247 stories by "Jeffrey Walker"
Many citizens have been welcome at community pools and swim clubs their entire lives. This is not true of African-Americans. Here we have the story of the African American Bowlding famil…
Shakespeare's brave new world – a desolate island miles aways from Europe – is the fantastical setting where The Tempest offers up a blend of danger, romance, intrigue, family st…
Personal, funny, poetic, rough around the edges – Bob Bartlett's Swimming with Whales is well worth checking out while it’s at 1st Stage as I predict it will have life beyond …
Wit and intelligence are under attack in today. So is faith. And the idea of intelligence working in tandem with religious convictions are often at odds with one another. The argument could …
"Razzle dazzle 'em!"Â Silver-tongue shyster lawyer Billy Flynn melodically opines that if you do that, you'll have an audience eating out of your hand. If you can snag a ticket to the Keeg…
The ancient Greeks took to the stage with joyous dancing and choral singing thousands of years ago, even before they created the timeless tragedies of Euripides and Sophocles. So why not a b…
To a world of Instagram, YouTube, reality television, and other forms of hyped up, electrified media for the short attention span-addled populace, MetroStage offers something different. Cath…
Chess at the Kennedy Center is a checkmate. In other words, this formerly troubled musical with a beloved score, is taking the Eisenhower Theatre stage by storm in a staged, semi-concert for…
Heartache, pain, regrets, joys, and a fair share of personal demons might fell a weaker person. But not even time in prison could stop the musical force of nature known to fans as Lady Day. …
Playing like variations on the theme of the ancient Greek play The Trojan Woman, Brave Spirits’ The Trojan Women Project faces head-on a number of issues ripped from the headlin…
Welcome to the jungle! No not the Serengeti plains where both wildebeest and ostrich have reason to fear the predatory lion. This is Chicago's fictional North Shore High School where the cre…
In the Heights, now packing them in at Olney Theatre Center, has a visceral and emotional score coupled with a story of finding your home and your heart closer than expected. Behold the powe…
Signature Theatre's stunning production of this Sondheim gem is nothing short of a masterpiece. A Little Night Music is one of my personal favorites from the Stephen Sondheim canon. Set in S…
All rise! Not so much for an associate Supreme Court Justice, but for Edward Gero, the man currently embodying the late Antonin Scalia in the remounted and revised production of The Original…
Ah, the land of dreams, whimsy, and mouse ears! Main Street, USA, the Matterhorn ride, and Tom Sawyer's Island. All these are part of a mecca for family entertainment nestled in sunny Anahei…
Disney's Beauty and the Beast may claim to be the "tale as old as time" but it has nothing on Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. As Tim Rice's accessible lyrics state, this throug…
It is incredible that no one’s thought of pairing Godspell with the structure of "Saturday Night Live" before. I am sure I have just turned off a purist or two who might think such a c…
Eclectic and electric, Wonderland: Alice's Rock & Roll Adventure is a wild and wondrous ride through Lewis Carroll's world of imagination but this time with a heavy beat, some killer roc…
Putting together a satirical musical with nods at classic musicals (Annie, Les Miserables), the works of Brecht and Weill (The Threepenny Opera), and even Fringe theatre and launching it in …
I wept during the musical Kaleidoscope. Quietly, but involuntarily, tears welled up and just started flowing. What a time not to have a tissue or handkerchief handy. I cried for people I hav…
Parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, den mothers, scoutmasters, youth leaders – okay, anyone who oversees children, please follow directions: Go to the website Maryland Ensemble…
The human heart: such a powerful muscle, and such a delicate instrument at the same time. The frailties of the human heart, especially when twisted with desire, can make for dangerous…
If Dolly Gallagher Levi is still going strong, and if Mame Dennis could charm the husk right off of the corn, then  it can be said Mrs. Elva Miller could stop traffic – with her …
From the Broadway stage to the Pulitzer Prize, back to Broadway, and now as a film adaptation with four Oscar nominations, FENCES has riveted audiences for more than 30 years. The film, dir…
From BAYWATCH to BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN and beyond, actress Michelle Williams is making her mark in film. Nominated for Best Supporting Actress for a role with relatively little screen-time in M…
