Reston Community Players Xanadu
By Bob Ashby • Mar 12th, 2014 • Category: Reviews, VirginiaXanadu delivers a frothy, fun evening, and for such a show, who could ask for anything more?
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Mobtown Players Emancipatory Politics: A Romantic Tragedy
By Jennifer Gusso • Mar 12th, 2014 • Category: Maryland, ReviewsIt is not always clear what is going on or what the audience is supposed to make it of it, and that might be exactly the point.
Carol Piersol Patti Issues
By Bruce Levy • Mar 12th, 2014 • Category: Reviews, VirginiaWhile Patti Issues follows this year’s trend in the Acts of Faith festival by exploring philosophical rather than spiritual issues, it is an hour of pure and simple entertainment.
Signature Theatre Beaches
By David Siegel • Mar 5th, 2014 • Category: Reviews, VirginiaThere is so much to enjoy in the acting, singing and technical presentation of Beaches.
Port City Playhouse Next Fall
By David Siegel • Mar 3rd, 2014 • Category: Reviews, VirginiaWhile ultimately a poignant tale, Next Fall is surrounded with ample comedy as it journeys to its conclusion.
Richmond Triangle Players High
By Bruce Levy • Mar 1st, 2014 • Category: Reviews, VirginiaAn entry in the Acts of Faith festival, High explores religion, recovery and redemption through the lives of its trio of characters.
WSC Avant Bard Orlando
By David Siegel • Mar 1st, 2014 • Category: Reviews, VirginiaUnder the direction of Amber Jackson, the WSC Avant Bard production is a lively, weightless, little romp with plenty of charm.
Washington Stage Guild Back to Methuselah
By Bob Ashby • Feb 27th, 2014 • Category: Reviews, Washington DCFor anyone fond of Shaw, or, for that matter, anyone who delights in the witty and thoughtful interplay of words and ideas on stage, this is an opportunity not to be missed.
HCC Actor’s Guild Dog Sees God
By Jennifer Gusso • Feb 26th, 2014 • Category: Maryland, ReviewsHCC Actor’s Guild has once again delivered a performance that seems well above the expectations for student theatre.
Kensington Arts Theatre Spring Awakening
By Bob Ashby • Feb 26th, 2014 • Category: Maryland, ReviewsTeenage youth: soulful, loving, open-hearted, emotionally confused, intellectually curious, sexually blossoming, honest, full of hope and energy, victimized. Adults: tyrannical, abusive, clueless, hypocritical, closed-minded, punitive, hard-hearted, caring more about their image in the community than their children’s lives.