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Everyone probably knows at least one song by The Temptations — whether it’s “My Girl,” “Just My Imagination,” or any of their other top-charting songs, this Rock & Roll Hall of Fame group continues to ...
In keeping with its mission of bringing rarely seen classic plays to life for a present-day audience, Red Bull Theater’s current Off-Broadway offering at New World Stages is a limited engagement of ...
Footloose the musical … is not a very good musical. It is campy to the point of cringe. The story shifts wildly between overtly self-serious and goofy. And the book is dated to the extent that, in the ...
Bradley Adam Stein (Colin) and the ensemble of ‘Senior Class’ at Olney Theatre Center. Photo by Teresa Castracane Photography. The score features a variety of musical styles, including ballads, duets, ...
At the end of It’s a Motherf**cking Pleasure at Woolly Mammoth Theatre, audience members are offered temporary tattoos from buckets as they exit the theatre. The tattoos read: I’m an ally. This ironic ...
Shakespeare Theatre Company has announced the cast of Uncle Vanya, directed by STC Artistic Director Simon Godwin. The production, hailed the “show of the year” (San Francisco Chronicle) and “pure ...
Blake Henri as Kent and Angela Iannone as King Lear in ‘King Lear.’ Photo by Alaina Shefelton. King Lear is very much a tragedy for our times: the tale of a monarch who chooses flattery over true ...
The Arlington Players’ current production of The Play That Goes Wrong is everything you didn’t know you needed to inject some levity and good-old slapstick silliness into an otherwise stressful and ...
Yesenia Iglesias (Marlowe) and Chris Genebach (Danny) in ‘The Garbologists.’ Photo courtesy of Theater Alliance. The regional debut of The Garbologists uses an expertly designed set and strong acting ...
Tiger, tiger, burning bright… In the touring production of Life of Pi, adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti from Yann Martel’s novel, and now playing at the Kennedy Center, it is a Bengal tiger named Richard ...
Mina Morita. Photo courtesy of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. Morita brings almost a decade of leadership experience to Woolly Mammoth. She served as Artistic Director of San Francisco’s Crowded Fire ...
Michael Russotto in ‘A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas.’ Photo by Teresa Castracane Photography. The lighting, by Sonya Dowhaluk, is terrific. At the very start, we have lightning and then ...