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Monday, July 20, 2026

A tightly run, well-acted, well-designed ‘Macbeth’ from STC Academy by Deryl Davis

The future shines bright for the class of 2026. By DERYL DAVIS

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 07:06PM[SHARE]

Sunday, July 19, 2026

In ‘Adrift’ by Happenstance Theater, we laugh at our demons by Deryl Davis

The delightfully inventive show is full of physical comedy, music, puppetry, dance, and striking visual imagery that lingers in the mind. By DERYL DAVIS

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 09:48PM[SHARE]

Monday, September 4, 2023

Nilo Cruz on love, compassion, and 'Bathing in Moonlight,' at GALA by Deryl Davis

In a pointed and personal Q&A, the Pulitzer Prize"winning playwright shares why he wrote about a priest's lapse from celibacy. By DERYL DAVIS

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 03:14PM[SHARE]

Sunday, August 6, 2023

Flying V nurtures development of Tess Rowan's 'Static: Noise of a New Musical' by Deryl Davis

A man walks into a bar. Let's call him Navi, and let's say he's the research and development director of a small Silver Spring"based theater company " we'll call it Flying V " and he's come …

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 08:48PM[SHARE]

Friday, July 14, 2023

'Spiritus/Virgil's Dance' in rep at Contemporary American Theater Festival by Deryl Davis

A character named Virgil relates their awakening to the preciousness of life.

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 09:30AM[SHARE]

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

'Huge themes are the proper domain of theater': a Q&A with José Rivera by Deryl Davis

The award-winning playwright and screenwriter on why he writes about life, death, and the soul.

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 12:25PM[SHARE]

Lyrical mini epiphanies in 'Sonnets for an Old Century' at Spooky Action Theater by Deryl Davis

A ritualistic tour of the afterlife through the cavernous spaces and dark corridors of a church.

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 07:32AM[SHARE]

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Glam rocks' last stand this weekend. Nero/Pseudo closes at Fort Fringe by Deryl Davis

Consider this: If the Emperor Nero really did fiddle while Rome burned, he might have been playing one of his own compositions (albeit in a distinctly minor key). That's a supposition one ta…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:02PM[SHARE]

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Forgiveness and Forum's production of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot by Deryl Davis

-Â These interviews were conducted before the attack on cast member Frank Britton on Monday night - Jesus, Judas Iscariot and Mother Teresa walk into a bar . . . Actually, a courtroom, in…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:00PM[SHARE]

Thursday, May 22, 2014

Freud's Last Session by Deryl Davis

We're suckers for a good match up: Frazier versus Ali, Lincoln versus Douglas, Celtics versus Lakers . . . C. S. Lewis versus Sigmund Freud? The latter would surprise many of us, who would n…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:40PM[SHARE]

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

The Vaclav Havel Project: Vanek Unleashed and Unveiling by Deryl Davis

Alliance for New Music-Theatre's spirited, quirky The Vaclav Havel Project offers delightful commentary on the perennial question of the artist's role in society. When that artist is former …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:28PM[SHARE]

Friday, May 2, 2014

Tom Story on directing Moth by Deryl Davis

Veteran D.C. actor Tom Story describes Moth, a tale of high school bullying and its violent repercussions closing this weekend at Studio Theatre's 2ndStage, as the kind of play he would have…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:22AM[SHARE]

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Cinderella: The Remix " busting the fairy tale at Imagination Stage by Deryl Davis

Hip-hop has gotten a bad rap, according to Psalmayene 24 (Psalm), the writer and director behind Cinderella: The Remix, the final installment of a three-part Hip-Hop Children's Trilogy runni…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:50AM[SHARE]

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Once on This Island by Deryl Davis

Once on this Island, the diverting Caribbean-themed musical running at Olney Theatre Center through May 4, is more than just a pastel-colored stroll through island culture to a calypso beat.…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:00PM[SHARE]

Friday, April 11, 2014

Arguendo " Elevator Repair Service putting on the Supremes by Deryl Davis

Twelve Angry Men it is not. In that serious courtroom drama from the 1950s, twelve " yes, angry " sequestered jurors debate in real time the guilt or innocence of a man suspected of homocide…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:49AM[SHARE]

Monday, March 17, 2014

La Muerte y La Doncella " Death and the Maiden " at World Stages by Deryl Davis

Is justice contextual? Does it mean one thing for a nation recovering from decades of brutalizing dictatorship and another for the individual who suffered that brutalization? And how does th…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:35AM[SHARE]

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