Interviews and Features

Meet the Cast of Providence Players of Fairfax’s ‘The Glass Mendacity’ by Chip Gertzog

Tonight, The Providence Players open The Glass Mendacity, a hilarious comedy parody of some of Tennessee Williams’ most celebrated works: The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot...

A Chat with Mark Nadler on his Show ‘Runnin’ Wild: Songs and Scandals of the Roaring ’20s’ This Friday, May 29th at 8 PM at Strathmore’s New AMP

Mark Nadler will be performing Runnin’ Wild at Strathmore’s new AMP this Friday, May 29th at 8 PM. I asked Mark to fill us in on what we will hear and see. For those DC area theater and music lovers...

An Interview with Gloria DuGan on Directing ‘A Man for All Seasons’ at NextStop Theatre Company

She is one of my favorite directors in the DC Metro area and I am so thrilled that veteran director Gloria DuGan is at the helm of A Man for All Seasons for NextStop Theatre Company. Gloria knows the...

Next Day Theater’s Matt Spangler Recaps Their May 16, 2015 Performance at Tropicalia

When you go to one-night-only theater, you never know what you’ll get. There’s no word of mouth, no buzz, no yelping from critics. It’s like speed blind-dating And if the one-night-stand in question,...

In the Moment: A Chat with Director Aaron Posner and Scenic/Properties Designer Paige Hathaway at ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead’ at the Folger Theatre

Walking into the Folger Theatre, I did a double-take. This clearly was going to be a different visual experience for Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead as directed by Aaron Posner....

Magic Time!: ‘I’m an Improviser by Trade’: A Q&A With Matthew R. Wilson, Director of Faction of Fools’ ‘Our Town’

It’s kind of a tossup these days whether Matthew R. Wilson is more newsworthy because he’s leaving as artistic director of Faction of Fools, the Commedia dell’arte company he founded, to teach...

Magic Time! ‘Unpacking Racism’: A Q&A with Psalmayene 24, Director of Forum Theatre’s ‘The Shipment’

Before I spoke with Psalmayne 24 about his direction of The Shipment—which plays through June 13, 2015, at Forum Theatre—I read the play by Young Jean Lee. John: I found the script powerful and deep....

In the Moment: Hylton Performance Center Presents Rosanne Cash on 6/26 and The Castleton Festival on 6/28

It’s never too early to begin thinking about summer entertainment plans, both venues and entertainment. Early this summer, the Hylton Center for the Performing Arts, entering its sixth season on...

Meet the Cast of ‘Once on This Island’ at Creative Cauldron: Part 5: Avia Fields

In Part 5 of a series of interviews with the cast of Once on This Island, meet Avia Fields. Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may have seen you perform before on our local...

Meet the Cast of ‘Once on This Island’ at Creative Cauldron: Part 6: Jade Jones

In Part 6 of a series of interviews with the cast of Once on This Island, meet Jade Jones. Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may have seen you perform before on our local...

An Interview with David London on ‘Creative Spirit Seance’ – May 15-31, 2015 at Church and Company in Baltimore

One of the coolest events I went to last year was David London’s Creative Spirit Séance. At its core, Séance is a eerily wonderful magic show but it’s also a creative playground where one has the...

Meet the Performers of GMCW of DC’s ‘Born this Way’: Part 2: Michael “Cabbie” Caban

Joel: Please introduce yourself to our readers and tell us how long you have been in GMCW and where we may have seen perform on our local stages? Michael: My name is Michael “Cabbie” Caban. I was born...

Meet the Cast of ‘Once on This Island’ at Creative Cauldron: Part 4: Tiara N. Whaley

In Part 4 of a series of interviews with the cast of Once on This Island, meet Tiara N. Whaley. Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may have seen you perform before on our local...

Daisha Graf and Alicia Graf Mack Share Their D(n)A with Local Dancers on May 17th in Columbia, MD

Sisters Daisha Mack and Alicia Graf Mack, co-creators of D(n)A Arts, will host The D(n)A Xperience, which aims to draw aspiring dancers from across the region. They have achieved extraordinary success...

Meet the Cast of ‘Once on This Island’ at Creative Cauldron: Part 3: Carl Williams

In Part 3 of a series of interviews with the cast of Once on This Island, meet Carl Williams. Joel: Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may have seen you perform before on our...

Meet the Performers of GMCW of DC’s ‘Born this Way’: Part 1: JJ Vera and Marcus Brown

In a series of interviews with members of The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC who are performing in their upcoming concert Born This Way on May 15 and 16, 2015, meet JJ Vera and Marcus Brown. Joel:...

