In McLean High School’s production of Arthur Miller’s play A View from the Bridge, the audience got a first-hand feel for what life was like in the Carbone family after two illegal immigrants moved in with them.
Aida was a heart-felt production by Lopez Studios. It will be interesting to see how the next generation of performers develops over the next few years.
Although Milburn Stone Theatre’s cast seemed to do their best to breathe believability and life into these scenes, it was hard to create backstory and nuance where there was none.
Workhouse Theater’s production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, by virtue of a strong cast and amazing pacing, brings out excitement, nervousness, tension and disappointment in the spelling bee tradition.
In Arena Stage’s powerful production of Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night, the words sing and the emotions sear.
On the Waterfront is a play well worth catching at TACT. The eternal story of conscience, loyalty and martyrdom still resonates in our contemporary times of moral ambivalence.
Silver Spring Stage has released their planned 2012-2013 season.
The Studio Theatre has released their planned 2012-2013 season.
In the end, you can more readily own all that you character is, when you are able to wear his clothing without giving it second thought.
Frequent asides are the trademark of this play, as O’Neill voices the thoughts of his characters on the fly, in the midst of their lives.