MM Theater Blog

How to succeed on Broadway with a musical comedy? One surefire way is to cast Daniel Radcliffe and John Larroquette in the lead roles! Of course that kind of star power will attract a wide audience, and also a young audience, due to Radcliffe's fame in the Harry Potter films. But that aside, the truth is that they are both really that good! Daniel Radcliffe lights up the stage, and John Larroquette's comedic timing is pure genius! And they are the tip of the iceberg in a production that boasts a stellar cast from top to bottom!

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Where does one begin to describe the genius of Anna Deavere Smith, who conceived, wrote and performed Second Stage Theatre's production of Let me Down Easy, currently at Arena Stage's Kreeger Theatre? With little more than a change in jacket or accessories, Smith so convincingly embodies 20 people over the course of the play, that the stage feels crowded by the end of it!

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Theresa Rebeck's Bad Dates at Olney Theatre Center is a comical romp through one woman's closet as she prepares for one bad date after another. If you thought one-woman plays were boring, think again -- the 600 pairs of shoes and characters off stage more than make up for the absence of other actors.

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Olney Theatre Center kicks off their 2008 season on a high note with John Patrick Shanley's Doubt: A Parable. Audience members may come away from the play having doubts about what actually occurred (or didn't occur), but there is no doubt that this thought-provoking drama is a rousing success!

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