159 stories by "Kelly McCorkendale"
Berlin, East Germany is a place of the past schoolchildren today probably don't know existed. Yet, in Lady Lay, it is alive in 1989 and abounding with belief that all can, and will, change. …
One of the best gifts for parents with children this year is the newly formed National Children’s Theatre, a collaboration between Imagination Stage and The National Theatre, which bri…
Fear, o' friends, the far side of the mirror. Where Beasties roam, Woks stalk, great guardians made of stone spear the wicked, and a great witch punishes the vain, the thieving, the cruel wi…
Eddie can weave a fantastic yarn. He's a born storyteller blessed with imagination. Or, rather, is he really a man with a past that includes saving distressed damsels, leaping tall buildings…
Breaking Character starts like the best of the best of teen films: with the popular and not-so-popular squaring off. Who's right and who's wrong is clear. The drama is undeserved, but oh so …
Brandon O'Donnell is dead and he's left a hot mess in his wake. His family, grief-stricken, struggles through mourning in unhealthy ways, causing a truth to come to light that conceals fresh…
Cats and chaos. That about sums up Garfield: The Musical with Cattitude. And, it's a splendid combination. Full disclosure: As a child, my brother owned about 100 Garfield replicas"figur…
The Good Counselor is a brilliant play that probes uncomfortably around the chambers of the human heart. It’s a masterfully written and directed treatise on where a woman’s respo…
dry bones rising is a dystopian think piece with dreamy undertones. It's a peek into how a child makes believe to survive hate and find hope. To make everything right. Venus Artistic Directo…
The Price is a slow-burn, a meticulous unwrapping of truth and consequences that erupts when past and present collide. The result is a magnificent look into family"the drama, the dynamics, a…
It’s worth the trip to Falls Church, VA to see how Creative Cauldron has managed to fit Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s beloved Once on This Island into the tiny ArtsSpace. On…
Tyger, an original interactive and immersive production, starts at the door: "Do you know Gabby?" All are asked. None do. You are invited in for dinner but, instead, stay to watch a group of…
Greater Tuna, one of the trio of comedies by Ed Howard, Jaston Williams, and Joe Sears, may as well be a national treasure. Premiering in 1981, it's a beloved show well regarded enough to ha…
Let me sum this up for you right away: if you love a good laugh, go see The Typographer's Dream. Now, onto the more serious business of detailing why"witful, wisdom soaked, full of storytell…
Art manifests when dark matter is shaken, stirred, and flipped into a brilliant light, which is what playwright Doc Andersen-Bloomfield and Director Deborah Randall have achieved with God Do…
Photo journalist Sarah Goodwin (Aly B. Ettman) has spent her life in places touched by disaster to document the worst of disease, defeat, and death. This is her existence until she is thrown…
Before the lights fall and the audience settles, on stage, Mike (Adi Stein) endures a slapstick shampooing and hair cut by madcap stylist Tony (Michael Litchfield), the flamboyantly gay owne…
Using a bit of bluegrass, and evoking the best of Americana, the Nashville Children's Theatre brings the old Appalachian (and originally Scot-Irish-English) folk hero, Jack, to life"merrily …
It ends as it begins. In silence. An unnerving calm as a lone woman ponders the remnants of a house long ago locked and draped in the cozy white of sheets that say life no longer bustles her…
Regina"a sassy and, somewhat trashy small town mess"gets wasted, crashes her truck, and awakes on the "other side." Well, kinda. Instead of fully crossing into the afterlife, she's stuck tru…
A middle-aged man, decked out in modern-day armor"jacket, tie, suspenders, and shined shoes" sips a pale ale. He is achingly alone. Melancholy seems to be his most present friend. Regret,…
Madeline"the iconic character from a series of children's book written in the 1950s and 1960s"takes center stage at Creative Cauldron and rings in the holidays with magic and charm in Madeli…
Man's best friend? A million spots? A crazy lady bent on making fur coats out of the dogs’ hides? Check, check, and check! Cruella de-Vil, the purple-headed puppy eater who has delight…
Never were truer words spoken than when the blonde boy to my right turned to his friend and whispered, "This is so cool!" Entering the stage to rap music reminiscent of an early 1980's gem a…
On a triangular tract of land snug behind a line of row-houses, Northeast DC harbors a secret Garden of Eden"a landscape flush with the fruits of the earth. Roma tomatoes. Lavender. Chard. T…
