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Jolene Munch
Lost boys: Round House loses control
- Boys will be boys. And in “Lord of the Flies,” boys will be bad.
Review: Signature’s blissful ‘Kiss’
- I admit it: “Kiss of the Spider Woman” is one of my all-time favorite musicals. I’ve anticipated the big Kander and Ebb “Celebration” at Signature Theatre for months now, and Eric Schaeffer’s sexy, slithery revival does not disappoint.
- I admit it: “Kiss of the Spider Woman” is one of my all-time favorite musicals. I’ve anticipated the big Kander and Ebb “Celebration” at Signature Theatre for months now, and Eric Schaeffer’s sexy, slithery revival does not disappoint.
Review: Book report from Round House
- It’s not necessarily a title anyone could get excited about. Oohh, “The Book Club Play,” I really have to see that. But then again, you know what they say about judging a book — or rather, a play — by its cover.
- It’s not necessarily a title anyone could get excited about. Oohh, “The Book Club Play,” I really have to see that. But then again, you know what they say about judging a book — or rather, a play — by its cover.
Back to the future
- You’ve heard of the situation comedy. But how about a situation drama?
- You’ve heard of the situation comedy. But how about a situation drama?
Masked musical wonder
- The music is as familiar as the image of its placid white mask. And the story, well, it borrows from the now-classic Gaston Leroux novel written in 1910.
Rorschach takes flight
- It’s not just another story about a lovelorn hooker with a heart of gold. This one has, well, wings.
- It’s not just another story about a lovelorn hooker with a heart of gold. This one has, well, wings.
A ‘Macbeth’ in the Macbuff
- Baring your soul to an audience is one thing. But baring it all? Being stripped down to nothing more than your birthday suit — well, that takes a little more courage and a whole lot of moxie.
- Baring your soul to an audience is one thing. But baring it all? Being stripped down to nothing more than your birthday suit — well, that takes a little more courage and a whole lot of moxie.
A ‘Souvenir’ to treasure
- At first it is a full-on assault to the ears. But stick around long enough, and Nancy Robinette’s compulsive squawking and shrieking sounds less and less abusive as her Florence Foster Jenkins twitters and tweets her way through an opera savant’s songbook. Eventually her earnest efforts seem less cringe-tastic and somehow — somehow — endearing, even if her severed “coloratura” never grows on you.
- At first it is a full-on assault to the ears. But stick around long enough, and Nancy Robinette’s compulsive squawking and shrieking sounds less and less abusive as her Florence Foster Jenkins twitters and tweets her way through an opera savant’s songbook. Eventually her earnest efforts seem less cringe-tastic and somehow — somehow — endearing, even if her severed “coloratura” never grows on you.
A seductive brew
- So you’ve seen the 1987 film with Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer and Jack Nicholson.
- So you’ve seen the 1987 film with Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer and Jack Nicholson.
Woolly’s ‘Dead’ ringer
- Imagine you’re enjoying dinner at your favorite cafe, and the pretentious suit seated next to you keeps letting his cell phone ring and ring as you savor the last few spoonfuls of what had been a quiet meal.
- Imagine you’re enjoying dinner at your favorite cafe, and the pretentious suit seated next to you keeps letting his cell phone ring and ring as you savor the last few spoonfuls of what had been a quiet meal.
Here’s lovin’ ‘Summer’
- There aren’t a lot of musicals these days that get lost in swirls of memory and fond nostalgia for the sweeter simplicity of yesteryear. The witty, the wry, the sober, the dry irony of the here and now takes precedence in contemporary musical theater form, in favor of truth seekers and those who threw away their rose-colored glasses years ago.
- There aren’t a lot of musicals these days that get lost in swirls of memory and fond nostalgia for the sweeter simplicity of yesteryear. The witty, the wry, the sober, the dry irony of the here and now takes precedence in contemporary musical theater form, in favor of truth seekers and those who threw away their rose-colored glasses years ago.
Studio revives 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead'
- The title gives it all away.
- The title gives it all away.
A trifle of a ‘Tempest’
- If you hoped that “what’s past is prologue” to Aaron Posner’s new production of “The Tempest” at the Folger Theatre, think again. Despite the recent handful of diverse incarnations of William Shakespeare’s final drama produced upon the banks of the Potomac over the past few theater seasons, Posner has dramatically pared down the bard’s work to conjure up a storm more tropical depression than catastrophic hurricane.
- If you hoped that “what’s past is prologue” to Aaron Posner’s new production of “The Tempest” at the Folger Theatre, think again. Despite the recent handful of diverse incarnations of William Shakespeare’s final drama produced upon the banks of the Potomac over the past few theater seasons, Posner has dramatically pared down the bard’s work to conjure up a storm more tropical depression than catastrophic hurricane.
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