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Passion ~ Signature Theatre

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. […]

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Ragtime ~ The Musical ~ A Box Office Bonanza ~ Ford’s Theatre

Jordan Wright March 16, 2017

Cast of the musical “Ragtime” at Ford’s Theatre, directed by Peter Flynn. Photo by Carol Rosegg

The Ford’s Theatre Society delivers a heart-meltingly tender Ragtime by gifting the audience with twenty-seven extraordinarily talented performers in this portrait of intersecting American lives. Taken from E. L. Doctorow’s eponymous novel […]

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Crossing Never Leaves the Station – Signature Theatre

Jordan Wright November 5, 2013 Special to The Alexandria Times

A quiet train station becomes a place of little miracles in Crossing – Photo by Teresa Wood.

In the world premiere of Matt Conner’s play Crossing eight people wait at a weathered wood train station. The strangers come from […]

November 5th, 2013 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Signature Theatre | Leave a comment

Miss Saigon Wows at Signature Theatre

Jordan Wright September 1, 2013 Special to The Alexandria Times

Thom Sesma plays the French-Vietnamese club owner who refers to himself as The Engineer in “Miss Saigon” Photo: Christopher Mueller.

With the Vietnam War as dramatic backdrop, Miss Saigon, presents a poignant tale of doomed love amidst the horrors […]

September 3rd, 2013 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Signature Theatre | Leave a comment