It is refreshing to see a human-scale, handcrafted show that touches all the musical, theatrical, and emotional bases one needs for a sweet evening of entertainment, like Vienna Theater Company’s production of The Fantasticks.
Overall, this was a fun-filled production of a classic play.
This was an amusing production that never quite hit the antics that were possible in the interactions between Olive and Flo.
This show is very enjoyable, and the laughter will carry you through the emotional moments as the family struggles to be functional.
For lack of consistently strong acting, Silver Spring Stage’s production never weaves the enchantment the script contemplates.
Aida was a heart-felt production by Lopez Studios. It will be interesting to see how the next generation of performers develops over the next few years.
Workhouse Theater’s production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, by virtue of a strong cast and amazing pacing, brings out excitement, nervousness, tension and disappointment in the spelling bee tradition.
In Arena Stage’s powerful production of Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night, the words sing and the emotions sear.
On the Waterfront is a play well worth catching at TACT. The eternal story of conscience, loyalty and martyrdom still resonates in our contemporary times of moral ambivalence.
Frequent asides are the trademark of this play, as O’Neill voices the thoughts of his characters on the fly, in the midst of their lives.