Ford’s Newest Radio Play Explores A Pair of Encounters Between Douglass and Lincoln
Necessary Sacrifices explores the two documented encounters between Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln during a period of national crisis.
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Ford’s Theatre Commemorates Lincoln’s Death (155 Years Ago) in the Most New Age Way
Ford’s Theatre commemorates the 155th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination and death on April 14/15th, and throughout the month of April with digital programming. On April 14 at 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., the theatre and museum will offer guided virtual tours where those… Read More
‘Into The Woods’: A Riotous UnFairyTale Romp
The Ford’s Theater revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s musical Into the Woods is a magical romp through the forest with your favorite fairy tale characters and their “what if they were real” issues. The result is like an extended session on a therapist’s… Read More
‘Twelve Angry Men’ – A New Take on the Original Courtroom Drama
Reginald Rose knew the compelling nature of courtroom drama – Americans hung on every detail of the trials of Leopold and Loeb and the Lindberg kidnapping. Following his own stint on jury duty, Rose earned the title of father of the courtroom drama with Twelve Angry Men,… Read More
Ease on Down the Road with ‘The Wiz’ at Ford’s Theatre
At Ford’s, Jefferson’s Garden Sows The Seeds of Discord
The Monty-Pythonesque opening of playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker’s Revolutionary War drama does not prepare you for the weight of Jefferson’s Garden. The ensemble play brilliantly stages a sweeping study of how America won its battle for universal freedom . . . ultimately without granting universal freedom. Jefferson’s Garden is a drama… Read More
Ragtime at Ford’s Offers Fantastic Music, and a Startling Reality Check
Aptly, given the energetic, even fitful nature of ragtime music (Wikipedia calls it “syncopated”), Ragtime the musical– now playing at Ford’s Theatre— offers an energetic, fitful snapshot of New York at the turn of the century. There’s the wealthy white suburban family, where “Mother” suffers… Read More
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – The Anti Valentine
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
Here’s How To Score FREE Tickets to Ford’s Theatre This Season
Want to scoop up tickets to some of the area’s hottest plays totally FREE??! A new partnership between Ford’s Theatre and TodayTix is offering over 1700 performance tickets free of charge. This new mobile lottery will launch one week before the first preview of each… Read More
New Musical “Come From Away,” a Beautiful 9/11 Commemoration
Nearly every American over the age of, say, 20, remembers where they were and what they were doing when they first heard the news that a passenger jet had crashed into the World Trade Center the morning of September 11, 2001. “Come From Away,” a… Read More
