VIEWPOINTS – This Halloween, treat yourself to some theater that will really get under your skin

Boo! Are you getting tired of the same old entertainment options (aren’t those silly, not-so-scary haunted houses getting old?) this Halloween? Luckily, this Halloween season, there are a number of … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Women’s voices are heard loud and clear in the District area’s triumphant WOMEN’S VOICES THEATER FESTIVAL

Over the past few weeks, I’ve had the great privilege of attending a number of offerings from Washington, DC’s triumphant Women’s Voices Theater Festival. The festival was designed to address … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Megan Hilty is smashing in City Center’s gala performance of ANNIE GET YOUR GUN

Last night, I attended City Center’s inspired gala concert performance of Irving Berlin’s Annie Get Your Gun and had a grand old time. Indeed, it was one of those nights … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Two Off-Broadway musicals push the limits of the form

After recently sitting through the backward-looking musicals Trip of Love and Rothschild & Sons, I am happy to report the opening of two new Off-Broadway tuners that are pushing the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Paper Mill’s THE BANDSTAND, directed and choreographed by Andy Blankenbuehler, exhilarates

One of the most exhilarating, fulfilling new musicals I’ve seen in recent months – besides that juggernaut known as Hamilton – is nowhere to be found in New York. That’s … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Keen Company comes up with a lovingly wistful TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT

Under Jonathan Silverstein’s guidance, Keen Company has become one of those smallish Off-Broadway theater companies in the city that consistently stage solid, if at times safe, productions. Its fall entry … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Robert O’Hara’s BARBECUE is overcooked

In recent years, three young African American men have established themselves as some of the most exciting voices in contemporary playwriting. They are Tarell Alvin McCraney, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, and Robert … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Two musicals that look to the past for inspiration open, to mixed results

This past weekend, two intriguing Off-Broadway musicals that look to the past for inspiration opened. They are the 1960s jukebox musical Trip of Love at the newly rechristened Stage 42 … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Some disorienting time travel via Caryl Churchill’s CLOUD NINE and Joe DiPietro’s CLEVER LITTLE LIES

The other day, I (unintentionally) booked myself a fascinating double-header that really got me thinking. First, I attended a matinee performance of Caryl Churchill’s audacious, trailblazing Cloud Nine, courtesy of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Company XIV’s sexy, playful CINDERELLA seduces

Company XIV has in recent years made a name for itself by turning safe, well-worn classics (like their naughty Nutcracker adaptation, Nutcracker Rouge, and their new production of Snow White … Continue Reading →