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King Lear Smashes All STC Sales Records
King Lear Shakespeare Theatre Company Jordan Wright March 5, 2023 Special to The Zebra
Patrick Page in King Lear (Photo/DJ Corey Photography)
As a cautionary tale King Lear offers up lessons so dark, so full of evil premonition and so dangerously dire, one might […]
Jordan Wright February 19, 2020
Sometimes I feel like I could jump right out of my skin when I see a production as thrilling as The Amen Corner. Straight out of the gate, we find ourselves as guests in the electrifying spirit of an African American church service. Amens and hallelujahs fill the air […]
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 December 13, 2016 Special to The Alexandria Times
Tom Story in Fully Committed Photo credit Chris Banks
Fully Committed comes with so much stage cred, it’s hard to know where to start – so I’ll start with the underpinnings. Drum roll, please. It is directed by Alan Paul, whom we know […]
Jordan Wright April 18, 2014 Special to The Alexandria Times
Matthew Amendt as Prince Hal and Edward Gero as King Henry IV production of Henry IV, Part 2. Photo by Scott Suchman.
Right after the gloom and doom set up in Act 1 when we learn that King Henry IV is the […]
Jordan Wright September 24, 2012 Special to The Alexandria Times
Warning: Spoiler Alert. The plot of Medea will be revealed here. For those of you who are without knowledge of Greek mythology, you may want to stop reading now. Others, whose memories of Jason and Medea may be just a tad […]
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