Adaptation is a funny thing. What worked so shamelessly and wonderfully for adaptor David Ives in the Shakespeare Theatre Company's production of The Liar two...
Ethan McSweeney directs The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare’s compelling look at human nature and the insidious nature of power, justice and revenge. The Shakespeare Theatre...
With its rather dated depiction of the mores, or lack thereof, of the modern wartime journalist, some aspects of Tom Stoppard's Night and Day may...
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray (D) spoke at the Capital Area Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce's (CAGLCC) Annual Awards dinner on Friday, April 8, at...
The Irish tenements of the early 1920s were a close-knit and crowded place. Seated cheek-by-jowl at the Washington Shakespeare Company’s compelling Juno and the Paycock,...
Next June, Doug Peck will get married in his hometown of Chicago. ”It’s not legal yet but we’re doing it anyway,” he says. The...
Despite the valiant attempts being made in some corners, the bright bauble of reality television has eclipsed what was once television's most reliable version of...
On Saturday afternoon, Dec. 4, Artisphere hosted Holiday Hugs & Kisses ''to demonstrate broad community and regional support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT)...
The Shakespeare Theatre Company’s first musical theater performance at Sidney Harman Hall comes with this magnificent comic operetta, boasting music by Leonard Bernstein (West Side...
A must-see for Wolf Hall groupies (and HBO Tudors hoi palloi), the Washington Shakespeare Company’s Mary Stuart is spare, measured and unadorned. For director Colin...
As one contemplates the Washington Shakespeare Company's move from Clark Street to Rosslyn, it's easy to imagine a magical creature emerging from its dark cave...
One of Shakespeare’s most complex and fascinating characters is central to Richard III, arguably the bard’s most entertaining history play. The Washington Shakespeare Company is...
Christopher Henley photographed by Julian Vankim on Friday, Sept. 10 Going to a Washington Shakespeare Company performance at the Clark Street Playhouse was always something...
''Could you tell me, like, where's a good place to go?'' -- Justin Taylor, Episode 1, Queer as Folk. Many of us first saw Randy...
Brent Michael DiRoma is standing in the middle of the lobby of the Shakespeare Theatre Company's Lansburgh Theatre as a small crew of Metro Weekly...