This Neil Simon classic is the perfect way to end the weekend. Produced by Stage Door ProductionsDirected (and sponsored) by Kitt MurphyTickets available through August 11th Oliver Wendell Holmes described the US Supreme Court as “nine scorpions in a bottle.” In Neil Simon’s play, this should read “Eight comedy writers plus one typist equals eight […]
When is it real life and when is it a farce? Jump at your last few chances to see this show tonight or tomorrow afternoon! Directed by Heather McIntoshAllstate Community Theatre810 Caroline Street, Fredericksburg, VA, 22401Tickets available at fredericksburgtheatre.org The play is called POTUS: Or Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive. […]
Presented by Stage Door Productions Music and lyrics by Irving BerlinBook by Dorothy Fields and Herbert FieldsDirected by David SchubertTickets available for June 30 Theater Criticism 101 Answer the following questions: Answers: In 1946, Irving Berlin had been writing Broadway musicals for 32 years. When approached by Rogers and Hammerstein to write the score that […]
The George Washington Foundation and the Fredericksburg Theatre Ensemble are putting on William Shakespeare’s As You Like It. Will you like it? Our Theatre Critic says, “Yes!” Shakespeare on the Lawn at Kenmore: As You Like ItJune 15 and 16 at 6:30 PM, with the gate opening at 5:30 to allow the audience to picnic.TicketsBring […]
Riverside Theater’s production of this classic is ‘an adaptation of an adaptation of a major revision of a novel.’ Does it work? Does it ever. The Wizard of Oz is a true American success story. The original novel by L. Frank Baum and many of the early adaptations passed into public domain long ago, along […]
‘They’re Playing Our Song’ is a bridge in Neil Simon’s career, and a delight for today’s audiences. by Marvin Hamlisch and Carol Bayer Sager, with book by Neil Simon Presented by Riverside Center for the Performing Arts (Plays through May 12, 2024) Tickets $65 – $82 On Saturday night, I had the opportunity to visit […]
TWELFTH NIGHT by William Shakespeare Presented by UMW Theatre, directed by Marc WilliamsTickets $23.00- $28.00 By Dennis WemmTHEATRE CRITIC So the play happens to be 422 years old, written in a mix of early modern English prose and poetry, sprinkled with songs until it’s almost a musical comedy. It deals with cross-dressing, the mistakes people […]
This classic play closes Sunday, so we’re bringing you Wemm’s column early. A classic Shakespearian tragedy that strikes all the right chords is worth your time – young lovers, or their adult leaders. by Dennis WemmTHEATRE CRITIC Romeo and Juliet, by William ShakespeareAdapted and directed by Bill GreenStage Door Productions at the Allstate Community Theatre810 […]
Theater Review: Misery adapted by William Goldman from Stephen King’s novel Produced by Fredericksburg Theatre Ensemble; purchase tickets Upcoming performances: 8 PM on October 20, 21, 27 and 28; 6 PM on October 22 and 29 Reviewed by Dennis Wemm THEATER CRITIC For his story The Final Problem, Arthur Conan Doyle killed off his most […]
“There are precious few at ease with moral ambiguities…” – Stephen Schwartz, Wicked This is an often-retold story. The tale (retold by Ken Ludwig) is a tightly paced extended memory (or narrative) told by Christie’s famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. In Ludwig’s hands, the “whodunit” becomes mingled with the tougher question “who is in the […]
