REVIEWS
Serenading Louie
Two attractive couples, conversation, alcohol, deep-seated unhappiness and betrayal abounding … nope, it isn’t Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf? It’s Serenading Louie, being presented with quiet … [Read More]
Noises Off
Robin Housemonger, Britain’s old warhouse of a playwright, has reached the absolute nadir of his miserable oeuvre with Nothing On, which is apparently a farce about fish. Otstar Productions inflicts … [Read More]
Avenue Q
They’re back and furrier than ever. If anyone still wonders how and why these puppets could have beaten the popular musical Wicked for Best Musical at the Tony Awards in 2004, then run to the Landsburgh … [Read More]
The MacCloskey and Myers Complete Do-It-Yourself Comedy Hour
The Board of Directors of an international dog-food company once held a meeting, with legendary results. They had just released a new product which represented the cutting edge in canine nutrition. It … [Read More]
How the Money Goes
Although Theatre of the Absurd is often associated with mid-twentieth century European writers, How the Money Goes is a relatively new (2008) absurd comedy from American playwright Robert Cousins. While … [Read More]
NEWS
Widespread voting irregularities cause DCTS to rescind 2010 Fringe awards
DC Theatre Scene announced this morning that it was rescinding its 2010 Fringe Awards after a canvas of the votes revealed widespread voting irregularities. DCTS will be giving no Fringe Awards in 2010. … [Read More...]
Twelfth Night is Shakespeare Theatre’s Free for All
It will be Christmas in August and September as the Shakespeare Theatre Company offers a reprise of its 2008 hit Twelfth Night – so named because it is set on the twelfth night after Christmas – … [Read More...]
DCTS announces Fringe poll winners
Congratulations to those Capital Fringe productions which received a rating of 4 or 5 from our reviewers. They became the nominees for the DCTS Best of Fringe awards and, on Sunday, July 25 we opened the … [Read More...]
Three Fringe shows extend their runs
If you think Capital Fringe ended on Sunday, you are only partially right. You still have a chance to see three productions: one is continuing its run and two are making the jump from Fringe stage to … [Read More...]
NY THEATRE BUZZ
The Grand Manner
Not many who are around today ever saw the legendary Katharine Cornell on stage, … [Read More...]
The Addams Family
Send in the clowns - Don’t bother, they’re here. They are all at the Lunt-Fontanne … [Read More...]
from London – 7 shows in 10 days
The weather was ridiculous. Ten days of blazing sunshine, ten nights of balmy breezes. … [Read More...]
THEATRE SCHMOOZE
Personal reflections on this year’s Fringe musicals
It wasn’t hard to select my favorite musicals of this year’s Capital Fringe Festival … [Read More...]
Favorite 2010 Fringe Musical Performances – Part Two
The second week of the Capital Fringe Festival brought ten musical performances that … [Read More...]
Favorite 2010 Fringe Musical Performances – Part One
Every year I eagerly await the musicals at the Capital Fringe Festival. I know that … [Read More...]
THEATRE SHELF
Promises, Promises – CD
One of the chipper-est and most enjoyable revival recordings of recent days makes you happy just listening to its up-tempo, uniquely pop sound. No Broadway musical ever sounded like this before Burt Bacharach … [Read More...]
The Gentleman Press Agent
The new, interesting and valuable biography of one of the legendary Broadway flacks is the subject of a press release from its publisher’s own flack headed “Broadway’s last great untold story!” … [Read More...]
A Little Night Music – CD
You can no longer see Angela Lansbury as Madame Arnfeld in the Broadway revival of A Little Night Music, but you can still hear her on the lovely and loving two-disc recording produced by Nonesuch and … [Read More...]
PODCASTS
The men of Legends – John Epperson and James Lecesne
They are making Studio Theatre audience howl with delight as they dig their claws into each other at Legends!. The actors responsible for the hilarity, John Epperson and James Lecesne, sit down with Joel … [Read More...]
DCTS columnists reveal their Tony favorites
Richard Seff and Joel Markowitz on the NYC Theatre Season and the Tony Awards In what has become an annual tradition on DC Theatre Scene, DCTS columnists Richard Seff and Joel Markowitz met in Richard’s … [Read More...]
Sycamore Trees composer Ricky Ian Gordon
Composer Ricky Ian Gordon on his roots and Sycamore Trees. It takes a lot of persistence and courage to keep plugging on for 27 years to finish a work based on your own life and family. It also takes … [Read More...]
FEATURES
Some personal reflections on the Fringe
While there are numerous awards for Fringe productions, I would like to honor some individual and group performances that made the 2010 Capital Fringe Festival a memorable experience for me. However, … [Read More...]
Writing and performing Bucky’s song and dance
A conversation with playwright/director D. W. Jacobs and performer Rick Foucheux If you haven't read the work of Buckminster Fuller or seen it explained in R. Buckminster Fuller: The History (and Mystery) … [Read More...]
David Ives on Spinoza and New Jerusalem
“I’D RATHER SLING HASH THAN WRITE THE SAME KIND OF PLAY TWICE” All right. So you saw Constellation do David Ives’ witty adaptation of George Feydeau’s farce A Flea in Her Ear last October. … [Read More...]
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