Posted Woolly Keeps the Audience Running Full Circle to DCist
The dangling apartment setting of Woolly's Full Circle. When it comes to Woolly Mammoth's season-opening production of Full Circle, sometimes you just have to run with it. Literally. This is a show where the audience relocates from separate rooms to a central location, from the complex lobby to the main theater. All the movement helps contribute to the chaos in which the show is set – in East Germany, just after the collapse of...
Posted DCist's November Theater Preview to DCist
Signature's production of Showboat. November's proving to be a month of classics in D.C. From A Christmas Carol to Camelot, old favorites are showing up quite a bit on local stages. Here's what's playing around town. Signature Theatre is hoping to bring some new life into the musical Showboat. Step One: Lose the boat (Nov. 10). The longest running off-Broadway show has made its way to Arena Stage: The Fantasticks. "Try To Remember" it's...
Posted Folger's Festive Much Ado About Nothing to DCist
The cast of Folger's Much Ado About Nothing. Does director Timothy Douglas's choice to set Folger's production of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing during the D.C. Caribbean Carnival feel arbitrary? Sure. Does it matter? Not entirely. The setting, while not really transforming this production of the classic tale of bickering lovers into something new, awards a carefree, colorful spirit to the proceedings. The closing wedding scene is visually brought to life with bright, feathered...
Posted An Adding Machine That Comes Up Short to DCist
Benoit and Schmoll in "Adding Machine: A Musical" There's a cliché out there that an opening number can make or break a show. Unfortunately, the first song in Adding Machine: A Musical, now being staged by Studio Theatre, contributes to the "break" side of the equation. Though the first scene's staging, with its central couple Mr. and Mrs. Zero strapped to an upright mattress, as if we're peering down into their bedroom, is pleasantly...
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