At its core, Will Snider’s “How to Use a Knife” is a play that explores the dark side of the human condition.  The play is enjoying its first production as part of the National New Play Network’s Rolling World Premieres at Capital Stage, where it opened last Saturday night.  While its core is both powerful […]

              The presidential race is about to enter that critical stage when just about everyone is paying at least a little attention to the candidates, to what they are saying and to what their election might portend for the country.  Current polls notwithstanding (and they are tightening, in case you haven’t noticed), Donald Trump and […]

              Victor Hugo’s “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” written in 1831, is a massive novel that has never been completely honored in the many stage and cinematic versions of it that have been produced.  Most fans of the tale of the deformed, deaf bell-ringer of the ancient cathedral and his love of the beautiful gypsy […]

              For the last few weeks, ever since the Democrats completed their nominating convention, Donald Trump has looked like a sure loser in this fall’s presidential election.  The Democrats put on a good show, which certainly gave Hillary Clinton a boost, but Trump helped her cause immeasurably by just being a terrible candidate, almost acting as […]