Tony Kushner divided his epic play, Angels in America, into two parts. The second half, subtitled Perestroika, was beamed live to cinemas worldwide on July 27 from London's National Theatre …
Angels in America remains a sad, hilarious, hallucinogenic theatrical achievement. The juxtaposition of those seemingly-opposite qualities is what makes the play memorable. It has even great…
Guys and Dolls is a paragon of American musical theater. Considering its blend of interesting characters, clever story and glorious songs by Frank Loesser, it deserves more frequent revivals…
New Records is our column about recordings of shows and concerts. It's a companion to the reviews that regularly appear here on DC Metro Theater Arts. This month we take a look at albums fro…
On the Record is a new column that discusses recordings of theatrical shows. It's a companion to the theater reviews that appear here on DC Metro Theater Arts. This week, in connection with …
Golden Cockerel (Coq d'Or) is a musical fantasy that was popular in the first half of the twentieth century but rarely seen since. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov composed it in 1907 with splashy or…
Leo Fall's music is not likely to return to Broadway. It did, however, provide pleasant vocal opportunities for gifted young singers of the Concert Operetta Theater in Philadelphia this week…
Although not frequently performed, the Symphony No. 3 is Gustav Mahler’s most encompassing work, the piece which best exemplifies his life and career. Yannick Nézet-Séguin led …
Leonard Bernstein's Symphony No. 1 was the major undertaking at The Philadelphia Orchestra's concerts of May 3, 5 and 6, 2017. Yannick Nézet-Séguin led the piece as a prelude to a year-lon…
During his lifetime, Sergei Rachmaninoff was more famous as a pianist than as a composer. Logically, therefore, The Philadelphia Orchestra's current Rachmaninoff Festival is concentrating on…
Yannick Nézet-Séguin's latest program with The Philadelphia Orchestra was an intelligently thought-out adventure. The central work was Alternative Energy by Mason Bates, in its East Coast …
Mozart's Idomeneo is a landmark opera. It is undeniably a great achievement by a 25-year-old composer in the early stage of his career. Unlike the later Mozart operas, Idomeneo was written i…
Ben Dibble might be as fine a cabaret performer as anyone in that field. He is definitely the best local male cabaret performer in a field long dominated by women. He demonstrated that with …
Concert Operetta Theater was founded in 2008 to revive and preserve the type of musical theater that's more lighthearted and accessible than opera, but a bit grander than Broadway. These tun…
Contrast was stark in the concert which Michael Tilson Thomas led with The Philadelphia Orchestra. The first half displayed two radically dissonant pieces from the 1930s " Ruth Crawford Seeg…
The Philadelphia Orchestra set of concerts during the last weekend of February was one of the most imaginatively conceived in recent memory. The program consisted of selections from Brahms's…
During the 44 years when Eugene Ormandy was music director of The Philadelphia Orchestra (1936 to 1980), he led almost every concert. There was scant need for guest conductors. Now the symph…
An attack on Russian governmental bureaucracy is disguised EgoPo Classic Theater's surreal new adaptation of Gogol's 'The Nose.' Steve Cohen reviews.
Art Garfunkel used to sing, "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?" This month, his Keswick Theatre audience asked a similar question. Steve Cohen reviews.
After going missing in action from major stages for decades, 'South Pacific' is back, heroically. Steve Cohen reviews.
Lisa D'Amour's 'Detroit,' a drama about life in the suburbs, is presented at a private home in the suburbs.
'If/Then' was written for and based on the talents of Idina Menzel. To Steve Cohen's surprise, the show has appeal even without her.
Presenting a revival of the music comedy 'Jamaica' as just a colorful travelogue is missing an opportunity, but it sure looks good.
A melodramatic story is the starting point, but what elevates this production is the grand, almost-operatic vocal score and its classy cast.
You could say that Becky Mode's 'Fully Committed' skewers the underside of the restaurant business, or that it's a delicious slice of ham, or that it's an amuse bouche. Primarily, it's a gre…