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Reston Community Players Legally Blonde, The Musical

By • Oct 16th, 2012 • Category: Reviews, Virginia

Legally Blonde the Musical is not RCP’s finest moment, but it is not bad either. What it is is a sweet evening out with family and friends, watching talented people taking risks onstage and sincerely wanting to please.



Washington Improv Theater POTUS Among Us

By • Oct 16th, 2012 • Category: Reviews, Washington DC

Washington Improv Theater’s political offering, POTUS Among Us is a non-partisan evening of silliness.



Prince William Little Theatre Of Mice and Men

By • Oct 16th, 2012 • Category: Reviews, Virginia

Even in more recent plays and musicals, a common theme has been the difficulty, or perhaps impossibility, of achieving “The American Dream.” Steinbeck’s success, and that of this production, is to make understandable the emotional impact of the loss of even that tiny dream.



The Wiggles Celebration

By • Oct 12th, 2012 • Category: Reviews, Washington DC

The Wiggles’ Celebration! is a fun, exciting, colorful, interactive, singing, dancing extravaganza filled with all of your favorite songs and characters from the last two decades.



Signature Theatre Dying City

By • Oct 9th, 2012 • Category: Reviews, Virginia

This play is good because of sublime performances by Thomas Keegan and Rachel Zampelli.



The Arlington Players Promises, Promises

By • Oct 9th, 2012 • Category: Reviews, Virginia

TAP’s Promises, Promises was a positively funny show that did not take itself or the audience too seriously.



Tantallon Community Players The Color Purple

By • Oct 9th, 2012 • Category: Maryland, Reviews

Tantallon Community Players have poured their passion, love and vision together to bring the Color Purple to life.



Rockville Little Theatre A Flea in Her Ear

By • Oct 8th, 2012 • Category: Maryland, Reviews

In large part because the director and cast understand that the characters cannot be aware of their being funny — their situations, however ridiculous, are real to them — the RLT production succeeds in in being the exceedingly silly, entertaining, pi…



Arena Stage One Night with Janis Joplin

By • Oct 5th, 2012 • Category: Reviews, Washington DC

Randy Johnson’s One Night with Janis Joplin vividly recreates an important piece of the 60s musical and emotional experience, to an enthusiastic reception from Arena Stage’s audience.



Forum Theatre Holly Down in Heaven

By • Oct 2nd, 2012 • Category: Reviews

What does an arrogant, spoiled, bratty 15 year old girl do to destroy the loving father for whom she is the light of his life? That may be the thesis of Forum Theatre’s world premiere of Holly Down in Heaven by Kara Lee Corthrun. It’s hard to tell.