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A Modernized Evita Comes to Harman Hall
Evita Shakespeare Theatre Company and American Repertory Theater Jordan Wright September 21, 2023 Special to The Zebra
Shereen Pimentel in EVITA (DJ Corey Photography)
When we mention the names Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber we have reached the […]
Jordan Wright February 10, 2020
An intriguing musical made its world premiere at Signature. In it, twin mulatto sisters use their beauty, wits and a pistol to deceive and rob whites. It promises a happy ending but is that enough to take us along on their criminal enterprise?
Emmy Raver-Lampman (Martha) and […]
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 […]
Jordan Wright November 10, 2018 Special to The Alexandria Times
The ensemble of Billy Elliot. Photo by Margot Schulman.
The story of Billy Elliot is a tender tale of a boy who dreams of becoming a dancer while growing up in a working-class mining town in Ireland. But it’s so much more. […]
Jordan Wright May 25, 2016 Special to The Alexandria Times
Maulik Pancholy as Katherina and Peter Gadiot as Petruchio. Photo by Scott Suchman.
A curious production of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew is currently showing at Sidney Harman Hall. I say curious, because it doesn’t have a real identity – unless […]
Jordan Wright October 10, 2015
As part of this fall’s Women’s Voices Theater Festival, Director Joe Calarco commissioned American playwright Sheri Wilner and lyricists Julia Jordan and Adam Gwon to write Cake Off – – an original musical. What they came up with is a musical comedy, so off-the-wall sidesplitting that I’m still trying […]
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