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Martrese Meachum

Martrese Meachum

Martrese is a writer and storyteller based in Washington, DC happy to be doing the BWW DC scene.






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Review: PASSING STRANGE at Signature Theatre
Review: PASSING STRANGE at Signature Theatre
May 5, 2023

Catch the Tony Award-winning rock musical 'Passing Strange' at Signature Theatre in this captivating production directed by Raymond Caldwell. Follow Youth on his journey of self-discovery through punk, funk, blues, gospel, and jazz music that will leave you moved and empowered.

Review: CLYDE'S at Studio Theatre
Review: CLYDE'S at Studio Theatre
March 14, 2023

The Tony nominated play by Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage expertly humanizes the felonious kitchen staff of a truck stop sandwich shop through humor, storytelling and the power of possibility.

Review: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER at The Kennedy Center
Review: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER at The Kennedy Center
February 9, 2023

What did our critic think of ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER at The Kennedy Center?

Review: DRACULA at Synetic Theatre
Review: DRACULA at Synetic Theatre
October 17, 2022

What did our critic think of DRACULA at Synetic Theatre? Synetic Theatre's signature style of silent, motion filled acting lends itself well to this adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel of the same name. Dracula is the tale of a wounded warrior granted eternal life as a vampire during the Turkish Invasion. Four hundred years later, upon the arrival of John, an English solicitor to Dracula's secluded Transylvanian lair, the adventure begins. True to its name this show is spooky and sensual with a tinge of a rock n' roll.

Review: MY CALAMITOUS AFFAIR... at The Corner At Whitman Walker
Review: MY CALAMITOUS AFFAIR... at The Corner At Whitman Walker
October 13, 2022

What did our critic think of MY CALAMITOUS AFFAIR... at The Corner At Whitman Walker? Voices Festival Productions' presents My Calamitous Affair with the Minister of Culture and Censorship or Death of Dialogic in the American Theater by founder and playwright, Ari Roth as its season opener. My Calamitous Affair...is directed by DC theatre veteran and six time Helen Hayes Award Nominee John Vreeke.

Review: DANCE NATION at Olney Theatre
Review: DANCE NATION at Olney Theatre
October 5, 2022

Dance Nation, Olney Theatre's 22-23 Season opener, is a 2019 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama by playwright and performer Clare Barron and directed for Olney Theatre by Jenna Place. The play follows a 'tweenage dance team from Liverpool, Ohio, more is at stake than a first-place trophy.' Its about the battle between self doubt and self belief as well as the devotion required in order to be truly great at something.

Review: KURIOS - Cirque du Soleil's CABINET OF CURIOSITIES at Tyson's Square
Review: KURIOS - Cirque du Soleil's CABINET OF CURIOSITIES at Tyson's Square
August 25, 2022

Given that this was my first time visiting the circus any circus in well over a decade and the first time attending Cirque du Soleil in person, I was not sure what to expect. However, I was prepared to be pleasantly surprised. Under the big blue tent in Tyson Square there are lots of refreshments and even a VIP lounge with separate entrance and open bar. If I were you I would pay the extra to sit up front because the closer you are to the stage in this aspect the easier it is to be immersed in the show. That being said, the famous French-Canadian circus begins in the audience with classical mimes thematically appropriate costuming as pre-show entertainment.

Review: SOPHISTICATED NEW ONES at Unexpected Stage Company
Review: SOPHISTICATED NEW ONES at Unexpected Stage Company
June 27, 2022

What did our critic think? Sophisticated New Ones, written by well versed television actor, writer and show creator Keith Powel is not a throw away play. Set in the time leading up to President Barack Obama's first election, this story centers an antique repair shop owned and operated by a divorce' and her adult son. It explores the conflict between what one has to give up in order to move forward. It's directed by Unexpected Stage Company board member and stage veteran, Dawn Thomas Reidy.






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