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Folger Theatre’s As You Like It Brings the DC Culture Scene to Shakespeare’s Classic Rom-Com As You Like It Folger Shakespeare Theatre Jordan Wright March 22, 2026
The cast of As You Like It at the Folger Shakespeare Theatre. (Photo/Brittany Diliberto)
Artistic Director Karen Ann Daniels has a story to tell and […]
The Color Purple – Emotional and Brave with a Story and Music That Will Grab Your Heartstrings
Signature Theatre Jordan Wright August 26, 2022 Special to The Zebra
Nova Y. Payton (Celie) and the cast of The Color Purple at Signature Theatre. (Photo byChristopher Mueller)
The power of The Color Purple […]
Jordan Wright October 3, 2019
Hard on the heels of Arena Stage’s ongoing production of Jitney comes Fences, another August Wilson drama and the sixth play in Wilson’s ten-part series the American Century Cycle that chronicles 100 years of the African American experience. (Jitney, Wilson’s first play in the series, was reviewed here earlier this […]
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 November 18, 2017 Special to The Alexandria Times
Harriett D. Foy (Nina Simone) in Nina Simone: Four Women, Photo by C. Stanley Photography.
There’s no getting around one of the darkest moments in American history, when four African-American girls were murdered by white supremacists in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing […]
Jordan Wright May 3, 2016 Special to The Alexandria Times
Nehal Joshi as Amir, with Joe Isenberg, Felicia Curry and Ivy Vahanian, in Disgraced at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, April 22-May 29, 2016. Photo by C. Stanley Photography.
A cruel wind descended onto the stage in the […]
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