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Jordan Wright June 29, 2019 Full disclosure: I am a descendant of Edward Teach aka Edward Thatch aka Blackbeard. Okay, now that my admission of partiality is out of the way, I can talk about why the world premiere of Blackbeard is a rousing success. First and foremost, Lyricist John Dempsey (Brother Russia, The Witches […] Jordan Wright January 24, 2019 (L-R) Eric Hissom (Juror One), Michael Russotto (Juror Three) and Erik King (Juror Eight). Photo by Scott Suchman. Playwright Reginald Rose’s Twelve Angry Men had its initial stage debut in 1955. Better known as a writer for television (The Defenders, The Twilight Zone), Rose was inspired to […] Jordan Wright August 24, 2018 Weeks ago, I began to think about Natascia Diaz in the role of Fosca after I saw her perform one of the numbers from Passion at Signature’s Annual Open House. I wondered how this actress would inhabit a character not known to garner sympathy from female audiences. Having witnessed […] Jordan Wright February 12, 2018 (L to R) Jack Willis (President Lyndon Baines Johnson) and Susan Rome (Lady Bird Johnson) in The Great Society. Photo by C. Stanley Photography. In The Great Society, Robert Schenkkan’s 2016 sequel to his Tony Award-winning All the Way based on Lyndon Johnson’s early presidency and the […] Jordan Wright March 10, 2017 Special to The Alexandria Times (L to R) Hannah Yelland as Valerie Plame and Lawrence Redmond as Joseph Wilson. Photo by C. Stanley Photography. “Hung out to dry” is the phrase that popped into my head regarding the case of Valerie Plame, the CIA covert operative who was […] Jordan Wright December 22, 2016 Special to The Alexandria Times Florence Lacey (Ida Straus) and John Leslie Wolfe (Isidor Straus) in Titanic at Signature Theatre through January 29. Photo by Christopher Mueller Titanic is a story of man’s inability to predict the ramifications, and limitations, of state-of-the-art technology. It is a tale of […] |
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