‘The Music Man’ Fresh for Young, Old and Hip Alike
• February 8, 2019

Let’s face it. The 1957 musical, “The Music Man,” by Meredith Willson is a chestnut — something of a war horse,  an Americana salute to a fairy tale-like America, circa 1912, like […]

The Unraveling of Virginia
• February 7, 2019

Ever since Friday, the local media were loudly notifying us every time another shoe dropped. It all began on Friday, the first day of Black History Month, no less.

Helen Hayes Nominees Announced
• February 6, 2019

If you look at the data enmeshed in the announcement of the 2019 nominees, you get a pretty good sense of our local theater community — how it’s changed, its growth, its pulsating diversity and to some extent its uniqueness.

‘Twelve Angry Men’ at Ford’s
•

Directed by Sheldon Epps and running through Feb. 17, the production has added another layer to the proceedings. Six members of the cast are African American.

More of the Same for the Patriots
• February 4, 2019

Sunday’s game seemed like the last set in a three-part package — all three featuring a devastating, almost perfectly executed touchdown drive that was nearly awe-inspiring in its efficiency.     

Russell Baker and Other Recent Losses
• January 31, 2019

If Baker was one of the more prominent losses suffered by the rest of us this month, it was not as if death was taking a holiday. All kinds of people and some noted animals died.

Tim Nelson’s Vision for the In Series
• January 25, 2019

The just-ended production of “From U Street to the Cotton Club” at the Source Theatre marks the middle of the In Series’ first season under Artistic Director Timothy Nelson, who […]

Winter Is For Movies
•

Let’s talk about marches and shutdowns and “life-threatening” temperatures and scuffles and bigots and presidents and politicians. Let’s not. Let’s talk about Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion and […]

Oscar Nominees in Home Stretch Spotlight
•

After various awards ceremonies, the home- stretch spotlight has fallen upon the win-or- lose finalists for the 91st Academy Awards, the Oscars. The just-released list of nominees is a mixed […]

The Oscar Nominations: A Mixed Bag
• January 24, 2019

It’s an odd lot, this lot of 2019 nominations, given that the two films that tied for the most nominations (10) you may or may not have heard of.