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Peter Pan and Wendy ~ Shakespeare Theatre Company at Sidney Harmon Hall

Jordan Wright December 18, 2019

Though Peter gets top billing in Lauren Gunderson’s world premiere, make no mistake about it, her interpretation of J. M. Barrie’s classic tale elevates the female roles to star status. As the most produced playwright in America, Gunderson’s imprimatur is writing plays about accomplished women in science and the […]

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December 18th, 2019 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Shakespeare Theatre Company, Theatre & Film | Comments are closed

A Misanthrope ~ WSC Avant Bard ~ Theatre on the Edge ~ Gunston Arts Center

Jordan Wright June 6, 2019

Warning: Extremely high doses of wacky irreverence could result in uncontrollable hilarity.

Playwright Matt Minnicino’s adaptation, he calls it a new “distillation”, of Molière’s classic The Misanthrope tore the house down at its world premiere last night. A re-interpretation of the 17th century farce skewering French aristocracy, Minnicino delivers […]

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June 7th, 2019 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Avant Bard’s Theatre, Theatre & Film | Comments are closed

Native Son ~ Mosaic Theatre

Jordan Wright March 31, 2019

Written in the early 1940’s, Richard Wright’s novel became a play only a year after its literary success. Native Son, is grim reminder of a nation at a crossroads during the time of the House Un-American Activities Committee’s investigations and the communist scare. Its theme of a country in […]

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April 3rd, 2019 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Mosaic Theater Company of DC, Theatre & Film | Comments are closed