Author Archive for Trey Graham

Page to Stage, Day 1

"It's like pilot season for theater." —Fiona Blackshaw
It is, kinda. The Kennedy Center's Page to Stage new-play festival, which runs through Monday, partly serves up previews of stuff you'll see on D.C.-area stages in the coming season. Signature Theatre, ferinstance, will be showcasing a new Underground Railroad musical by Nevermore composer Matt Conner.
But Page [...]

Heads Up

Every Thursday, we round up Pay-Whats and other cheap seats at local theaters. Just so's your weekend is a little easier.
Before we start, remember the general rules: (A) Reservations for these? Not so much. (B) They're offered on a space-available basis, so have a backup plan. (C) Click each theater name for details and contact [...]

Heads Up

Every Thursday, we round up Pay-Whats and other cheap seats at local theaters. Just so's your weekend is a little easier.
Before we start, remember the general rules: (A) Reservations for these? Not so much. (B) They're offered on a space-available basis, so have a backup plan. (C) Click each theater name for details and contact [...]

It’s a Numbers Game

This week's story about the fate of the Source Theatre space ("Arts for Arts Space,” 8/11) has some people wondering whether I thought hard enough about the questions I raised. My reasoning was flawed, one correspondent suggests, and my analysis incomplete—at least when it comes to what constitutes affordable performance space for a small theater [...]

Heads Up

Every Thursday, we round up Pay-Whats and other cheap seats at local theaters. Just so's your weekend is a little easier.
Before we start, remember the general rules: (A) Reservations for these? Not so much. (B) They're offered on a space-available basis, so have a backup plan. (C) Click each theater name for details and contact [...]

Heads Up

Every Thursday, we round up Pay-Whats and other cheap seats at local theaters.  Just so's your weekend is a little easier.
Before we start, remember the general rules: (A) Reservations for these? Not so much. (B) They're offered on a space-available basis, so have a backup plan. (C) Click each theater name for details and contact [...]

Heads Up

Every Thursday, we round up Pay-Whats and other cheap seats at local theaters.  Just so's your weekend is a little easier.
Before we start, remember the general rules: (A) Reservations for these? Not so much. (B) They're offered on a space-available basis, so have a backup plan. (C) Click each theater name for details and contact [...]

Heads Up

Every Thursday, we round up Pay-Whats and other cheap seats at local theaters. Just so's your weekend is a little easier.
Before we start, remember the general rules: (A) Reservations for these? Not so much. (B) They're offered on a space-available basis, so have a backup plan. (C) Click each theater name for details and contact [...]

Heads Up

Every Thursday, we round up Pay-Whats and other cheap seats at local theaters. Just so's your weekend is a little easier.
Before we start, remember the general rules: (A) Reservations for these? Not so much. (B) They're offered on a space-available basis, so have a backup plan. (C) Click each theater name for details and contact [...]

Heads Up

Every Thursday, we round up Pay-Whats and other cheap seats at local theaters. Just so's your weekend is a little easier.
Before we start, remember the general rules: (A) Reservations for these? Not so much. (B) They're offered on a space-available basis, so have a backup plan. (C) Click each theater name for details and contact [...]

Heads Up

Every Thursday, we round up Pay-Whats and other cheap seats at local theaters. Just so's your weekend is a little easier.
Before we start, remember the general rules: (A) Reservations for these? Not so much. (B) They're offered on a space-available basis, so have a backup plan. (C) Click each theater name for details and contact [...]

Heads Up

Every Thursday, we round up Pay-Whats and other cheap seats at local theaters. Just so's your weekend is a little easier.
Before we start, remember the general rules: (A) Reservations for these? Not so much. (B) They're offered on a space-available basis, so have a backup plan. (C) Click each theater name for details and contact [...]

Hellman Hath No Fury

It looked, for a minute or two, like The Children's Hour might get abbreviated.
Representatives of playwright Lillian Hellman's estate, alarmed by a Washington Post review that detailed what seemed to be aggressive alterations in the Washington Shakespeare Company's production of the grand old melodrama, contacted the troupe last week threatening a withdrawal of the show's [...]

Heads Up

Every Thursday, we round up Pay-Whats and other cheap seats at local theaters. Just so's your weekend is a little easier.
Before we start, remember the general rules: (A) Reservations for these? Not so much. (B) They're offered on a space-available basis, so have a backup plan. (C) Click each theater name for details and contact [...]

Heads Up

Every Thursday, we round up Pay-Whats and other cheap seats at local theaters. Just so's your weekend is a little easier.
Before we start, remember the general rules: (A) Reservations for these? Not so much. (B) They're offered on a space-available basis, so have a backup plan. (C) Click each theater name for details and contact [...]