DC Metro Theater Arts
by David Friscic
February 7, 2017
"...Mr. Eckert’s iconoclastic 'performance art' style always produced the unexpected..."
The acclaimed writer, composer, librettist, physician, performer, and director Rinde Eckert delighted and amazed the crowd on Friday evening at the Kennedy Center’s Family Theater. Eckert allowed the audience to enter his seemingly hermetically sealed world of musical language, comedic riffs, rare instrumentals, and anecdotal tales.
Mr. Eckert is the recipient of the Lucille Lortel Award as well as several Drama Desk Awards. He certainly captured the crowd’s attention with amazing verbal wordplay, singing in the highest of registers and playing several musical instruments...
Rinde Eckert. Photo courtesy of the Kennedy Center.