Terry Byrne
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Chicago at Wolf Trap by Terry Byrne
When you put horns in a rock band, everything else gets amped waaaay up. We know this because we sat behind the yo-yoing knobs of the sound board at the Chicago concert at Wolf Trap on Monday night....
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Capital Fringe Review: ‘Hello, You Assholes!’ by Terry Byrne
How liberating — while driving home from Hello, You Assholes! — to note how many times I referred to other drivers as assholes. We all do it, but few confess. Look out, here come a dozen boisterous...
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Capital Fringe Review: ‘How to Have It All: The Musical’ by Terry Byrne
Three good reasons to see How to Have It All: The Musical. 1. Freshly baked cookies. A nurturing, maternal figure will even warn you away from the chocolate chip if you have a peanut allergy, offering...
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‘Damn Yankees’ at McLean Community Players by Terry Byrne
Damn Yankees is the ultimate date musical, mixing equal parts sports and romance. Men in tight pants, a loose woman hell-bent on seduction, showtune hit after hit … what’s not to like? Blessed little...
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Capital Fringe Review: ‘The Young Wife’ by Terry Byrne
Imagine a world in which more women composed operas. Since Francesa Caccini unveiled what is considered the first opera by a female composer in 1625 (performed in Florence to celebrate the visit of a...
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‘Caesar and Dada’ at WSC Avant Bard by Terry Byrne
“Shakespeare does not need your help,” barks Franz, the jaded, tyrannical director character in WSC Avant Bard’s world premiere of Caesar and Dada. The irony is that repackaging the bard’s trunkful of...
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‘The Hobbit’ at W.T. Woodson High School by Terry Byrne
Calling all J.R.R. Tolkein geeks. If last year’s Hollywood blockbuster The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey left you dangling, W.T. Woodson High School Theatre Department’s lip-smackin’ The Hobbit, a...
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‘Man of La Mancha’ at Castaways Repertory Theatre by Terry Byrne
Back in the day when musical theater spawned chart-toppers, “The Impossible Dream” became an anthem not only for every hopeless romantic, but also for never-say-die American dreamers. The mettle test,...
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‘Paul’s Case’ at UrbanArias by Terry Byrne
The words “world premiere” don’t always translate to “Must-See,” but in the case of Paul’s Case, a post-minimalist, compact opera unveiled by UrbanArias at Artisphere, they’re synonymous. Adapted from...
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‘The New Orleans Bingo! Show’ at The Kennedy Center by Terry Byrne
April is “The Music of New Orleans” Month at The Kennedy Center, and it takes a big tent to accommodate the eclectic artistic styles of the Crescent City. That explains the circus atmosphere of the...
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‘The Last Five Years’ at Signature Theatre by Terry Byrne
Timing is everything — in romance and in theater. The last five weeks have no doubt been a busy blur at Signature Theatre since it bumped its planned Crimes of the Heart, starring Holly Twyford. Like...
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‘Dinner With Friends’ at Providence Players of Fairfax by Terry Byrne
Fresh from snaring eight 2012 WATCH awards, mostly for technical excellence, the Providence Players of Fairfax are serving up some refreshingly meaty artistry in Dinner With Friends, a 2000 Pulitzer...
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‘Roméo et Juliette’ at Catholic University by Terry Byrne
Budding love that is “star-crossed” with budding artistry is the magic potion that should move fine-arts lovers to flee their houses and partake in Catholic University’s School of Music’s succulent...
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‘Copenhagen’ at Rockville Little Theatre by Terry Byrne
Forget, for the moment, all you know about quantum physics. It’s history that matters in Copenhagen, Michael Frayn’s Tony Award-winning, World War II drama. Make that revisionist history, which, after...
