All tagged Jared Grimes

REVIEW: A sterling revival of “A Soldier’s Play” at Roundabout Theatre Company

Roundabout Theatre Company presents a sterling revival and Broadway debut of Charles Fuller’s 1982 Pulitzer Prize-winning “A Soldier’s Play”, a thrilling and tautly constructed military murder mystery set among the segregated barracks of an Army base in 1944 Central Louisiana.  Kenny Leon directs a terrific ensemble, led by David Alan Grier and Blair Underwood, in one of the best productions Roundabout has presented in recent memory.

REVIEW: “The Scottsboro Boys” at Signature Theatre

Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia mounts an impressive and solid production of Kander and Ebb’s “The Scottsboro Boys”, a satirical minstrel show presentation of the harrowing story of one of the most disgraceful episodes in American history.  Musical theatre fans in the D.C.-metro area should flock to this regional premiere of an extraordinary and underappreciated musical.  It’s an important “must see” of the season, and well-worth the visit.