Meet the Cast of Victorian Lyric Opera Company’s ‘Ruddigore’: Part 2: Carla Rountree‏

In Part 2 of a series of interviews with the cast of Victorian Lyric Opera’s Ruddigore, meet Carla Rountree. Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may have seen you in the past...

Meet the Cast of ‘Once on This Island’ at Creative Cauldron: Part 2: Ian Anthony Coleman

In Part 2 of a series of interviews with the cast of Once on This Island, meet Ian Anthony Coleman. Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may have seen you perform before on our...

Meet the Cast of Victorian Lyric Opera Company’s ‘Ruddigore’: Part 1: Mary Mitchell

In Part 1 of a series of interviews with the cast of Victorian Lyric Opera’s Ruddigore, meet Mary Mitchell. Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may have seen you in the past...

Meet the Cast of ‘Once on This Island’ at Creative Cauldron: Part 1: Malcolm Lee

In Part 1 of a series of interviews with the cast of Once on This Island, meet Malcolm Lee. Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may have seen you perform before on our local...

Meet the Cast of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ at Rockville Little Theatre: Part 13: Eric Henry

In Part 13 of a series of interviews with the cast and director of To Kill a Mockingbird at Rockville Little Theatre meet Eric Henry. Joel: Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they...

Meet the Cast of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ at Rockville Little Theatre: Part 12: Natalie McManus

In Part 12 of a series of interviews with the cast and director of To Kill a Mockingbird at Rockville Little Theatre meet Natalie McManus. Joel: Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where...

Meet the Cast of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ at Rockville Little Theatre: Part 11: Mark Steimer

In Part 11 of a series of interviews with the cast and director of To Kill a Mockingbird at Rockville Little Theatre meet Mark Steimer. Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may...

Meet the Cast of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ at Rockville Little Theatre: Part 10: Matthew Wixted

In Part 10 of a series of interviews with the cast and director of To Kill a Mockingbird at Rockville Little Theatre. Meet Matthew Wixted. Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may...

Interview of Dana Perino by Angela Greiling Keane at The National Press Club

Former National Press Club President Angela Greiling Keane interviewed Dana Perino in front of a full crowd, including former White House press secretary Marlin Fitzwater, Friday night at the National...

Meet the Producers and Director of RCP’s ‘The Fox on the Fairway’: Bea and Jerry Morse and Adam Konowe

The award-winning Reston Community Players are proud to bring Ken Ludwig’s The Fox on the Fairway back to the DC Metro area through May 3rd.. The stuffy atmosphere of a private golf club is the...

Meet the Cast of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ at Rockville Little Theatre: Part 9: Todd Mazzie

In Part 9 of a series of interviews with the cast and director of To Kill a Mockingbird at Rockville Little Theatre, meet Todd Mazzie. Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may...

Washington Performing Arts Presents Ute Lemper Performing ‘Forever: The Love Poems of Pablo Neruda’ to the Sixth and I Street Historic Synagogue This Saturday at 8 PM by Gary Tischler

Ute Lemper contains worlds, and moons, and each time she comes to Washington, she brings a different world, a different song with her. Lemper is in most circles considered a cabaret singer, that ever...

An Interview with Trixie Little and Evil Hate Monkey

The Burlesque scene in DC and Baltimore is now a pretty vibrant one but once upon a time, about a baker’s dozen years ago, it was the landscape, and not the folks on stage, that was bare. Then a...

An Interview With Anthony Warlow on Shakespeare Theatre Company’s ‘Man of La Mancha’

Anthony Warlow is wowing DC area audiences as well as the local critics with his performance of Cervantes and Don Quixote in Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Man of La Mancha. It’s a great honor to...

Meet the Cast of Reston Community Players’ ‘The Fox on the Fairway’: Part 2: Dina Soltan, David Segal, and Zell Murphy

The award-winning Reston Community Players are proud to bring Ken Ludwig’s The Fox on the Fairway back to the DC Metro area April 24-May 3, 2015. The stuffy atmosphere of a private golf club is the...

In the Moment: An Interview with 1st Stage’s ‘Old Wicked Songs’ Musical Director Walter “Bobby” McCoy and Artistic/Managing Director Alex Levy

1st Stage’s production of Old Wicked Songs by Jon Marans has opened to high praise from reviewers and audiences alike. After seeing the show I wanted to learn more about something very specific; the...

Meet the Cast of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ at Rockville Little Theatre: Part 8: Grant Williams

In Part 8 of a series of interviews with the cast and director of To Kill a Mockingbird at Rockville Little Theatre, meet Grant Williams. Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may...

