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Most families are a little bit complicated, dysfunctional even. If we’re lucky, things eventually mellow out and folks manage a certain level of civility with one another. But sometimes resentments linger, jealousies build, and childhood sibling rivalries follow us into adulthood. Sure there are a number of healthy and constructive ways to resolve our conflicts. [...]
Some people enter our lives and make ripples. Others make waves. But every so often someone comes crashing into our worlds like a monsoon – someone like Becky Shaw. In the Pulitzer Prize nominated play by the same name, one little blind date sets off a series of calamitous events that throw the lives of [...]
Yes, “the little dog laughed” is a familiar line from a beloved children’s nursery rhyme; but make no mistake, the play by the same name is exclusively for grown-ups. Playwright Douglas Carter Beane’s rendition may have an ending reminiscent of “Hey Diddle Diddle,” but his 2006 comedy drama is a far more brazen fable about [...]
If you’ve ever participated in a writing class or workshop, you’ve likely been told to “write what you know.” It’s pretty standard advice for beginner artists, but may not yield much material if you’ve a limited supply of life experiences. Not to mention, telling someone else’s harrowing tale appeals to the people-watcher in all of [...]
Yes. This is another story about people taking off their clothes in front of strangers. Only there are no busty Hollywood starlets nor do the characters bear any semblance of the hunks who star in Magic Mike. But there’s a reason The Full Monty is still one of the most popular musicals in the country. [...]
Sure we’ve got a long way to go, but America has made great strides over the past one-hundred years. And I’m guessing the characters in the popular period musical Ragtime would agree. This season, Kensington Arts Theatre breathes new life into Terrence McNally’s resonant, Tony award winning play about race, class, and culture in the early twentieth [...]
If you’ve ever worked in an office, it’s likely you’ve endured at least one day full of team building exercises, breakout sessions, and catered luncheons. Yet, it’s less likely you wound up stranded on a desert island with your colleague from accounting and no clue how to survive the elements. That is unless you’re a [...]
There are two sides to every story. Time, perspective, emotion, and our ever flawed and fickle memories tend to blur the line between fact and fiction. In most cases, the disputing parties will arrive at a compromise and resume life as usual. But when the stakes are high and the consequences dire, an undetermined truth [...]
Silver Spring Stage has proven itself to be a pretty ambitious company thus far this year. Their current production of Tom Stoppard’s, The Real Thing is undoubtedly the theatre’s most industrious and complex show this season. Set in London in the early 1980s, this Tony Award-Winning play, tells the story of a group of actors [...]
As they say, all that glitters isn’t gold. So while your neighbors may seem the image of perfection perched gleefully before their white picket fences and pristine lawns, chances are they are a far cry from the Bradys or the Cleavers. In all likelihood, they are more like the Goodman’s, the loving, but highly dysfunctional [...]
Much like its namesake, Fela! is a vibrant and grandiose production full of African dance, live soul-stirring music, and powerful vocals that perfectly detail an iconic life and legacy. Based on the true story of Nigerian singer and activist, Fela Kuti, this popular Broadway play is an infectious audience favorite, now embarking on its second U.S. [...]
Sometimes fairytale endings don’t come easily, but according to playwright Lisa Loomer giving up on a dream just isn’t an option. In her play, Expecting Isabel, a couple’s struggle with infertility puts their marriage, not to mention their sanity, to the test. Between the nagging in-laws, quirky doctors and screwball friends and neighbors, chaos inevitably [...]
Maryland’s weather may be unseasonably warm these days, but thankfully the Silver Spring Stage is keeping us in the wintery, holiday spirit with their third annual production of A Christmas Carol. As you likely know, A Christmas Carol is the popular story of Ebenezer Scrooge, quintessential curmudgeon and misanthrope, who is shown the error of [...]
A family just isn’t a family without chaos, some melodrama, and a few well-kept deep, dark secrets. And neither is a play a play when it is written by Arthur Miller. After a successful run of Miller’s The Crucible last season, DC’s Keegan Theatre returns to the playwright’s literary canon with their production of the [...]
