Last year, I spoke with Naomi Robin (as she was leaving her longtime gig as Casting Director at Theater J) about her time there and about her career more broadly. I also asked her about the …
Neil Simon has died. As a playwright, a book-writer of musicals, a gag-writer for the golden age of television, a screenwriter, and a legendary "play doctor" (his ability to fix problems wit…
School was out. Daddy had some days off. Seemed like a good time to take the kids up to New York City " and then to go back again the following week to see some theatre not suitable for (the…
The DC theatre community lost one of its most admired, respected, and beloved members on June 9th. Elizabeth Kitsos-Kang was only 53 years old when she succumbed to cancer. The outpouring of…
"I mean, actors " it's hard for us to judge whether we're good in something or not, because we're probably not a good judge of it. We go by how it feels. "If you discover something about…
Let's begin with Fernando HechavarrÃa, who plays Petra in the Teatro El Público production of The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, which opened last night, the first of a mere two perfo…
The RSC (Royal Shakespeare Company) has breezed into town (for a few days only) with its fresh, strikingly handsome, and wonderfully creative production of Hamlet. Simon Godwin, the play's y…
Kennedy Center's "Bergman 100 Celebration" continues with (through Sunday only!) a Toneelgroep Amsterdam production: stage versions of two screenplays by the great man whose centenary is bei…
If this was the concert version, what on earth will they add to a fully-staged version? Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert was the latest in the string of musicals being broadcast live o…
Everybody loves a day at the beach, especially kids. In these DC days of a snowy Spring, Kennedy Center is providing an opportunity for seashore fun (no airfare needed) by hosting, in its Fa…
Elaine May's play Adult Education, currently in previews in a production by The Klunch, "is pretty delightful. It's kind of a porno Pygmalion sort of play, in terms of porn stars suddenly ge…
It was a divinely beautiful sequence. Down the aisles of the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theater strode the Bowie State University Pep Band. They spread out in front of and on the stage and …
You have until February 11th to see The Way of the World at Folger Theatre. Playwright Theresa Rebeck has rewritten the Restoration classic and directs a cast led by Kristine Nielsen. In par…
Theresa Rebeck, Kristine Nielsen, and The Way of the World "Are you twins? Sisters?" Theresa Rebeck and Kristine Nielsen were heading past a guard's desk at Folger Shakespeare Library when t…
"Are you kidding? I'd dance in a parking lot to do this play!" Pamela Reed was explaining to me her reaction to the offer of the role of Deirdre in The Humans. The 2016 Tony winner for Best …
"Do you have long knees?"Â The question came to me from the gentleman of a certain age who had the seat in front of mine at On Your Feet! The Emilio & Gloria Estefan Broadway Musical, …
'Tis the season when many a pair of tiny eyes are concentrated northward, preoccupied with the denizens of the arctic and their yearly trek. Ears listen to that London-based tale that is the…
As part of the Bergman 100 Celebration, an event marking the centenary of the iconic Swedish filmmaker and stage director Ingmar Bergman, The Kennedy Center is presenting a stage version of …
One of the most poignant moments I've recently seen at the theatre occurs (no spoiler alert needed!) at the end of Me…Jane: The Dreams & Adventures of Young Jane Goodall, which opened …
One of the most beloved classics of children's literature is Charlotte's Web. E.B. White's 1952 novel has seen stage and film adaptations over the years. I can't imagine (pun intended) a mor…
"It's almost as much a political event as an artistic one," Al Jirikowic (my companion at Thursday night's performance of Burning Doors from Belarus Free Theatre) said to me. He also s…
Another top-notch offering for young audiences began this past weekend: Blancaflor, the latest in the GALita series of theatre for children. GAlita is the arm of GALA Hispanic Theatre that c…
"We aren't playing it for comedy, but you don't actually play comedy for comedy anyway.” Michael Kahn (who is, as most readers will know, Artistic Director of Shakespeare Theatre Compa…
We were in the closing moments of my talk with Michael Kahn, then in the midst of directing two Pinter one acts. Given his recent announcement that he will leave Shakespeare Theatre Company …
There came a point toward the end of How I Became a Pirate (which opened this weekend at Adventure Theatre MTC) when, during an ensemble musical number, my eyes were darting from one part of…