What is it about Neil LaBute? The playwright and filmmaker is is known for brutal, heartbreaking portrayals of humanity’s easy cruelty. He became widely known in 1997 (Was it THAT long ago??) for the cringe-inducing and stomach twisting film In the Company of Men and has continued offering up explorations of the limits of morality […]
Next weekend, on March 6th and 7th, the St. Mark’s Players will be holding auditions for Oliver! It is a musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novel, Oliver Twist, about an orphan that falls in with a band of pickpockets. Performances will be the first three weekends in May. The organizers are looking to cast all […]
Let’s establish a couple of things right from the start: in the days prior to seeing Orestes, a Tragic Romp at the Folger Theater I had, for the first time, seen Milk and attended opening night of Richard II at the Shakespeare Theater. Both were wonderful, but I had more than my fill of the […]
Capitol Hill will be well-represented at this year’s Helen Hayes Awards. Folger Theater’s production of Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia received eight nods, including Outstanding Resident Play, Outstanding Leading Actress for Holly Twyford, Outstanding Director for Aaron Posner (both are also part of Folger’s Orestes – A Tragic Romp), Outstanding Supporting Actor for Eric Hissom and Outstanding […]
Director Timothy Douglas gives us a uniquely-DC take on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing at the Folger Theater. Set in present day against the backdrop of the DC Caribbean Carnival, it is a bright, engaging retelling of the witty back-and-forth between an avowed bachelor and bachelorette, Benedick and Beatrice, and the consequences of meddling in […]