Meet the Cast of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ at Rockville Little Theatre: Part 7: Jill Goodrich

In Part 7 of a series of interviews with the cast and director of To Kill a Mockingbird at Rockville Little Theatre, meet Jill Goodrich. Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may...

‘Candice Bergen In Conversation with Madhulika Sikka’ at Sixth and I Synagogue

Candice Bergen is strongly linked to her famous character Murphy Brown. After Madhulika Sikka, the Executive Editor for NPR News, interviewed her Monday night, the similarities between the character...

Meet the Director and Cast of Vienna Theatre Company’s ‘Other Desert Cities’ Part 2: Director Rosemary Hartman By Richard Durkin

Veteran director Rosemary Hartman has directed 40+ plays for regional and community theatres in New England, Washington, DC, and Northern Virginia. Previous VTC productions include The Prisoner of...

Meet Cast Members of Synetic Teen Company’s ‘Hamlet…the rest is silence’

Let me introduce you to these young, talented, and athletic cast members of Synetic Teen Company’s production of Hamlet…the rest is silence, playing through April 18, 2015. Joel: Please introduce...

“It’s Only Words…But Words are All We Have”: The ‘Language Archive’ Opens Tonight at Silver Spring Stage by Lennie Magida

With so many words in the world, why do people so often have trouble finding the right ones to say to each other? It’s what Joseph Coracle calls “the conundrum of language.” Coracle is director of a...

A Q&A with Mezzo-Soprano Magdalena Wór on Her Training in Washington and Return This Weekend to Strathmore

Mezzo-soprano Magdalena Wór pretty much creates an unforgettable impression everywhere she performs. Her strikingly rich voice – it’s been called “plush,” “chocolatey” and other adjectives redolent of...

Meet the Cast of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ at Rockville Little Theatre: Part 6: Liz Weber

In Part 6 of a series of interviews with the cast and director of To Kill a Mockingbird at Rockville Little Theatre, meet Liz Weber. Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may have...

Meet the Cast of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ at Rockville Little Theatre: Part 5: Sydney Lauricella-Reed

In Part 5 of a series of interviews with the cast and director of To Kill a Mockingbird at Rockville Little Theatre, meet Sydney Lauricella-Reed. Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where...

In the Moment: ‘Off the Wall’ at George Mason University on Saturday, April 18th

Its title beckons with a “come hither” attitude; Off the Wall. Three small intriguing words that are total catnip when strung together. And, then a connection to something called the Virginia Serious...

Post-Play Palaver: Robert Michael Oliver and John Stoltenberg Look at ‘Light Rises on Grace’

Robert Michael Oliver and John Stoltenberg saw and wrote about the same opening night performance of Lights Rise on Grace at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, but they seem not to have seen the same...

Meet the Cast of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ at Rockville Little Theatre: Part 4: Kevin Page

In Part 4 of a series of interviews with the cast and director of To Kill a Mockingbird at Rockville Little Theatre. Meet Kevin Page. Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may have...

Meet the Cast of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ at Rockville Little Theatre: Part 3: Stuart Rick

In Part 3 of a series of interviews with the cast and director of To Kill a Mockingbird at Rockville Little Theatre. Meet Stuart Rick. Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may...

‘The Nemo Effect and Music for Grand Guignol Theatre: Horror, Horror Everywhere’ by Gregory Thomas Martin

Horror is one of my favorite genres to compose music for. It is always an exciting challenge to compose something that the audience not only has certain expectations for, but also is still something...

Meet the Cast of ‘Nunsense’ at Wolf Pack Theatre Company: Part 6: Francine Kent

In Part 6 of a series of interviews with the cast of Nunsense at Wolf Pack Theatre Company, meet Francine Kent. Joel: Please introduce yourself and tell us where local theatregoers may have seen you...

Meet the Cast of ‘August: Osage County’ at The Highwood Theatre Part 7: Laura Goldberg

In Part 7 of a series of interviews with the cast of August: Osage County at The Highwood Theatre, meet Laura Goldberg. Joel: Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may have seen...

Meet the Cast of ‘August: Osage County’ at The Highwood Theatre Part 6: Elena Meiman

In Part 6 of a series of interviews with the cast of August: Osage County at The Highwood Theatre, meet Elena Meiman. Joel: Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may have seen you...

Meet the Cast of ‘Nunsense’ at Wolf Pack Theatre Company: Part 5: Jamie Crowne

In Part 5 of a series of interviews with the cast of Nunsense at Wolf Pack Theatre Company, meet Jamie Crowne. Joel: Please introduce yourself and tell us where local theatregoers may have seen you...