel Markowitz"
I had to slow down a bit after having heart surgery the end of February, so I carefully selected shows I thought I'd have a great time seeing and for the most part I chose wisely. The critic…
It wasn't Alice or the White Rabbit or The Mad Hatter that made everyone go 'gaga' the night I saw the new musical Wonderland on Broadway- it was a tail-swinging, tail-playing Jose Llana wea…
I hear that Florrie Bagel, Parker Drown and Sam Ludwig are wowing audiences and critics with their powerful performances in Speech & Debate at Rep Stage. This is a change of pace for the…
Jahi Kearse is a hoofer, a singer, a musician, a powerful actor, and a songwriter who critics and DC area theatregoers have enthusiastically embraced his performances in MetroStage's Cool Pa…
I had seen The Color Purple the week it opened on Broadway in December 2005, with LaChanze and Elisabeth Withers-Mendes in the roles of Celie and Shug Avery and they were absolutely wonderfu…
Arcadia's Margaret Colin on playing Lady Croom and her stage, film, and TV roles I'm a big fan of Margaret Colin's work and it was so much fun schmoozing with her about her role as Lady Croo…
It’s Rags time at Theatre Lab I never had a chance to see the 1986 Broadway production of the musical Rags because, with only 18 previews and 4 performances, it closed before I could u…
It didn't surprise me that Elden Street Players (ESP) would tackle Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story by Stephen Dolginoff. On their Web site, Past President Rich Klare writ…
Nick Adams and J. Elaine Marcos talk to us about playing Adam/Felicia and Cynthia They both wear outrageous colorful and eye-popping costumes and dance and sing their hearts out in the enter…
The audience and I went 'wilde' watching Cameron Folmar's performance of Lord Goring in Shakespeare Theatre Company's The Ideal Husband. It wasn't just the playwright's clever words, it was …
UrbanArias, a new opera company dedicated to producing short, contemporary operas, presents its Inaugural Festival of Contemporary Opera from March 31 " April 10, 2011 at Artisphere's Black …
Joel Markowitz previews the over 30 productions about to open on DC-area stages and selects 9 shows he's very eager to see.
She'll Be Here! Elaine Paige on playing Carlotta in Kennedy Center's upcoming production of Follies I was so excited when it was announced that Elaine Paige would be playing the role of Carl…
Attention all DC area casting directors " here are ten young actors, some of them great athletes, some great dramatic actors, some great singers, and some who are very funny, whose performan…
Joshua Morgan and Derek Kahn Thompson on playing Danny and Young Reuven in The Chosen I read Chaim Potok's The Chosen when it was first published in 1997. I was raised in an Orthodox Jewish …
When he’s not busy playing the Green Goblin, out to destroy the world, in Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark, Patrick Page is very much in demand as a Shakespearean actor, a play…
The winners of the 2010 Washington Area Theater Community Honors (The WATCH Awards) were announced on March 6, 2011 at a ceremony held at The Birchmere in Alexandria, VA. Although there were…
Frankly, I was surprised last night as the 2011 Helen Hayes Awards nominations were read. While I was surprised be some of the choices, on the whole, this year’s group of Helen Hayes j…
Erin Weaver on playing Luciana in the Folger's The Comedy of Errors It didn't surprise me when Erin Weaver was awarded The Helen Hayes Award for her performance as Thomasina Coverly in Folge…
When a local talent makes it to the Big White Way – and is about to open in the new revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying starring Daniel Radcliffe ("Harry Potter…
Director Mary Zimmerman on The Arabian Nights and Candide DC audiences were given two holiday gifts from Director Mary Zimmerman: her lavish and eye-popping productions of Candide for The Sh…
Rob McClure, who can do it all, is a performer who is almost never out of work. He's a puppeteer " spending many years pulling the strings in Avenue Q. He's a hysterical physical comedian…
If you've been to a Cherry Red or Hope Operas production, you know that Chris Griffin's work can be a little 'off the wall', so he is in company with his hysterical and swingingly good Tarxx…
Direct from its world premiere at Lyric Stage, Irving, Texas in October 2009, where it won the coveted Best New Play or Musical award from the Dallas-Fort Worth Drama Critics Forum, The Road…
I'll be frank with you " I didn't know much about Lumina Studio Theatre until I read a 'rave' for Lumina's The Comedy of Errors … at Colonus?. by DCTS reviewer Leslie Weisman in which she …
