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Review: SOFT POWER at Signature Theatre
by Pamela Roberts - Aug 16, 2024

Soft Power at Signature Theatre, is lush and polished, wacky and worrisome, absurdist and cautionary. It’s a tightrope of high political stakes and a zany montage of the US and China. As we head into high season of the 2024 election, the timing is perfect for staging the recently revised musical by David Henry Hwang and Jeanine Tesori.

Photos: SOFT POWER at Signature Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 14, 2024

Get a first look at photos of Soft Power at Signature Theatre. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

Video: Go Inside Rehearsals & Learn About Signature Theatre's Revised SOFT POWER
by Joshua Wright - Jul 31, 2024

Go inside rehearsals and learn more about Signature Theatre's DC premiere of Soft Power. Soft Power is a musical fantasia with music by Jeanine Tesori (Kimberly Akimbo, Fun Home) and book and lyrics by David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly, Yellow Face).

Signature Theatre Announces Cast And Creative Team Of SOFT POWER
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 12, 2024

Signature Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for SOFT POWER.

Video: First Look at PACIFIC OVERTURES at Signature Theatre
by Alan Henry - Mar 14, 2023

Signature Theatre is presenting Pacific Overtures with music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by John Weidman. Get a first look at the cast in action!

Video: Cast of PACIFIC OVERTURES at Signature Theatre Sings 'Someone in a Tree'
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 21, 2023

Watch cast members from Signature Theatre's Pacific Overtures perform 'Someone in a Tree'!

Cast & Creative Team Announced for PACIFIC OVERTURES at Signature Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 7, 2023

Signature Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for the musical Pacific Overtures with music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by John Weidman.

Review: ONCE UPON A (KOREAN) TIME at LA MAMA COMES IN HOT, STIRS THE POT
by Derek McCracken - Sep 5, 2022

Presented by Ma-Yi Theater Company and directed by Obie-winner Ralph B. Peña, the world premiere of Daniel K. Isaac’s ambitious nested-narrative play, ONCE UPON A (KOREAN) TIME comes in hot and stirs the cultural pot, layering traditional Korean folk tales amidst a legacy of trauma, love, and endurance.

Review Roundup: ONCE UPON A (KOREAN) TIME at Ma-Yi Theater Company - What Did the Critics Think?
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 1, 2022

Ma-Yi Theater Company is presenting the world premiere of Daniel K. Isaac's ONCE UPON A (korean) TIME. Directed by Obie-winner Ralph B. Peña, Isaac's epic new play mixes traditional Korean fables with the horrors of the Korean War. ONCE UPON A (korean) TIME runs through September 18, 2022, at La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre. Read the reviews here!

Cast Announced for World Premiere of Daniel K. Isaac's ONCE UPON A (KOREAN) TIME at Ma-Yi Theater Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 15, 2022

Ma-Yi Theater Company has announced details for the world premiere of Daniel K. Isaac’s ONCE UPON A (korean) TIME. Directed by Obie-winner Ralph B. Peña, Isaac’s epic new play runs August 23–September 18, 2022, at La MaMa’s Ellen Stewart Theatre.

BWW Review: FIDELIO at the Met �" Not THE MET �" Proves Beethoven's Only Opera Is No Museum Piece
by Richard Sasanow - Feb 16, 2022

It’s no secret that many of the standard repertoire’s most famous operas had troubled premieres but Beethoven’s FIDELIO had more than its share. Thanks to the efforts of Heartbeat Opera, which performed its revised version at New York’s Met Museum this past weekend (before a short tour), we can see the forest for the trees, with many of the work’s problems dealt with in a surprisingly effective way and the story brought up to date without destroying its integrity.