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It seems, given recent events surrounding the Tony Awards, that there is some heavy doubt and speculation as to what a Sound Designer does, what a good Sound Design accomplishes, what role a Sound Designer plays in the creative process and whether or not sound is a valid artistic design discipline. On June 11, a […]
The post Sound Design. It’s an art that needs your voice now. appeared first on DC Theatre Scene.
American Century Theater is ready to open its next show, and what audiences will see, beginning tonight, is a closely guarded secret. Jack Marshall is betting it will be as shocking and innovative as its original production staged by Orson Welles in 1936. By all existing accounts, what we now call Voodoo Macbeth rocked New York’s […]
The post American Century keeps Voodoo Macbeth under wraps. Here’s what we know. appeared first on DC Theatre Scene.
Pennsylvania Avenue meets Broadway in Capitol Steps‘ farcical revue of contemporary politics. Comprising an ensemble of multi-talented former Hill staffers, Capitol Steps offers a musical send-up of political buffoonery on both sides of the aisle in their twice-weekly DC shows. The troupe’s retooled classic pop hits and show tunes take the governing class to task […]
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“Let’s face it”, he says, “we are all living in a play that isn’t working.” – Mike Daisey Monologist Mike Daisey, considered one of the finest storytellers in America, has a ready home on Woolly Mammoth’s stage and when he comes to town with pieces such as The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, Last […]
The post Listen in on Mike Daisey’s New Years Eve monologue appeared first on DC Theatre Scene.
DC Theatre Scene Editor Lorraine Treanor’s touching tribute to Fran Landesman, who died last month, provides the impetus for this week’s Theatre Shelf column. Landesman wrote lyrics for only one Broadway show, and that show ran only 23 performances, but the original Broadway cast recording which Goddard Lieberson produced for Columbia Records in 1959 provides […]
The post The Nervous Set – Original Broadway Cast Recording appeared first on DC Theatre Scene.
Nick Adams and J. Elaine Marcos talk to us about playing Adam/Felicia and Cynthia They both wear outrageous colorful and eye-popping costumes and dance and sing their hearts out in the entertaining Broadway production of Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical. What are the challenges of performing in a high-energy, quick-costume-changing, and visually stunning […]
The post Nick Adams and J. Elaine Marcos from Broadway’s Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical appeared first on DC Theatre Scene.
There was plenty of excitement at Montgomery College on Saturday, November 13th when I arrived to interview Harry Connick, Jr. before the press opening of The Happy Elf. Harry Connick Jr. was very grateful that Adventure Theatre and Montgomery College were co-producing this first full production of his new children’s musical. Plenty of Broadway talent […]
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1She’s on the stage for two hours – singing many of Fanny Brice’s best-known songs while tap dancing, twirling, telling funny jokes, relating Fanny’s personal life and career highs and lows, while ‘Baby Snooking’ her way into the hearts of the audiences. I asked Esther Covington to talk about preparing for and performing the role […]
The post Esther Covington on playing Fanny Brice appeared first on DC Theatre Scene.
An interview with members of the Avenue Q national tour: Kerri Bracken, Julianna Lee and Jacqueline Grabois It was an hour before their call for the evening performance of Avenue Q when cast members Jacqueline Grabois (Kate Monster and Lucy the Slut), Kerri Bracken (Mrs. T. and one of the two Bad Idea Bears), and […]
The post The Women of the national tour of Avenue Q appeared first on DC Theatre Scene.
They are making Studio Theatre audience howl with delight as they dig their claws into each other at Legends!. The actors responsible for the hilarity, John Epperson and James Lecesne, sit down with Joel Markowitz to schmooze about the show, talk about playing Leatrice Monsee and Sylvia Glenn, how John rewrote the original script by […]
The post The men of Legends – John Epperson and James Lecesne appeared first on DC Theatre Scene.
Richard Seff and Joel Markowitz on the NYC Theatre Season and the Tony Awards In what has become an annual tradition on DC Theatre Scene, DCTS columnists Richard Seff and Joel Markowitz met in Richard’s penthouse on the Upper East Side of NYC to share their thoughts with you on the current NYC theatre season. […]
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Composer Ricky Ian Gordon on his roots and Sycamore Trees. It takes a lot of persistence and courage to keep plugging on for 27 years to finish a work based on your own life and family. It also takes a lot of chutzpah to show all the ups and downs and to put it on […]
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Friends Playing Friends: James Gardiner, Erin Driscoll, Sam Ludwig, Jenna Sokolowski, and Gabriel Mangiante on starring in Signature Theatre’s [title of show]. They are friends and have worked together in other shows, and now they appear as friends in Signature Theatre’s zany [title of show] – a musical about trying to write a musical. James […]
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Surely, Hugh Leonard writing his autobiographical play Da in the early 70’s could have hoped for no one better to portray his da than the well known Irish actor Des Keogh, now playing the role in Olney Theatre’s revival of its 1973 world premiere. Mr. Keogh, full of wit and charm with just a touch […]
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Acclaimed actress Hollis Resnik, in town to play Margaret in The Light in the Piazza, and her young co-star Margaret Ann Florence, talk with Joel Markowitz.
The post The Light in the Piazza interviews appeared first on DC Theatre Scene.
Solas Nua Artistic Director Linda Murray interviews playwright Conor McPherson and actor Ciarán Hinds on their new film "The Eclipse" from Magnolia Pictures.
The post New Conor McPherson film, The Eclipse appeared first on DC Theatre Scene.
Actor James Konicek reads the speech readers chose as the greatest ever written by Shakespeare.
The post James Konicek reads the winning Shakespeare speech appeared first on DC Theatre Scene.
Broadway's Marc Kudisch talks about his latest project, Golden Age, the new play by Terrence McNally the first of the Kennedy Center's 3 play Terrence McNally Nights at the Opera series.
The post Marc Kudisch in Terrence McNally’s Golden Age appeared first on DC Theatre Scene.
Forbidden Broadway star Michael West, now in NEWSical the Musical, schmoozes with Joel Markowitz about the shows, and brings out his favorite impressions.
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The Audible Group creates a new audio adaptation of the O. Henry classic story of the true meaning of giving, set in 1930's northeast neighborhood of Washington, DC.
The post The Gift of the Magi appeared first on DC Theatre Scene.
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