While full of strong acting and good technical theater, the production gives the audience ample opportunity to think about issues that continue to trouble modern societies.
Together with a very appreciative audience, Spamalot brought the house down in a send up of history, culture and theater that was as timeless and irreverent as Monty Python could ever be.
As someone who lived through the great days of the Civil Rights Movement, and the inspiration that Martin Luther King and others, warts and all, provided to the nation, I find it impossible not to be moved by the material of this play, warts and all.
If you enjoy soulful gospel hymns and edgy romance drama, I’d recommend you make a performance of Love Lies this week.
ShowBizRadio talks with three-time Tony winner Hinton Battle about his new show Love Lies.
In totality, the play was well-directed, well acted and dynamic to the fullest. The piece was vibrant, and took a very human approach to telling the story.
“Uproariously funny” aptly describes the result; the audience was, indeed, in an uproar of laughter from start to finish.
In some moments, Arena Stage’s large, shallow, rectangular pool — reportedly the largest used in any production of the show — is used to striking effect.
Schiff’s performance is a clinic in how an actor can give a character profound emotional and dramatic force without ever resorting to histrionics.
The great virtue of Good People is its ability to put a vivid, emotional, human face on what sometimes can seem an abstract policy discussion or merely the subject of a 30-second political spot.