Arena Stage My Fair Lady
By Xandra Weaver • Nov 16th, 2012 • Category: Reviews, Washington DCOverall, the show shone out as a piece of great entertainment. Truly, however, as great entertainment often does, it forced one to think.
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Folger Theatre The Conference of the Birds
By Bob Ashby • Oct 29th, 2012 • Category: Reviews, Washington DCWhatever its deeper meanings, Folger Theatre’s The Conference of the Birds is a downright brilliant piece of theater. The key words are intricacy and precision.
Washington Improv Theater POTUS Among Us
By Rachael Murray • Oct 16th, 2012 • Category: Reviews, Washington DCWashington Improv Theater’s political offering, POTUS Among Us is a non-partisan evening of silliness.
The Wiggles Celebration
By Roman Gusso • Oct 12th, 2012 • Category: Reviews, Washington DCThe 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.
Spotlight on Jeff Fatt, aka “The Purple Wiggle”
By Roman Gusso • Oct 6th, 2012 • Category: Interviews, Washington DCShowBizRadio was very fortunate to be able to get a quick interview with Jeff Fatt. Here is what the purple Wiggle had to say.
Arena Stage One Night with Janis Joplin
By Bob Ashby • Oct 5th, 2012 • Category: Reviews, Washington DCRandy 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.
Shakespeare Theater Company The Government Inspector
By Mark Lee Adams • Sep 29th, 2012 • Category: Reviews, Washington DCFar from the usual offerings at The Shakespeare Company, Mr. Kahn’s The Government Inspector has given us a very light-hearted and very comical outing. You will love this show.
The National Theatre of Scotland; Shakespeare Theatre Company Black Watch
By Eric Jones • Sep 24th, 2012 • Category: Reviews, Washington DCBlack Watch is a harrowing, disturbing, and ultimately enthralling piece that will make you question many of your world views, yet reaffirm your faith in the indomitable human spirit.
GALA Hispanic Theatre El desdén con el desdén (In Spite of Love)
By Joe Adcock • Sep 17th, 2012 • Category: Reviews, Washington DCDirector Hugo Medrano’s production is mostly conservative/traditional. His take on 17th Century Spanish aristocrats is Renaissance flashy.
Folger Theatre/Globe Theatre Hamlet
By Bob Ashby • Sep 11th, 2012 • Category: Reviews, Washington DCThis production is a good reminder that, notwithstanding the local vogue for “silent” Shakespeare, the power and glory of Shakespeare resides principally in his words and actors’ interpretations of them.