With a few script tweaks and pop culture references, The Shakespeare Theater Company’s production of The School For Lies humorously illustrates the relevance of 350-year old satire at The Lansburgh Theater this month. Tony Award-nominated writer David Ives has retranslated Moliere’s 1666 classic French farce… Read More
Remember when you were a kid, and you’d hang your head off the side of the bed upside-down to see the world from a different perspective? You’d notice things you never saw, or never saw quite that way before. Liesl Tommy’s direction of Macbeth at… Read More
I loved this play. Conversations about race and gender stereotypes are usually as appealing as sticking your tongue into a vegemite-baited mousetrap. But playwright Lydia Diamond has a deft, modern hand, and Smart People tackles the ticklish topic with wit, perspicacity, and heartfelt characters. It’s… Read More
The first time college-student-me saw Lorraine Hansberry’s Raisin In The Sun, I didn’t like it. It made me sad and uncomfortable in ways that I preferred not to think about. When the invitation came to see Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater’s… Read More
Once again Molly Smith’s prescience is almost unsettling. At a time when spying, wiretapping, election tampering, and international espionage are at the forefront of the minds and broadcasts of America, Smith reminds us that history repeats itself. Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American… Read More
Elevator Repair Service’s production of The Select (The Sun Also Rises) brings Ernest Hemingway’s minimalist 1926 debut novel vividly to life at The Shakespeare Theater Company’s Lansburgh Theater this month. Hemingway was known for his stark, unadorned prose. He was the father of the “Iceberg… Read More
I remember the year my boyfriend took me to see Hedda Gabler for Valentine’s Day. A play where the heroine shoots herself in the head at the end wasn’t perhaps the most romantic, but if tragic love is your calling, then don’t miss Edward Albee’s… Read More
It seems fitting to write a review of the Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater’s delightful production of Roe in the wake of the nation-wide Women’s March this past weekend. Whether Molly Smith was clairvoyant or it was a coincidence, Roe could… Read More
I usually spend a fair amount of time laboring over reviews, ensuring I cover all the bases, being thorough. In this case, I want to keep it simple to get the main point across: Moby Dick at the Arena Stage at the Mead Center for… Read More
It’s not ill-timed that Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic musical Carousel (1945), tells an ageless story of perseverance and the indomitable human spirit. No matter how you feel about the outcome of the recent election, the road to November 7 was draining. A post-election filter highlights… Read More
