208 stories by "Susan Berlin"
The Helen Hayes Awards, recognizing excellence in Washington professional theater, entered a new era at the 31st annual ceremony, April 6 at the historic Lincoln Theatre.
... songs by Stephen Sondheim from throughout his solo career, performed by six outstanding singing actors and supported by a sumptuous 16-piece orchestra conducted by Jon Kalbfleisch. By ag…
... a musical about what human life means when time is running out, staged with wild inspiration by director Matthew Gardiner and performed to the hilt by its four talented actors.
Studio Theatre in Washington is presenting the world premiere of Laugh, Beth Henley's zany comedy with a sincere heart.
The Kennedy Center's production of Gigi is lovely to look at and charming to listen to, but the show never achieves the transcendence that one would wish for with this material.
Washington playwright Ken Ludwig admires both classic farce and classic literature. His antic adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles, Baskerville: A Sherlock Ho…
Playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney has the gift of making unique situations easily accessible to his audiences.
Barry Levinson, the movie's director and screenwriter, wrote the book for the musical, while Sheryl Crow (music and lyrics) has crafted a cohesive score with strong, era-appropriate elements…
Director Ben Cunis, who also adapted the story along with his brother Peter, and choreographer Irina Tsikurishvili have created a lush, almost feverish theatrical experience, impressive to s…
Round House Theatre's reimagining of The Nutcracker must be considered a major disappointment. Director Joe Calarco has done notable work with musicals in the past, specifically at Signature…
Director and choreographer Susan Stroman and her authors, Lynn Ahrens (book and lyrics) and Stephen Flaherty (music), have created a work of great beauty, heart, and ambition inspired by Edg…
Charlie Pollock smolders rather than burns in the title role; he has the spirit, but his preaching is less about hellfire, more about comforting people making do in hard times.
A man, a woman, alone together as the snow piles up outside: the story practically writes itself. The plot becomes really involving, though, as lust gives way to love and both Olivia and Eth…
Because it's also a chilling story about hideously deformed part-animal, part-human creatures, it's a natural for an adaptation by Synetic Theater in Arlington, Virginia, and its company of …
In honor of its 30th anniversary season, MetroStage in Alexandria, Virginia, has brought back Three Sistahs for a third production.
Was Marie Antoinette the Kim Kardashian of 18th-century France? Playwright David Adjmi finds some similarities between the two celebrities in his dizzyingly anachronistic play, now receiving…
The Seven Year Itch is one of those titles that people may know, but most of them aren’t familiar with George Axelrod’s 1952 original play. (They may well know the 1955 film version with…
While Canadian playwright Morris Panych has sneaked some messages about class inequality and the need to have something of one’s own into his play The Shoplifters, receiving its world prem…
How well can any two people really know each other? The question is eternal, but playwright Amy Herzog gives it a fresh jolt in her play Belleville, now at the Studio Theatre in Washington, …
Playwright Andrew Hinderaker takes on issues of masculinity and physicality in his story about a college football player and the catastrophic injury that changes his life.
Through the sensitive direction of Matthew Gardiner and the efforts of a strong cast, viewers who once might have seen only small, disconnected dramas and a frustrated protagonist can unders…
American Century Theater, Brian Childers, and Danny Kaye: together again in An Evening with Danny Kaye, and well worth the wait.
... its current world premiere—Cloak & Dagger, a flimsy but fun world premiere musical—is like cotton candy: not especially nourishing but an enjoyable indulgence at the time.
Choreographer and creator Liz Lerman and her cast enact dreamlike scenes, intermingled with moments of vivid clarity, until the 80-minute work immerses the audience.
The production of Noël Coward's Private Lives now at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington is delightful: everyone is on the same page and they interact with each other on an almost…
