176 stories by "Steven McKnight"
A miserable and lonely artist is invited to paint a Van Gogh forgery. He initially spurns the offer, but when he later contemplates going along with the scheme he finds his reality blend…
Pablito's father abandoned his wife and seven-year-old son with the parting admonition that Pablito would have to be the "man of the house." Pablito is left with a man-sized hole in his hear…
The movie adaptation of the beloved Stephen Sondheim musical Into the Woods began shooting on Wednesday in England. Already promotional stills and footage are appearing on the web to…
Many of us crave the excitement and immediacy that comes from a really memorable live experience. Sports fans dream of making the pilgrimage to a World Series game, an NBA final series, a St…
Usually when theatre tackles the subject of art is does so through the eyes of artists (Red, Sunday in the Park with George), or at least looks at art through the lense of educated men (Art)…
Have you ever wondered how much of our culture and civilization is shaped by language? That's one of many interesting themes in the world premiere of Gift of Forgotten Tongues by Fengar …
My friends know that I am a theatre nerd who sees an insane amount of live theatre. Unfair. I have interests beyond seeing live works of theatre. I also like to see films based on pl…
It's August, so many people are gearing up to play fantasy football. For me, this is the time of the year when I like to play Fantasy Producer. While the 2012-13 theatre season has c…
One Night with Janis Joplin will soon be leaving Arena Stage and making a well-deserved trip to Broadway. The amazing music of Janis Joplin and an uncanny and charismatic conjuring up of…
"What's art about a man in a dress?" is Dorothy's question at the start of  Act a Lady, the latest production from the Hub Theatre. Thanks to the clever writing of Jordan Harrison and…
Angel Street (titled Gaslight when English audiences first saw it) is a 1938 suspense thriller. The lovingly rendered production at Olney Theatre Center demonstrates why it was successful bo…
A group of children dressed in animal costumes perform a fable in an outdoor setting. Seems as wholesome as a Norman Rockwell picture. The truth is far more complex and troubling in A Fr…
Dan Dietz's drama of a family trying to recover and rebuild nine months after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans is proof of the adage that adversity doesn't build character, but inste…
A list of the best stage entrances ever would have to include a group of middle-aged men climbing out of a river dripping wet onto a stark, rocky island. It is the perfect preface to Tim…
Imagine a female Dead Poets Society without the encouraging teacher where "carpe diem" is replaced by "living in the moment." Following Sarah is skillfully written by Baltimore play…
Arena Stage's co-production of The Mountaintop, Katori Hall's play about the last night of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life raises the question of whether to judge a production on how you …
A one-handed man on a cross-country odyssey to find his missing hand, waits in a squalid hotel room for two equally squalid visitors. Then, the story turns odd. Not to mention violent,…
Fred Thompson is a famous trial attorney, a former U.S. Senator, a one-time Presidential candidate, and film and television actor. He is also a terrific storyteller, which made him the i…
Yesterday, phone lines at the Kennedy Center were jammed and their website crashed (nearly 24 hours later, it still hasn’t been restored.) The cause? Â Members trying to get tickets …
Looking for a unique Valentine's Day experience? Try Italian American Reconciliation, John Patrick's darkly comic yet heartfelt romance now playing at 1st Stage. Italian American Rec…
If most teenage girls described their brother as a beast, we would chalk it up to youthful exaggeration. In Ariadne's case it is literally true since her half-brother is The Minotaur, th…
Mark Twain reputedly called golf "a good walk spoiled" but the four men who make up The Foursome at Bay Theatre Company are spoiling for more than a good walk. They are fellow graduates of a…
Add Rodman Philbrick's Homer P. Figg to the list of literature's charming boyish rogues like Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. He's a clever lad who is not above stretching t…
Audience members at the late Saturday night performance of The Rocky Horror Show were stunned to witness a cast accident that brought the show to a halt and sent the audience home prematurel…
The newest up-and-coming sports star headed for greatness with proper handling is not RGIII, but DD6. That's Devil Dog Six, the name of a young thoroughbred horse, and he needs the under…
