29 stories by "Lisa Troshinsky"
A MUSICAL FABLE FOR THEN " AND NOW A cornerstone of the American musical theater canon. Corny and sexist? Undeniably. But it's still thrilling, still brassy, still Broadway. Guys & Dolls…
A SHTETL REBUILT IN THE ROUND Douglas Sills leads Signature's spare, deeply felt Fiddler on the Roof that puts Anatevka's communal heartbeat at the center The beauty of tradition, Tevye the …
FOWL PLAY: WHEN THE TRUTH TAKES AIM IN THE WILD DUCK Henrik Ibsen's The Wild Duck, now at Shakespeare Theatre Company's Klein Theatre (in a co-production with Theatre for a New Audience), is…
STRATEGIC LOVE PLAY SHOULD COME WITH A WARNING As the old love adage goes: Boy meets Girl, Girl interrogates Boy, Boy tries to leave unsuccessfully, Girl and Boy reconvene… oh, wait, this …
THE WIT AND THE HUMID: AN EVENING WITH DAVID SEDARIS An expert in turning the mundane into something paramount and inevitably humorous, David Sedaris uplifted an immense audience at Wolf Tra…
PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF CLASSICAL BALLET Founded in New York in 2000 as a means to put professional ballet dancers to work during their summer hiatuses, Chamber Dance Project, now based in…
THREE HOURS IN THE CHURCH OF QUEER LOVE: A COMPLICATED DANCE AT ARENA STAGE Tarell Alvin McCraney (Oscar winner for Moonlight) returns to the stage with We Are Gathered, a lyrical and immers…
BENEATH THE SCHMALTZ IS A JOYFUL NOISE Fun, uplifting, and yes, frivolous, Sister Act is a musical remake of the famously successful 1992 hit movie starring Whoopi Goldberg. The historic For…
USING ART TO COMBAT GUN VIOLENCE GUAC at Woolly Mammoth is not traditional theater"it's a powerful act of performance art that explores with life and tragic loss in the wake of a mass school…
DOWNSTATE CHALLENGES MOST BASIC ASSUMPTIONS Bruce Norris's regional premiere of Downstate, currently at Studio Theatre, brings us up close into the forbidden world of pedophiles and shocking…
A TRIUMPHANT SAGA OF A VIENNESE FAMILY Shakespeare Theatre Company, in association with Huntington in Boston, is presenting at Harman Hall an epic, haunting play about loss and survival. Gra…
A POIGNANT LOOK AT FEMALE FRIENDSHIP What are the makings of female friendships? What holds them together and what causes them to shift off course? These are just two of the philosophical qu…
THE GOOD-NATURED BUFFOONERY IN FORUM IS THE TONIC FOR WHAT AILS YOU A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, currently at Signature Theater, is knee-slapping farcical fun à la vaud…
SEEN THROUGH A LATINO CONTEXT, THE OTHER AMERICANS IS A UNIVERSAL GLIMPSE INTO FAMLY TRAUMA The world premiere of John Leguizamo's newest endeavor, The Other Americans, directed by Ruben San…
BEMUSING, DISAPPOINTING, SUPERFICIAL, AND FULL OF CONTRADICTIONS After all the hype about Matthew Broderick starring in the title role of Babbitt, presented by Shakespeare Theatre Company at…
AN EXCERCISE IN PURPOSEFUL FUTILITY Welcome to the world of underserved K-12 education where punitive actions abound with no end in sight. In Exception to the Rule, playwright Dave Harris (T…
WEAVING TOGETHER THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE JaJa's African Hair Braiding " beginning a regional tour after Broadway success and Arena Stage's season starter " is a peek into the immigrant expe…
UNIVERSAL, YES, BUT ALSO ESOTERIC Who's to say what constitutes a monumental event " something as vast as a meteor shower versus the provincial act of trying to go home again? This is the un…
A TRIP THROUGH MICHAEL JACKSON'S TRIPPY LIFE For those who never had the chance to see Michael Jackson perform live, MJÂ " the current smash-hit Broadway jukebox musical now on tour at The…
THE CAMPY ABBA FEST IS BACK Still an over-the-top, campy, family-friendly entertainment, the 25th Anniversary North American tour of Mamma Mia!, currently at The Kennedy Center Opera House, …
A FANTASIZED LOOK INTO BLACKNESS IN AMERICA The Colored Museum by George C. Wolfe, currently at The Studio Theatre, is a wild, satirical glance into African-American experiences, dating back…
THE KITE RUNNER FLIES HIGH AT THE KENNEDY CENTER Because the best-selling novel The Kite Runner, written by Khaled Hosseini, is so significant and well-revered, as is the 2007 movie screenpl…
THE MINDLESS SILLINESS WE DIDN'T KNOW WE NEEDED Broadway Center Stage's production of Bye Bye Birdie, the 1960 musical comedy smash currently at The Kennedy Center, is delightfully corny, sc…
HAIR EXPLODES WITH ECSTACY AT SIGNATURE The 1967 "American Tribal Love-Rock Musical" Hair, currently at The Signature Theatre through July 7 and directed by Matthew Gardiner, is an explosion…
AN EYE-OPENER Prior to Next to Normal at Round House Theatre a giant, obtrusive woman's eye projected onto the back wall (projections by Nicholas Hussong) stares and blinks out at the aud…
