Teresa Castracane News

Photo Flash: First Look at Pulitzer Winner PROOF at 1st Stage

by BWW News Desk — April 4, 2016

1st Stage, Tysons' award-winning professional theatre, has extended its production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning PROOF by David Auburn through May 8.

1st Stage to Present WHEN THE RAIN STOPS FALLING

by Tyler Peterson — January 25, 2016

Epic in scope and poetic in language, this beautiful, haunting play crosses continents and challenges the boundaries of time to tell the story of one family and the events that bring them together and drive them apart.

BWW Review: Magical A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at WSC Avant Bard

by Andrew White — January 25, 2016

WSC Avant-Bard's magical production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream offers is an absolute delight.

Photo Flash: First Look at HARVEY at 1st Stage

by BWW News Desk — November 16, 2015

The 1st Stage production of HARVEY by Mary Chase features Tonya Beckman, Jonathan Lee Taylor, William Aitken, Elliott Bales, Robert Grimm, DeJeanette Horne, Carolyn Kashner, Kelsey Meiklejohn, Emily Morrison, Sue Schaffel, and Tim Torre.

BWW Review: HARVEY is a Comedy with Imagination and Heart at 1st Stage Theatre

by Hannah Wing — November 16, 2015

With World War II raging on in Europe, Veta Simmons and her daughter, Myrtle Mae Simmons are fighting a battle of their own against Elwood P.

BWW Reviews: A Horribly Good Time with TITUS ANDRONICUS at CSC -- But Don't Call It Shakespeare

by Jack L. B. Gohn — October 31, 2015

If you view this production as an entertainment for those whose taste runs to Mad Max, to Rocky Horror, and to the movies of Quentin Tarantino (none of which I'm knocking, but let's not call them Shakespeare), then this may be a lark for you.

BWW Review: Tough NOW COMES THE NIGHT at 1st Stage

by Roger Catlin — September 23, 2015

You'd hardly identify E.

BWW Review: INHERITANCE CANYON by Taffety Punk

by Hannah Land — September 20, 2015

Absurdist comedy and sparking physical comedy collide in Taffety Punk's Inheritance Canyone

BWW Reviews: A Thrilling, First Quarto 'Hamlet' With Taffety Punk

by Andrew White — May 11, 2015

Under the direction of Joel David Santner (who will shortly be moving to California for film school, a great loss to the DC area) the company has proven yet again that when viewed with fresh eyes, the early First Quarto version of 'Hamlet' is a limitless source of inspiration for artists and audien

BWW Reviews: OLD WICKED SONGS Soars at 1stStage in Tysons

by Keith Tittermary — April 14, 2015

Sadness and joy is a recurring motif in music.

BWW Reviews: 1st Stage in Tysons Revives DOUBT

by Jeffrey Walker — February 9, 2015

John Patrick Shanley's thought-provoking drama DOUBT, A PARABLE certainly has earned its share of accolades since it premiered at the Manhattan Theatre Club in 2004.

BWW Reviews: Taffety Punk's TEMPEST Another Triumph For the 'Riot Grrrls'

by Andrew White — February 9, 2015

Taffety Punk's current production of The Tempest demonstrates how Shakespeare's work is infinitely elastic in terms of creativity and casting.

BWW Reviews: A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company - A Baltimore Version Circa 1843

by Charles Shubow — December 17, 2014

Get ready for an annual Baltimore tradition.

The Welders Welcome New Artistic Director

by Tyler Peterson — November 19, 2014

The Welders-Washington's only playwrights' collective devoted exclusively to developing and producing new work-has named Bob Bartlett as their new artistic director.

BWW Reviews: THE DEVIL IN HIS OWN WORDS

by Pamela Roberts — September 14, 2014

Words are indeed the star of this production as much as the Devil himself in Marcus Kyd's ambitious The Devil in His Own Words stitched together from more than 30 literary works ranging from the Quran to the Book of Revelations, from Twain to Bulgakov to C.