Wednesday, April 20, 2011
I had seen The Color Purple the week it opened on Broadway in December 2005, with LaChanze and Elisabeth Withers-Mendes in the roles of Celie and Shug Avery and they were absolutely wonderfu…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:41PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Arcadia's Margaret Colin on playing Lady Croom and her stage, film, and TV roles I'm a big fan of Margaret Colin's work and it was so much fun schmoozing with her about her role as Lady Croo…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:37AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 13, 2011
It’s Rags time at Theatre Lab I never had a chance to see the 1986 Broadway production of the musical Rags because, with only 18 previews and 4 performances, it closed before I could u…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:09AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 7, 2011
It didn't surprise me that Elden Street Players (ESP) would tackle Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story by Stephen Dolginoff. On their Web site, Past President Rich Klare writ…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:54AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Nick Adams and J. Elaine Marcos talk to us about playing Adam/Felicia and Cynthia They both wear outrageous colorful and eye-popping costumes and dance and sing their hearts out in the enter…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:03AM[SHARE]Monday, April 4, 2011
The audience and I went 'wilde' watching Cameron Folmar's performance of Lord Goring in Shakespeare Theatre Company's The Ideal Husband. It wasn't just the playwright's clever words, it was …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:23PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 31, 2011
UrbanArias, a new opera company dedicated to producing short, contemporary operas, presents its Inaugural Festival of Contemporary Opera from March 31 " April 10, 2011 at Artisphere's Black …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:24AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Joel Markowitz previews the over 30 productions about to open on DC-area stages and selects 9 shows he's very eager to see.
SOURCE: dc.broadwayworld.com at 01:11PM[SHARE]Monday, March 28, 2011
She'll Be Here! Elaine Paige on playing Carlotta in Kennedy Center's upcoming production of Follies I was so excited when it was announced that Elaine Paige would be playing the role of Carl…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:11AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Attention all DC area casting directors " here are ten young actors, some of them great athletes, some great dramatic actors, some great singers, and some who are very funny, whose performan…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:13AM[SHARE]Friday, March 11, 2011
Joshua Morgan and Derek Kahn Thompson on playing Danny and Young Reuven in The Chosen I read Chaim Potok's The Chosen when it was first published in 1997. I was raised in an Orthodox Jewish …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:06PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 10, 2011
When he’s not busy playing the Green Goblin, out to destroy the world, in Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark, Patrick Page is very much in demand as a Shakespearean actor, a play…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:36PM[SHARE]Monday, March 7, 2011
The winners of the 2010 Washington Area Theater Community Honors (The WATCH Awards) were announced on March 6, 2011 at a ceremony held at The Birchmere in Alexandria, VA. Although there were…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:53AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Frankly, I was surprised last night as the 2011 Helen Hayes Awards nominations were read. While I was surprised be some of the choices, on the whole, this year’s group of Helen Hayes j…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:39PM[SHARE]Monday, February 28, 2011
Erin Weaver on playing Luciana in the Folger's The Comedy of Errors It didn't surprise me when Erin Weaver was awarded The Helen Hayes Award for her performance as Thomasina Coverly in Folge…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:47AM[SHARE]Friday, February 25, 2011
When a local talent makes it to the Big White Way – and is about to open in the new revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying starring Daniel Radcliffe ("Harry Potter…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:11AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Director Mary Zimmerman on The Arabian Nights and Candide DC audiences were given two holiday gifts from Director Mary Zimmerman: her lavish and eye-popping productions of Candide for The Sh…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:40PM[SHARE]Friday, February 11, 2011
Rob McClure, who can do it all, is a performer who is almost never out of work. He's a puppeteer " spending many years pulling the strings in Avenue Q. He's a hysterical physical comedian…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:45AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 9, 2011
If you've been to a Cherry Red or Hope Operas production, you know that Chris Griffin's work can be a little 'off the wall', so he is in company with his hysterical and swingingly good Tarxx…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:51AM[SHARE]Monday, January 31, 2011
Direct from its world premiere at Lyric Stage, Irving, Texas in October 2009, where it won the coveted Best New Play or Musical award from the Dallas-Fort Worth Drama Critics Forum, The Road…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:47AM[SHARE]Friday, January 21, 2011
I'll be frank with you " I didn't know much about Lumina Studio Theatre until I read a 'rave' for Lumina's The Comedy of Errors … at Colonus?. by DCTS reviewer Leslie Weisman in which she …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:17AM[SHARE]Friday, January 7, 2011
This winter, DC fell in love again with three Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals, starting with the critically acclaimed and SOLD OUT production of Oklahoma! at Arena Stage, The National Tour …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:47PM[SHARE]Monday, January 3, 2011
Local actors Chris Sizemore, Margo Seibert and Tracy Lynn Olivera on being in the cast of Candide I was elated when I learned that three of my favorite actors in the DC area were appearing i…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:13PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 29, 2010
I thought I was interviewing the four outrageously loveable, funny and eccentric members of The Kinsey Sicks who are tearing up the mistletoe at Theater J. But, instead, eight showed up R…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:23AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 21, 2010
I saw a lot of musicals the last three months so sitting down and going through programs and notes to select this talented new group of "Scene Stealers' was so much fun, and also very challe…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:04PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 14, 2010
I have interviewed dozens of performers for DC Theatre Scene, but my chat with David Pittsinger is one of my all-time favorites. DC audiences will be hearing one of the greatest baritones in…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:48AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 2, 2010
When I walked into the new Mead Center lobby during intermission on Oklahoma!‘s opening night, I heard several critics and theatergoers asking the same question over and over: "Who are…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:27AM[SHARE]Monday, November 29, 2010
Joe Calarco on his new play Walter Cronkite is Dead This year has been a very busy one for DC playwright/director Joe Calarco: he’s directed three plays - In Transit for Primary Stages…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:06PM[SHARE]Friday, November 19, 2010
I wish I could have taken all the actors and producers in town with me to this year’s ShowBiz Expo at the New York Hilton (at 54th Street and 6th Avenue). It's a great place to…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:55PM[SHARE]Monday, November 15, 2010
Lulu's Back in Town I was so thrilled to hear that DC's own Lulu Fall was cast in the National Tour of Hair, now playing through this weekend in The Kennedy Center's Opera House. Lulu's got …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:42PM[SHARE]Friday, November 12, 2010
She's on the stage for two hours " singing many of Fanny Brice's best-known songs while tap dancing, twirling, telling funny jokes, relating Fanny’s personal life and career highs …
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