CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY - HERITAGE HALL

by Emily Berger - October 10, 2024

Confounding at times and also beautiful, this traditional puppetry company is wrapping us a US tour. Yes, orchestras may downsize from 30 violins to 25, but it still takes all 25 roughly forty minutes to play Beethoven’s sixth symphony. You could speed up the tempo, increasing “output” with the same...

by Peter Rouleau - October 09, 2024

A modern spin on an evergreen tragedy, with mixed results....

by Ken Kemp - October 08, 2024

Aaron Sorkin's original concept for The West Wing was a show depicting the behind-the-scenes workings of the White House, focusing on the President's top advisors and staff, with the President playing a very minor, cameo role....

by Jennifer Muscato - October 08, 2024

She Persisted is a best-selling book by Chelsea Clinton, and the musical SHE PERSISTED at Adventure Theatre MTC completely does the book justice. ...

by Peter Rouleau - October 08, 2024

Few American composers have been as influential as Stephen Sondheim, who passed away in 2021 at the age of 91. His large catalogue, with subjects and settings that vary from a modern single man navigating social relationships among his married friends to a murderous pie-shop keeper in Victorian Lond...

by Elliot Lanes - October 07, 2024

Solo theatrical pieces are probably among the hardest sells to an audience because there is only one performer keeping you interested in the subject. These theatrical offerings require a delicate balance between educating and entertaining audiences. Olney Theatre Center’s current attraction, Eisenho...

by Itai Yasur - October 05, 2024

Matthew Broderick stars in the Babbitt of BABBITTs at Shakespeare Theatre Company...

by Tavish Young - October 03, 2024

Mister Lincoln is a pleasant and ruminative piece on the United States and its history. It's humorous, informative, and for American history buffs, surely spellbinding....

by Roger Catlin - October 03, 2024

It figures that a Riot Grrrls version of “The Tragedie of Macbeth” at Taffety Punk would focus on the witches — or three wyrd sisters, as they’re called here ...

by Jake Bridges - October 01, 2024

What did our critic think of HAMLET...THE REST IS SILENCE at Synetic Theater?...