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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 May 14, 2019 Zora Neale Hurston’s exuberant play-with-music, Spunk, takes us into the African-American experience of America’s Deep South. It’s like gaining admission to a private club, not just to witness, but to experience full-on a sense of place that no longer exists. It doesn’t hinge on racism nor rely on oppression […] Jordan Wright April 11, 2019 The ensemble of Grand Hotelat Signature Theatre. Photo by Margot Schulman Dapper men in dinner jackets and ladies luxuriously swathed in furs and jewels has a certain mysterious fascination for us all. In Playwright Ayad Akhtar’s Grand Hotel, guests of this deluxe Berlin hotel reveal that there […] 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 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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