Arena Stage Grand Parade
By Xandra Weaver • Feb 9th, 2013 • Category: Reviews, Washington DCIf a visually dazzling spectacle was what was intended to be portrayed by this troupe’s work, then they succeeded.
If a visually dazzling spectacle was what was intended to be portrayed by this troupe’s work, then they succeeded.
Shakespeare Theater Company (Washington DC) has released their planned 2013-2014 season.
Keegan’s Cabaret is, at its core, a fun romp in Berlin but it also treats on deeper and darker issues that pervaded Weimar Germany during the Nazis’ rise to power.
The dramatized history of Henry V makes for a triumphant play, especially when performed as honestly and skillfully as Folger Shakespeare Theatre has done.
On balance, the production is a worthwhile, well-performed, attempt at providing deeper content to a well-known popular culture story.
One attraction of the stage musical Les Misérables is that it is so remote … and so immediate.
In the end, though, the whole concept is an interminable conceit.
Grain of Sand Theatre has taken Christmas by the jingle bells and presented DC with a charming and highly enjoyable romp best enjoyed with three French hens, two turtledoves, and a few grains of salt generously applied to the rim of a glass.
First of all, there are some truly sensational performances on display here. Second of all, the play itself is a mishmash, a conglomeration of organs in search of an organism.
Despite a few mic and enunciation problems, both the cast and crew put forth very good effort and carried on a thoroughly enjoyable production of Guys and Dolls.