Broadway in Richmond War Horse
By Bruce Levy • Oct 30th, 2013 • Category: Reviews, VirginiaIt is the visual effects which make War Horse a gem of a play to be seen by the entire family.
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Arena Stage Love in Afghanistan
By Bob Ashby • Oct 28th, 2013 • Category: Reviews, Washington DCIts title notwithstanding, Charles Randolph-Wright’s new play, Love in Afghanistan, now playing at Arena Stage, has little in it of the conventional love story.
Cadence Theatre Company Good People
By Bruce Levy • Oct 28th, 2013 • Category: Reviews, VirginiaTime is running out for you to go see Good People. The great performances and strong talent guarantee a great night of theater.
Folger Theatre Romeo and Juliet
By David Siegel • Oct 25th, 2013 • Category: Reviews, Washington DCIn bringing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet to view, Helen Hayes Award-winning director Aaron Posner puts his stamp on the plague on both houses showing us a world through a glass darkly.
Vienna Theatre Company Picasso at the Lapin Agile
By Bob Ashby • Oct 25th, 2013 • Category: Reviews, VirginiaMartin’s script is uneven, intermittently humorous and tedious. But the performances at VTC make the evening a worthwhile entertainment.
Teatro de la Luna 16th International Festival of Hispanic Theater
By Joe Adcock • Oct 25th, 2013 • Category: Reviews, VirginiaThough your immediate plans may not include a visit to Latin America, here’s a timely thought: you can get a right-here-and-now glimpse of our neighbors to the south by visiting the Teatro de la Luna’s annual Hispanic Theater Festival.
Vagabond Players Company
By Amy Berlin • Oct 24th, 2013 • Category: Maryland, ReviewsGreat songs, an interesting book, a charming and supportive ensemble, rich and beautiful voices, and very talented musicians made for lovely Company for the evening.
The 6th Annual RTCC Award
By Daniel Sherrier • Oct 24th, 2013 • Category: Reviews, VirginiaThe Sixth Annual Richmond Theatre Critics Circle Awards not only celebrated the past year of local theatre, it had a blast doing so.
Reston Community Players A Tribute to the Music of Rodgers & Hammerstein & Andrew Lloyd Webber
By Bob Ashby • Oct 15th, 2013 • Category: Reviews, VirginiaPairing composers with styles as different as R&H and Webber is a little odd — like steak and white wine, a friend commented — but RCP’s singers and orchestra made it a tasty dish.
Tantallon Community Players Quartet
By Xandra Weaver • Oct 10th, 2013 • Category: Maryland, ReviewsTCP’s Quartet was a show with all the mania and heart that one could stand in an evening, and the audience left with a sweet feeling that art could be just as true in the twilight years of an artist’s life.