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The Milburn Stone Theatre 1776

By • Jun 25th, 2013 • Category: Maryland, Reviews

This is a solid and enjoyable production filled with all the spectacle that is to be expected and is perfect for this time of the year as we think about American Independence.



Joss Whedon Much Ado About Nothing

By • Jun 20th, 2013 • Category: Reviews

Overall, the film showed that passion can produce true art, regardless of budget.



Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre Gypsy

By • Jun 19th, 2013 • Category: Maryland, Reviews

This Gypsy is a first-rate production, on a level with the best community theater work I’ve seen in other parts of the region. It’s well worth seeing, even if for those of us closer to DC than Baltimore you have to drive a bit to get to it.



Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre Social Security

By • Jun 18th, 2013 • Category: Maryland, Reviews

Cockpit in Court’s Social Security is an enjoyable evening filled with five memorable performances.



Richmond Shakespeare Festival The Comedy of Errors

By • Jun 18th, 2013 • Category: Reviews, Virginia

Make no mistake, this Comedy of Errors is truly one of the biggest hits of the year, and you will “coitainly” leave smiling.



Toby’s Dinner Theatre Nunsense

By • Jun 12th, 2013 • Category: Maryland, Reviews

The script is funny. The direction and added bits are delightful. Above all else, Heather Marie Beck as Sister Robert Anne is not to be missed.



American Century Theater Biography

By • Jun 11th, 2013 • Category: Reviews, Virginia

You’ve got embezzlement, bribery, intimidation by threat of lawsuit, sexual hypocrisy, political chicanery and mental maladies ranging from narcissism and anal obsession to infatuation addiction and paranoid schizophrenia.



Encore Stage & Studio Sleeping Beauty

By • Jun 11th, 2013 • Category: Reviews, Virginia

All in all, Encore’s Sleeping Beauty was an enjoyable performance with laughter and love. And, of course, the happy ending.



Elden Street Players Red

By • Jun 10th, 2013 • Category: Reviews, Virginia

As Rothko says at the beginning and near the end of the play, “What do you see?” To anyone interested in cracking good theater, Elden Street’s production is art worth seeing.



Theater J The Hampton Years

By • Jun 5th, 2013 • Category: Reviews, Washington DC

The Hampton Years is smart and ambitious, a script full of promise. However, in its current format and production, The Hampton Years felt more like a class about art than a piece of art about academia.