Category Archives: Media Review

Worth Its Weight in Gelt

So for something completely different from all those Nutcrackers and Hallelujahs this season, Round House presents a mash-up of Dickens, Fiddler on the Roof, and wised-up Millennial humor – and it’s hilarious. Continue reading

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Truthful and Not-as-Truthful: Review of Spring Break at Round House

There’s a terrific event happening this weekend at Round House Theatre. On Friday night, I caught the first of three performances of the 22nd Annual Sarah Metzger Memorial Play, Spring Break, by the Teen Performance Company, Continue reading

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Review: Next To Normal at Round House

Next to Normal, the current offering at Round House, has an excellent pedigree (it’s won many theater awards, including multiple Tonys and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama). Continue reading

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Mincemeat, Smoked Salmon and So Much Booze: The Seafarer Review

Four comrades meet for a poker party one Christmas Eve night, with a stranger invited to make up the number for five-card draw.  Continue reading

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Strutting and Fretting and Grilling and Eating

Since it’s a well-known fact that Shakespeare adapted the plots of existing plays for his own masterworks, no shade should be cast on Fat Ham’s playwright James Ijames for lifting the plot and major characters from Hamlet.  What he builds on this scaffolding is all his own, totally enjoyable, and even a little profound. Continue reading

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Holey Socks, Holy Smokes!

The success of a two-hander play depends on two things: the script and the relationship between the two players. In The Mountaintop, one sex has a slight advantage: she’s literally heavenly. Continue reading

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Think Inc. When Viewing Ink at Round House

What do you think of when you think of Rupert Murdoch?  A ruthless businessman who runs a billion-dollar world-wide publishing empire?  But did you know he acquired a rundown newspaper in 1969 and turned it into the best-selling tabloid in Britain inside of a year? Ink is that story. Continue reading

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Not Phoning It In: Review of Radio Golf at Round House

You will be both entertained and provoked to thought by this excellently written and acted production. Continue reading

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Keep Your Eye Upon the Donut: Review of Jennifer Who Is Leaving at Round House

Jennifer Who Is Leaving is part of the New Play Festival at the Round House Theatre.  Continue reading

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The Elephant in the Room Is Lord Ganesh: Olney Theatre’s A Nice Indian Boy

The Elephant in the Room Is Lord Ganesh: Olney Theatre’s rom-com with a twist, and cooking. Continue reading

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