Now, I don’t want to jinx anything but this spring has been really quite springlike. Usually we follow a winte/rain/hot-as-hell trajectory but we have had a good dose of lovely this year and it has been delightful. Now that I have typed that, we should expect monsoons followed by drought— so enjoy it while it […]
The logo for the current productions of Macbeth, now on stage at the Folger Theatre, features several technicolor profiles of an owl as it hovers over a witches’ cauldron. The intersection of supernatural spells and owls –all-seeing, fierce, focused on their prey, and a bit spooky– is a teaser for the mayhem that awaits theatregoers […]
While it has become less and less the case, Washington can be a reserved place where the status quo limits change, and passion and action-oriented enthusiasm gets squashed. There is no such tamping down in the award-winning Bedlam Theatre Company’s production of Saint Joan at the Folger Theatre. Joan and her message are as powerful as a […]
Just in time for this wintery spring, the Folger unveils their latest offering, The Winter’s Tale. The play will run from March 13 through April 22 at the Folger Theatre. To buy tickets, click here. Director Aaron Posner coaxes a nuanced performance from a gifted ensemble cast. They manage to take us, the audience, into […]
Every production at the Folger is an exercise in innovation. The experimental magic alone is a reason to attend plays there, and frequently. The Folger’s latest, beautiful experiment, “Antony and Cleopatra,” will play at the Folger Theatre through November 19. This is the second time that the Folger stages a play in the round in […]