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...
New Plays, Good Food, Great Plains: A Proven Recipe
While other new-work development hubs have dried up, the Great Plains Theatre Commons continues its convivial creative tradition with local and national support. By Leo Adam Biga for American Theatre Theatre in crisis gave way to the promise of a new canon at the latest Great Plains Theatre Commons New Play Conference, May 26-June...
Reviews: TOPDOG/UNDERDOG Directed by Jamil Jude at Round House Theatre
“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,...
Folger Theatre’s Metamorphoses Is a Wild and Wacky Trip
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...
Folger’s ‘Metamorphoses’ Is As Good As Gold (Review)
The Folger’s “Metamorphoses” charts a fantastic voyage through myth and time, and in brilliantly engaging company. By André Hereford for Metro Weekly on May 21, 2024 Life begins with a noise in the dark, a quiet rattle and hum that bursts into a joyful communal dance ended abruptly by violent separation. From this first...