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DCMTA’s New Column ‘Synesthesia’: Kudos to WNO & The Kennedy Center for Captioning ‘Show Boat’ by Yvonne French

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Yvonne French
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Show Boat at Nationals Park Featured Open Captioning Before Opera in the Outfield (the fifth in the M&M’S® “Opera in the Outfield” series) presented a live simulcast this past Saturday of The Washington National Opera‘s critically acclaimed production of Show Boat (which entertained … Continue reading →

Alan Ostroff on Investing in ‘Pippin,’ the Tonys, and Infinity Theatre Company’s New Season by Joel Markowitz

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Guest Author
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Infinity Theatre Company’s Anna Roberts Ostroff and Alan Ostroff are Broadway Producers. Their show Pippin is on a roll with wins at The Outer Critics Circle Awards, Drama League Awards, and Drama Desk Awards, and has received 10 Tony Award nominations. How did … Continue reading →

Classic Conversations: Featuring Audra McDonald at Shakespeare Theatre Company by Tiffany Draut

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Tiffany Draut
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Audience members at Sidney Harman Hall at Shakespeare Theatre Company were in for quite a treat on the night of Monday, May 20, 2013. 5-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald, one of Broadway’s most highly regarded performers, sat down in … Continue reading →

The Mobtown Players Holds Auditions for ‘Stage IV’ on 5/27 and 5/29

Posted on May 20, 2013 by admin
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Baltimore’s The Mobtown Players are seeking actors for the world-premiere production of Stage IV, a new play by Madeline Leong, directed by Adam Kunsberg. The show will run July 26th through August 10th Fridays and Saturdays @ 8 pm, and Sunday, … Continue reading →

Film Review: ‘Stories We Tell’ by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins
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Desperately Seeking Stories . . .  Every family has a story. When you are in the midst of an account, it isn’t really a story at all. Only afterwards, does it become a story when you are telling it to … Continue reading →

DC Area’s Alyson Cambridge on Playing Julie in ‘Show Boat’ and Her Career by Joel Markowitz

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Joel Markowitz
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Alyson Cambridge is appearing as Julie LaVerne in Washington National Opera’s critically acclaimed production of Show Boat. I asked Alyson about playing Julie in Show Boat in Chicago and DC, growing up in the DC area, her vocal training, and roles she would … Continue reading →

58th Annual Drama Desk Awards Winners Announced! Matilda, Pippin & Virginia Woolf Big Winners

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Joel Markowitz
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Winners of the 58th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced tonight from Town Hall, in NYC. The winners are announced in bold. DC area theatergoers were so lucky to see Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf at Arena  Stage before it arrived on Broadway. And a … Continue reading →

‘The Full Monty’ at Silhouette Stages by Amanda Gunther

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Amanda Gunther
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Buffalo men go all the way! First they gave us the Buffalo wing and now they’re giving us the whole thing over at Silhouette Stages with their spring production of The Full Monty, written by Terrence McNally with music and lyrics … Continue reading →

‘Next To Normal’ at Act Two @ Levine by Max Johnson

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Max Johnson
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When approaching an issue as sensitive and pervasive as mental illness, even the most seasoned performers can underplay the massive implications of a disorder or dramatize it to the point where it reads as an offensive caricature. However, the players … Continue reading →

‘Underground Railroad: An Evening with Kathleen Battle’ at Strathmore by Lauren Katz

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Lauren Katz
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Last night, soprano Kathleen Battle performed a concert of spirituals that rang throughout the rafters at The Music Center at Strathmore with the help of pianist Cyrus Chestnut, the Heritage Signature Chorale, and narrator Kweisi Mfume. However, before the concert, Saïs … Continue reading →

‘Shakespeare with a Twist – Revisited’ at The Greenspring Players by Eric Denver

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Eric Denver
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Shakespeare’s famous quote – “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves” certainly rings true to the Greenspring Players. Within the Greenspring Retirement Community the twice-a-year theatrics have been ongoing for 19 productions. On May 15th, … Continue reading →

The Lunch and Judy Show: ‘M Is For the Many Things She Gave Me’ by Judy Stadt

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Judy Stadt
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I am the host and creator and writer and editor of The Lunch and Judy Show. For six years DCMTA’s Joel Markowitz  and I have been schmoozing about theatre in DC, Philly, and NYC and other things…like what was happening … Continue reading →

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