Review: FAIR PLAY at 1st Stageby Hannah R. Wing - October 23, 2025The competitive world of track and field is the center of 1st Stage’s Fair Play, written by Ella Road and directed by Deidra LaWan Starnes, but there is more to this play than just running. Ann (Mahkai Dominique) is a British-Nigerian who crosses paths with Sophie (Camilla Pivetta), a white British star runner who has been competing since she was nine years old. Review: KIM’S CONVENIENCE at Olney Theatre Centerby Hannah R. Wing - July 7, 2025While the show currently isn’t on Netflix anymore, the beloved Kim family’s story lives on in productions like Olney Theatre’s Kim's Convenience, directed by Aria Velz. Review: IT’S A MOTHERF**CKING PLEASURE At Woolly Mammothby Hannah R. Wing - March 13, 2025It’s a Motherf**cking Pleasure, directed by Josh Roche, goes rapidly back and forth between a play and commentary (as well as a little bit of audience interaction) that addresses ableism, and this makes the fictional play hard to follow. Review: WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE SEA at Signature Theatreby Hannah R. Wing - May 31, 2024Signature Theatre’s production, Where The Mountain Meets the Sea, is a touching narrative that explores the complex dynamics between a father and son, set to the soulful sounds of mountain music. You don’t want to miss out on this original musical, which will stay with you in your heart, even after you leave the theatre. Review: Mosaic Theater Company's World Premiere of Nancyby Hannah R. Wing - April 4, 2024Nancy is a compelling satirical play with themes which still resonate today as Indigenous communities in the U.S. (and around the world) fight to get their land back, advocate for environmental justice, and improve the lives of people within their communities. Review: POE'S LAST STANZA at Perry's in Odenton Is Full of Wit, Poetry and Humorby Cybele Pomeroy - November 13, 2023Here is wonderful dark magic at work. The wizarding workshop is Do Or Die Productions, its owner/ director/ writer, CJ Crowe, the magician, and her brainchild, POE'S LAST STANZA the spell. The magic of live theater, collective imagination, and audience-driven improvisation are the ingredients in Crowe’s bewitching brew. Review: THE BODY OF A WOMAN AS A BATTLEFIELD at ExPats Theatreby Hannah R. Wing - April 30, 2023ExPats Theatre’s production of The Body of a Woman as a Battlefield, directed by Karin Rosnizeck, features two great actors, but stumbles with low production quality and a script which doesn’t do its characters justice. Review: CATS at National Theatreby Hannah Wing - January 18, 2023So, should you attend the Jellicle Ball? Absolutely. Cats is one of those musicals that will stay with you, whether you see it for the first time or twentieth time. think of CATS at National Theatre? BWW Review: CELIA AND FIDEL at Arena Stageby Hannah Wing - October 16, 2021Arena Stage’s production of Celia and Fidel, directed by Molly Smith, is a fast-paced drama set within Cuban politics during Castro’s dictatorship. BWW REVIEW: TONI STONE AT ARENA STAGEby Hannah Wing - September 12, 2021Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of Toni Stone at Arena Stage, directed by Pam MacKinnon, gives Toni (Santoya Fields) the power to tell her own story — the way she wants to tell it. BWW Review: MIDNIGHT AT THE NEVER GET at Signature Theatreby Dara Homer - May 1, 2021Midnight at The Never Get begins as a cabaret act that transforms into a love story and concludes as a meditation on the way we grieve our past selves. The entire show takes place in a 1960s nightclub where things are not quite as they seem: the star of the act, singer Trevor Copeland (Sam Bolen, who also co-conceived the show), has died, and he's chosen to spend his afterlife inside a cabaret of songs and stories. We are the audience to Trevor's memories as he takes us on a journey through a chapter of his past in which he performed in a nightclub routine with the love of his life, songwriter Arthur Brightman (Christian Douglas).
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