
David Friscic
David has always had a passionate interest in the arts from acting in professional dinner theatre and community theatre to reviewing film and local theatre in college. He is thrilled to be working with Broadway World as a reviewer.
An enthusiastic interest in writing has shown itself in a BA in English/Education and an MA with honors in English Literature. He also studied Theology at the Catholic University of America and taught English in elementary and middle schools for several years.
David has recently retired from a very challenging thirty-year career at the National Science Foundation as a Technical Information Specialist in the Office of the Polar Programs. Duties included the opportunity to go to Antarctica twice and Greenland once in support of the research community.
David lives in Bethesda, MD and has taken courses at the Writer’s Center of Bethesda. He has served on committees at his condominium community.
David enjoys swimming, traveling and reading. David’s primary interest, however, is the arts and all it encompasses including opera, symphony, dance, cabaret, concerts, plays and musicals. He counts meeting Lillian Gish, Glenda Jackson, Liv Ullmann, Liza Minnelli, Lily Tomlin, Sophia Loren, Maureen Stapleton, Alan Cumming, Geraldine Page and Sandy Dennis as some of the more exciting encounters of his life.
David is a member of the American Theatre Critics Association.
Most Popular Articles


Review: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at Signature Theatre
November 14, 2025

Review: CHEZ JOEY at Arena Stage
February 17, 2026

Review: BEETLEJUICE at National Theatre
July 12, 2026
The current touring production of Beetlejuice, now playing at the National Theatre, is an odd theatrical piece –in that it is really more of an ostensible cult musical event for the generations in their twenties, thirties, and early forties.

Review: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG at Keegan Theatre
June 17, 2026
The Play That Goes Wrong, now playing at the Keegan Theatre, amusingly subverts classic murder mystery tropes by merrily mixing the physical comedy of the Three Stooges with the verbal intricacy of the Marx Brothers.

Review: SALLY & TOM at Round House Theatre
June 8, 2026
The historical and still-ongoing revelations about the children that Thomas Jefferson had with his slave woman Sally Hemmings has justifiably created a reevaluation of Thomas Jeferson’s image and reputation---as one can discover in Suzan-Lori Parks’ probing play Sally & Tom currently playing at

Review: WEST SIDE STORY Presented by Washington National Opera at The Music Center At Strathmore
May 19, 2026
It was good to be back at the Washington National Opera for their thrilling performance of West Side Story after a year of extreme change for this vital world-renowned artistic organization/institution.

Review: THE GREAT GATSBY at National Theatre
May 19, 2026
The current touring production of the Broadway musical The Great Gatsby tries to wrap its hand around the elusive and enigmatic novel of the same name by F.

Review: THE BOOK OF MORMON at National Theatre
May 1, 2026
The Book of Mormon continues its robustly quirky, comedic, and intentionally offensive romp as it enjoys a much too-short touring run at the National Theatre in Washington, DC.

Review: A GOOD DAY TO ME NOT TO YOU at Arena Stage
April 17, 2026
Sixteen characters are portrayed by the character of the narrator ----Constance Zaytoun---who carries the one-person play entitled A Good Day To Me Not To You now playing at the Arena Stage.

Review: THE MINUTES at Keegan Theatre
April 8, 2026
Ninety minutes of a play that detail the utter pompousness, redundancies, calls to “shelve” or postpone important actions, and the ignoring of vital new community comments, are only some of the bureaucratic and provincial rules, regulations, and idiocies of what can constitute The Minutes of a c

Feature: SONDHEIM AWARD GALA: Vanessa Williams Tenacity, Talent, and Artistry
March 25, 2026
I have always been tantalized by the triple threat talent of Vanessa Williams.

Review: JONAH at Studio Theatre
March 19, 2026
There is expert craftsmanship and technical polish in the production of Jonah, now playing at the always professional Studio Theatre, but there is also a feeling of detachment and insularity in this play by Rachel Bonds.

Review: CHEZ JOEY at Arena Stage
February 17, 2026
An embarrassment of theatrical riches, bordering on sensory, stimulating overload, is on display in an exceptionally bold and satisfying reimagining of the very influential musical Pal Joey—now reconceived as Chez Joey.

Review: STEREOPHONIC at National Theatre
February 13, 2026
The heightened reality replete with elongated pauses –(do people really wait this long in real life to answer one another?) that emanates from the stage of the Pulitzer- Prize and Tony -winning production of Stereophonic –now being produced in a touring /edited two hour and 50-minute version at

Review: KINKY BOOTS at Capital One Hall
February 4, 2026
“Get your freak/kink on” and show your tolerance for all---seems to be the message of the eternally popular musical plea for acceptance and inclusivity that constitutes the musical Kinky Boots.

Review: OCTET at Studio Theatre
January 21, 2026
Multi-talented composer, book writer, and vocal arranger Dave Malloy has created a musically eclectic, thematically relevant, and vocally complex work in his audacious and highly relevant work Octet.

Feature: Talent, Determination, Influence and Legacy: The Kennedy Center Honors
December 12, 2025
Craftsmanship, creativity, guts, determination and the talent that influences new generations and that creates a lasting legacy –all represented the qualities of the honorees that have been awarded the 48th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (which was taped on December 7, 2025, and will be broadcast on

Review: LEA SALONGA: STAGE, SCREEN, & EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN at The Music Center At Strathmore
December 11, 2025
Before Lea Salonga stepped out on the stage of the Strathmore this past Saturday evening, I could feel the anticipation building.

Review: SOME LIKE IT HOT at National Theatre
November 28, 2025
A sophisticated, slightly sweet, and satiric tone sweeps over the characters of the luxuriously professional production of the musical Some Like it Hot, now touring at the National Theatre.

Review: THE MOTHER PLAY: A PLAY IN FIVE EVICTIONS at Studio Theatre
November 19, 2025
The autobiographical world of playwright Paula Vogel comes alive in the illuminating and fragilely evocative “tone poem” of a play entitled The Mother Play at the Studio Theatre.

Review: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at Signature Theatre
November 14, 2025
Specific events in the intimate world of Anatevka, Russia are presented in a manner that propels universal understanding of the relevant themes of family, forgiveness, acceptance, and tolerance in the highly immersive and interactive staging of the renowned classic Fiddler on the Roof, now at the Si
BroadwayWorld TV
