All posts tagged "round house theatre"
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Amadeus at Round House
Peter Shaffer’s Tony-winning Amadeus (which became an Oscar-winning film) depicts the flamboyant genius of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as seen through the eyes of his desperately...
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Bountiful Journey
There's a key reason to see The Trip to Bountiful currently at Round House Theatre in Bethesda and it's not what you might think. Or...
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A Wrinkle in Time at Round House
Round House Theatre greets the season with A Wrinkle in Time, a show that talks about love and family with more humor and adventure than...
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Time Warp
When writing his 1995 play Mojo, playwright Jez Butterworth could hardly have suspected that fewer than five years later a certain dentally challenged swinging super...
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Ameriville
The performance troupe UNIVERSES is raising its brilliantly woven voices on social issues, from basic civil rights to access to healthcare to earning a living...
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Fox Hunt
It's a formula that seems ridiculously easy. You need a set with multiple doors to facilitate fast exits and unexpected entrances. You need a young...
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Imposter, Muse and a False Note
When Patricia Highsmith created Tom Ripley, she created an evil that was terrifying because it was so deliciously attractive. Smart. Disturbingly sexual. Enticingly dangerous. Writer...
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Scare Tactics
''The philosophy behind Dorian Gray is that Dorian lives in a time when no one can be shocked, and he's trying to rebel against that,''...
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Portraiture
Round House Theatre's world premiere of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's The Picture of Dorian Gray is stylish, sexy and unspeakably cool. Unfortunately, it stumbles thanks to the...
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Nuts
Sometimes you should absolutely judge a book by its cover. 'One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest' The moment you take your seat for Round House...
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Log Cabin Republican
While it would be a stretch to say that it is the main question on the minds of Washingtonians discussing the re-opening of Ford's Theatre,...
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Winter Wonderlands
Among the signs of the holiday season is the appearance of ''family friendly'' shows meant to bridge the divide between serious grown-up work and (the...
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Personal Best
In 2003, Will Gartshore crafted a cabaret at Signature Theatre entitled Finding Home, which examined his previously rootless existence between New York and Washington along...
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She Males
To borrow from Victor/Victoria, Shakespeare Theatre Company's Juliet is a man, pretending to be a woman.... Oh. Wait. That's it. No need to borrow from...
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Perfectly Clear
If you have ever glanced in the window of one of those stately old D.C. pastry shops, the kind where the display of multi-tier cakes...
