On Tuesday Amanda and I went out to Wolf Trap, an outdoor performing arts center outside of DC, for an Aretha Franklin concert.  We had gotten lawn tickets so that we could have a picnic (which Amanda expertly assembled) on the grass before the show. Unfortunately, as well-suited as lawn seating is for picnicking, it […]

The new Broadway musical, The Book of Mormon, has gotten a lot of attention lately.  The theatre world is abuzz because it’s apparently really good.  The critic for The New York Times, for example, calls it “heaven on Broadway.”  The show has 14 Tony Award nominations, more than any other musical this year.  The Mormon world is abuzz because, well, it’s a […]

Yesterday the Kennedy Center launched its new production of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies.  Naturally, I was in the audience.  According to the press, the production costs topped $7 million, making this is the most expensive local theatre production ever: for Washington DC.  When you look at the cast, it’s not hard to imagine that most of the budget […]