washingtonpost.com - BackstageBackstage'Phantom's' Haunts- April 19, 2005 "Phantom" lead Hugh Panaro will join five other Broadway lights in "The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber" at the Kennedy Center Opera House.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30325-2004Dec27.html?nav=rss_style/columns/... 'Desert' Oasis- April 19, 2005 Washington writer Karen Zacarias is about to see two of her plays hit the stage in Chicago.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33960-2005Jan24.html?nav=rss_style/columns/... Out of 'Garage,' 'Into The Woods'- April 19, 2005 Signature Theatre will christen its Arlington digs in spring 2006 with a revival of Stephen Sondheim's "Into the Woods."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15567-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_style/columns/b... Back In the Lab- April 19, 2005 Synetic Theater's Paata Tsikurishvili describes the 70-minute "Bohemians," opening Jan. 14 at Classika Theatre, as an avant-garde "tragic farce."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64454-2005Jan10.html?nav=rss_style/columns/... Literary Ambitions- April 19, 2005 Blake Robison, who takes over as Round House Theatre's artistic director in June, will launch a five-year "literary works initiative" to foster adaptations of classic and contemporary works at the Bethesda stage.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42646-2005Feb21.html?nav=rss_style/columns/... Oates, In Parallel Universes- April 19, 2005 The prolific Joyce Carol Oates wrote "The Tattooed Girl," premiering next month at Theater J, simultaneously as novel and play.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15163-2004Dec20.html?nav=rss_style/columns/... Exclamation Point- April 19, 2005 Jerry Whiddon, who steps down in June after 20 years at Round House Theatre, will be honored next month by the Washington Area Performing Arts Video Archive.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24828-2005Feb14.html?nav=rss_style/columns/... A Real Loss- April 19, 2005 For Gary Sloan, playing the beloved patriarch in "The Diary of Anne Frank" has become an experience fraught with feelings about more than the play and the world it re-creates.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41756-2004Dec6.html?nav=rss_style/columns/b... Life in Sharp Focus- April 19, 2005 This fall, if all goes well, University of Maryland theater students and others will be able to view a collection of nearly 400 video recordings of Washington area theater performances dating back to 1993.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6454-2005Feb7.html?nav=rss_style/columns/ba... Sharpening Its Revival Skills- April 19, 2005 Arena Stage will present an all-American roster of plays in its 2005-06 season, including two world premieres and six revivals.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35344-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_style/columns/... |