223 stories by "William Powell"
Dreamgirls Sizzles with Soul Why is sudden fame so destructive? Can true friendship survive the pressures of show business? Those questions and a whole heaping spoonful of soulful, Motown…
 'kinK' explores murder, revenge and justice Director\Writer William Dean Leary produces unsettling, lapel-grabbing work that addresses topical issues. In his previously written and direc…
 'The Foreigner' Lampoons British\Southern Culture Clash Thank God for actors. They make us feel emotions, make us think, make us identify with their characters, and make us laugh. There …
'The View From The Tunnel' questions why the good suffer There's a scene in The View From the Tunnel, directed by Simone Walker, and written by DMV-area playwright Elaine Hutchinson, that re…
VOICES eschews platitudes for depth There are life-changing events that can hit one's soul with the ferocity of a hurricane. Mental violence and strife can tear up the psyche to the point wh…
The Tempest which played at The Silver Spring Black Box Theatre through May 8th was a delightful tour-de-force of sound, fury, fanfare and color. Directed and adapted by David Minton for Lum…
'Tommy' energizes, brings emotion We've all felt misunderstood at times. Ostracized. Criticized. Left out of the community of our peers. But then hopefully things change; we find a hidden sk…
"The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises," so it says in the Bible's Book of Ecclesiastes, Chapter One, Verse 5. People, live, people die, life goes on.…
Review: 'Black Pearl Sings' explores the political and the personal        Politics, whether personal or political often divides us. These differences come to light …
How should we deal with the storms of life? Should we go through life content and yet oblivious to the suffering of ourselves and others? Or, do we allow ourselves psychic disturbance over t…
Middletown is a series of vignettes powered by a strong ensemble Middletown, which played at The Silver Spring Black Box Theater through April 17th was a glorious, energetic crowd pleaser…
The Mousetrap Weaves a Tangled Patchwork of Suspense The Mousetrap, now playing at Bowie Playhouse and produced by Prince George's Little Theatre, is a purist's take on late mystery write…
The Lion in Winter' reaches the pinnacle of high entertainment Vagabond Players'Â The Lion in Winter, expertly directed by Steve Goldklang is a show any theater lover, nay any lover of art…
Love, Sex and the I.R.S. is a live-action 70s sitcom with standout performances Love, Sex and the I.R.S. features many manic rib-tickling moments. Its 70s feel will have you feeling funky…
Black Violin performed a genre-shattering fusion of classical and hip hop in an unforgettable concert last night at The Barns at Wolf Trap. Â Black Violin is composed of Kev Marcus (aka Ke…
Dry Bones is philosophically and emotionally challenging Are there really "no second acts in American lives," as the great writer F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote? The stage play Dry Bones …
The The Oak Ridge Boys along with their Mighty Oaks Band performed a dazzling mix of Country and Gospel tunes before a highly appreciative audience on March 20, 2016, Palm Sunday, at The Bar…
Young Artists of America at Strathmore (YAA) brilliantly performed Children of Eden the afternoon of March 13, 2016 at The Music Center at Strathmore. Children of Eden is a musical writte…
The Baldwin Wallace University Symphonic Wind Ensemble (BWUSWE), conducted by Dr. Brendan Caldwell, and the Bishop Ireton Symphonic Wind Ensemble, conducted by Dr. Randall Eyles, performed t…
Opera-lovers got a chance to travel back to the 18th Century the night of March 7, 2016, at The Mansion at Strathmore’s J. Willard and Alice Marriot Foundation Concert Stage, when t…
“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way,” wrote Leo Tolstoy in his classic novel Anna Karenina. Bad Jews, by Joshua Harmon, playing at Greenb…
Everything about Filter Theatre’s Twelfth Night, playing at University of Maryland’s Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, is unconventional. It’s part musical, part …
God: The One-Man Show is a comedic hurricane that leaves audiences pondering the mysteries of the universe between laughs. Written and performed by Rich Potter, the show takes the audience f…
