Signature presents a good show, but not a great one. However, it succeeds in its most important burden: reminding us all of a time when we all could show mercy and love without qualification.
Fortunately for us we can defy culture and media and act on these truths. Menopause The Musical does. Go see it; you’ll like yourself better for it.
This show is the theatrical version of War and Peace, an exercise in forebearance that Keegan makes more than worthwhile.
Altogether, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is the pinnacle of local theatre: professional at its core with its heart in the neighborhood. C’est fantastique!
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves is a delightful little production now playing at The Puppet Co. in Glen Echo Park.
The children all seemed to have loved this little show and the adults were not complaining either.
Altogether, The Merry Wives of Windsor is superior theatre. Go see it; it’s better than TV.
Olney Theatre Center’s Sleuth is worth the schlep out there. The theatre is comfortable and the production values are superb.
The many elements of this creation are pulled together into a miraculous deadpan whole that is suitable for children who can suspend belief, all the while it oozes sophistication with an oblique je ne sais quoi for the mature, adventuresome theatre lover.
Keegan Theatre’s Spring Awakening is a worthy endeavor bolstered by an incredible male cast, top rate music and an artfully crafted century old story. Go see it if you can.