The Colored Museum, written by George C. Wolfe and directed by Psalmayene 24, plays at Studio Theater through Aug. 11; Black Out Night starts at 8 p.m. on July 26. studiotheatre.org. $25-$114. Review by Melissa Lin Sturges for the Washington City Paper “Produced with electric vitality at Studio Theatre, George C. Wolfe’s damning satire...
“Topdog/Underdog” EXTENDED through June 30, 2024 at Round House Theatre, 4545 East-West Highway Bethesda, MD 20814. For more information and to purchase tickets, go online. Review by Katie Barnetton for MD Theatre Guide “Are you watching closely? Go see ‘Topdog/Underdog’ at Round House Theatre, and you better. From Chekhov’s gun to sleight of hand,...
Alexandria, VA – Playwright Mary Zimmerman is a national treasure. With two productions currently running in DC theaters and last year’s Helen Hayes Award-winning production of The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci at the Shakespeare Theatre Company, her reputation in our area is firmly cemented. I’ll see anything with her name on it. You should too. In Metamorphoses Zimmerman uses...
Psalmayene 24 directs an all-Black cast in a revival of Mary Zimmerman’s acclaimed “Metamorphoses” at Folger Theatre. Review by Rhoda Feng for the Washington Post May 14, 2024 at 6:14 p.m. EDT Any stage adapter of Ovid’s “Metamorphoses” is faced with a quandary: What particular kinds of metamorphoses should be emphasized? The transformations become...
By Hayden Dobb, Pasadena Weekly Staff Writer Apr 4, 2024 A new play is coming to Boston Court this spring. “The Body’s Midnight,” written by playwright Tira Palmquist, is a co-production with IAMA Theatre Company. Directed by Jessica Kubzansky, “The Body’s Midnight” explores the idea of what it means to get lost in America...