Friday, February 17,2012

Song Cycle Cycles Back

West End Theatre

SONG CYCLE CYCLES BACK: I’m a huge Adam Guettel fan; as you know, he’s the multi-award-winning composer/lyricist of The Light in the Piazza and Floyd Collins, among other daring and original musicals, and, like all other AG fans, I eagerly anticipate his next work.

Monday, February 13,2012

Valentine's Daze

by John Rowell

VALENTINE’S DAZE: February is the Love Month, of course, and The Tank has got it going on with the World Premiere of the offbeat comedy An Evening of Awkward Romance, which, despite the title, aims to put the fun back into Valentine’s Day.

Tuesday, February 7,2012

Words, Words, Words

by John Rowell

A plethora of playwrights takes on our ever-evolving language in The Urban Dictionary Plays, which kicks off 2012 for Ars Nova.

Monday, January 30,2012

Center Of It All

by John Rowell

One of Off-Broadway’s finest companies, Signature Theatre, is moving to a fabulous new home.

Friday, January 20,2012

Bald Sopranos Sing

by John Rowell

Those of you who know the iconoclastic plays of the great absurdist playwright Eugene Ionesco might not think that his works would lend themselves readily to musicalization.

Monday, January 9,2012

The Sound of Lyrics

by John Rowell

I received one of my best Christmas presents right before the holidays from Alfred A. Knopf — the world-famous book publisher, of course.

Friday, December 30,2011

The Big Dys...

by John Rowell

When mental illness comes home, the entire family has special needs. That’s the guiding ethos of writer/performer Anne Pasquale’s 90-minute new solo piece.

Friday, December 16,2011

Making Air Waves

by John Rowell

It doesn’t happen often (not nearly enough, in fact), so when an off-Broadway production lands on television, I am most excited to tell you about it.

Friday, December 9,2011

Waters's World

by John Rowell

Yes, Virginia, there is a John Waters! And what perverse fun it might be to take a sleigh ride with the fabulously dirty-minded filmmaker/author laureate of Baltimore this time of year.

Monday, December 5,2011

Stamp of Approval

by John Rowell

A new play by David Jenkins might just help to give new focus to the ailing U.S. Postal Service! In the playwright’s world premiere Post Office (courtesy of Human Animals) a 19-year-old mail carrier receives advice and mentorship.