Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. John Quincy Adams is not the first person who comes to mind when you think ...
2 Richard Grenell Expected to Shift Out of Kennedy Center Leadership It seems fitting that it takes a four-person ensemble to portray John Quincy Adams. His life was the sheer definition of epic. He ...
In Aaron Posner’s play, there is more than one John Quincy Adams, but only one way to ensure that American democracy endures. By Elisabeth Vincentelli Sounding like a 19th-century MSNBC pundit, John ...
“JQA,” Aaron Posner’s play about our sixth president, depicts John Quincy Adams as a scholarly mind, a dedicated public servant and, paradoxically, a man who proved ill-fitted for the White House. For ...
Eric Hissom (JQA/John Adams/Henry Clay), left, and Joshua David Robinson (JQA/Frederick Douglas/Andrew Jackson) in “JQA,” through April 14 at Arena Stage. (Stanley Photography) Review by Peter Marks ...
Prolific playmaker-about-town Aaron Posner says he chose John Quincy Adams as the subject of his entry in Arena Stage’s history-and-politics-focused “Power Plays” initiative because our sixth ...
On the heels of earning a “Critic’s Pick” designation from The New York Times for its production of “JQA,” San Diego Repertory Theatre has announced a three-week extension of its filmed production of ...
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15, through Saturday, Nov. 18; 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19. Repeats through Dec. 3. WHERE: New Mexico Actors Lab, 1213 Parkway Drive, Santa ...
Be it as playwright or director, when Aaron Posner is at the helm, the synapses prepare for a certain kind of firing: there will be wit, intelligence, and a brand of subversive warmth even a cynic can ...
Aaron Posner’s look at the life and times of John Quincy Adams, now making its New England debut at Warwick’s Gamm Theatre, serves as a stark reminder that the seeds of the current mess in Washington ...
Alice in Wonderland Musical adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic, through Sept. 5; Phamaly Theater Company, Su Teatro Performing Arts Center, 721 Santa Fe Dr., Denver; phamaly.org. Beer Quest ...