62 stories by "Terry Ponick"
We talk with Louie Magic, Dennis Diamond, and Daryl Hannah, if that be their real names. The Elephant Room isn't really a play and it isn't really a magic show. In fact, it's a little har…
The fabulous Zaza, as portrayed by singer/actor Christopher Sieber, is the heart and soul of La Cage aux Folles, the current revival of the smash Broadway musical now playing to packed house…
SCENA Theatre's current production of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler puts some interesting twists on a classic that's rarely seen on DC stages these days. SCENA's veteran A…
Arlington's provocative American Century Theater opened its latest intriguing blast from the American past last weekend at Gunston Theater II. On tap this time: Jules Feiffer's 1967 bizarrel…
The Broadway run of Billy Elliot the Musical ended last night, but the national tour is just starting its eight month road trip and has one week to go in its highly successful run at the …
The touring production of Billy Elliot, the Musical, now ensconsed at the Kennedy Center Opera House,  is a driving, energetic, and oddly appropriate holiday feast for thoughtful theat…
When the call is for a smart, elegant, sophisticated woman who knows how to slip in a punch line, the answer is Holland Taylor. The star of stage, film and television found her match in the …
You know things are going to be a little weird when you enter a theater and receive"in lieu of a program"a confidential psychiatric patient file clipped into an official-looking manila folde…
Politically and economically speaking, 2011 has been a pretty depressing year. That's making it pretty tough for many folks to really get into the holiday spirit this Christmas season. But n…
Now playing in the capacious Verizon Center, Quidam is the current iteration of the Montréal-based Cirque du Soleil, the amazing French-Canadian entertainment combine that has, in many ways…
The latest traveling road-show version of Jersey Boys, now playing in a limited engagement at the National Theatre, is loaded with energy and as stuffed with fab Four Seasons classics as any…
With earsplitting audio effects rivaling those of the latest "Transformers" movie sequel, the Folger Theatre's new production of William Shakespeare's Othello is geared toward attracting a n…
“the best one-person show we've seen in many a year.” The Theater of the First Amendment's latest offering"Can't Scare Me: The Story of Mother Jones"is a virtual blast from the p…
It's tremendous! It's stupendous! It's packed with thrills, chills, and magical fun for boys and girls of all ages! It's none other than The Big Apple Circus, now camped out on miraculously …
Looking to stretch your family entertainment dollar during yet another period of economic uncertainty? Well, here's some good news. The Washington National Opera is coming to your rescue wit…
DC area fans of Broadway's golden age musicals have had a heck of a 2010-2011 season. Arena Stage re-launched itself last fall with a mega-boffo new production of Oklahoma!. (It's back this …
Grease is one of those Broadway musicals that's been grown, shrunk, and re-shaped over time so that each version you see can be rather different from the last. The Olney Theatre's spright…
David Cale's one-man show, The History of Kisses " now in its world premiere run at the Studio Theatre " is a dish best served slow. Set in and around a forlorn lifeguard chair perched on th…
The Washington Savoyards wrap up their season this month with a snazzy, kinetic, hot and hilarious must-see revival of Murray Horwitz' and Richard Maltby Jr.'s 1978 hit Broadway revue, Ain't…
Arena Stage's world premiere production of Rupert Holmes' A Time to Kill is, in turn, funny, shocking, witty, and sly. It's based on John Grisham's breakthrough law-and-order novel and clear…
From its sleekly stunning set to its phenomenally talented cast, Round House Theatre's new production of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus is first-class all the way. It's a visceral, enthralling even…
Profits and pleasure. Both words accurately describe the happy circumstances of Signature Theatre's current revival of Side by Side by Sondheim. Profits aplenty for Signature as a legion of …
Beau Willimon's Farragut North is the kind of "built in Washington" drama that DC theater aficionados clearly will enjoy. In addition, for die-hard political junkies, Farragut North, crisply…
The American Century Theater's (TACT's) current production of Stage Door at Arlington's Gunston Theatre Two is a bit of a mess. Or at least it was last Saturday evening. That said, it's freq…
Take one part Beckett non-sequiturs. Add equal parts patented Ionesco loneliness and absurdity. Add a measure of Greek mythology, a heavy dollop of Irish wit, and a piquant dash of Hiberno-E…
