DC Theatre Arts

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November 2022

• NatPhil and Broadway Stars Deliver a Variety Show of Broadway Treats

• Unpacking what was funny and not in David Sedaris' show at Kennedy Center

September 2022

• Leonard Bernstein's "Mass" at the Kennedy Center is a Fiery Force To Behold

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July 2022

• "Something Rotten!" Is a Joyous Farce at the Little Theatre of Alexandria

  • ​Much like the Black Plague, the joy the Little Theatre of Alexandria’s production of Something Rotten! emanates is unexpectedly infectious. 

• The Blue Man Group Leans Into Weirdness and Wonder On Tour at the Kennedy Center

  • "One of Blue Man Group’s taglines is “Hard to Describe. Easy to Love.” Kudos to their publicist; this is spot-on. And the fact the show’s meaning isn’t handed to you on a silver platter is why it confuses some, and confuses AND delights others — and has done so since 1987."​

• The Second City' at the Kennedy Center Has a Message For Americans: Calm down

  • " The show offers a blend of political humor and just plain silliness while all the time presenting a refreshing message to treasure during our apocalypse: All we can do is our best."

  • (Quoted by the Kennedy Center in promotional materials) 

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May 2022

• "[title of show]" Shines With Glittering Talent and Originality at Dominion Stage

  • "The core triumph of [title of show]? Showing me how many creative writing deadlines I have needlessly stressed out about because I didn’t think to do my creative writing assignment about needlessly stressing out about the creative writing assignment. Can I write this review about what it was like to write this review? My editor said no. Worth a shot."

• The gala night Jon Stewart Got the Mark Twain Prize at the Kennedy Center

  • "Especially as a young person hoping to work in political satire, the larger-than-life experience of attending the Mark Twain Prize ceremony was a formative one that I will not soon forget. While the tickets for this gala are not inexpensive for casual comedy lovers, those who are able to acquire them should absolutely seek to attend coming years’ Mark Twain Prize galas, if simply for the chance to experience briefly being inside the world of those figures we know and love from stage and screen."

  • (Represented DCTA at the annual Mark Twain Prize red carpet gala at the Kennedy Center)​

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March 2022

• Female Comics Stage a Weekend "RIOT!" at Kennedy Center​

• Tete-a-Tetes Fit For a Queen in "The Audience" From British Players

February 2022

• 'Cabaret' at the Classic Theatre of Maryland Sends a Dark Message Brilliantly​

2021

• What's So Funny About John Oliver?

  • A preview of John Oliver's 2021 performances at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. that doubles as a 2000-word research paper analyzing British humor and Last Week Tonight's journalistic approach to comedy. 

• Review: The Improvised Shakespeare Company​

• Preview: The Daily Show Writers Stand Up Tour​

• Preview: Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski

  • Preview of David Straithairn's performance at the Shakespeare Theatre Company as WWII resistance fighter Jan Karski. The play is a masterful solo performance about the man who tried to warn the Oval Office of the Holocaust, only to be disbelieved.