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Post-Play Palaver: ‘Angels in America: Part Two: Perestroika’ at Round House Theatre and Olney...
Post-Play Palaver is an occasional series of conversations between DCMetroTheaterArts writers who saw the same performance, got really into talking about it, and decided...
Review: ‘DAS BARBECÜ’ at Spotlighters Theatre
DAS BARBECÜ, as directed by Greg Bell, and with Book and Lyrics by Jim Luigs, was a rousing and at times, funny-bone-breaking re-telling of...
Review: Patti LuPone at Wolf Trap
The Barns at Wolf Trap resonated with the powerful belt of one of Broadway's reigning divas tonight as Patti LuPone brought her concert "Don't...
Flying V’s ‘Be Awesome: A Theatrical Mixtape of the 90s’ Bob Manzo’s Mixtape
Flying V is winding down its awesome run of Be Awesome: A Theatrical Mixtape of the 90s, and here is cast member Bob Manzo's personal Mixtape.
Bob...
Review: ‘Poe … And All the Others’ at Annapolis Shakespeare Company
Poe … And All the Others is an imaginative, entertaining production, with an incredibly creative use of space. With just two people, a minimum of...
Flying V’s ‘Be Awesome: A Theatrical Mixtape of the 90s’ Jon Jon Johnson’s Mixtape
Flying V is winding down its awesome run of Be Awesome: A Theatrical Mixtape of the 90s, and here is cast member Jon Jon Johnson's personal...
Review: ‘The Blues Project’ by Dorrance Dance with Toshi Reagon and BIG Lovely at...
If you want to know how America dances, don’t tune in to those kitschy television competition shows So You Think You Can Dance? and Dancing...
Review: ‘Fringe POP [Performance over Projection]’ at Capital Fringe-
Fringe POP is an interesting and laudable new theatrical experiment from the Capital Fringe creative team. Fringe POP, which launched last night at...
Meet the Cast of ‘Ruthless! The Musical’ at Creative Cauldron: Part 3: Meet the...
In Part 3 of a series of interviews with the cast of Ruthless! The Musical at Creative Cauldron, meet Tamarin Ythier.
Joel: Please introduce yourself and...
Review: ‘The Encounter’ at The Golden Theatre in NYC
Simon McBurney is one of European theatre's most original and controversial artists working today. For more than 30 years he has led Complicite, the...
Review: ‘Grounded’ at InterAct Theatre Company in Philadelphia
InterAct's Grounded, directed by Kathryn MacMillan, follows the journey of an Alpha-female military pilot (Kittson O'Neill) who grapples with a multitude of difficulties and decisions...
Twisted Knickers Burlesque and The Round World Present ‘The Bard and the Beautiful’ and...
Oh Mama, Mama what am I to do? I like Shakespeare but I like to shimmy too!
It’s 'Shakespeare with Shake Appeal' for two nights,...
Review: ‘Radio Golf’ at Howard University
August Wilson made it his lifelong project to chronicle the African American experience in every decade of the 20th century with his Pittsburgh Cycle. With...
Review: ‘This Is The Week That Is: The Election Special’ at 1812 Productions in...
An annual favorite at 1812 Productions is its irreverent take on the current news. This year’s show, This Is The Week That Is: The...
Spine: For the Love of ‘Angels in America: Perestroika’ at Round House Theatre
Part II of Tony Kushner's Angels in America opened last weekend at the Round House Theatre. A joint production with the Olney Theatre Center,...
Meet the Cast of ‘Ruthless! The Musical’ at Creative Cauldron: Part 2: Sophia Manicone
In Part 2 of a series of interviews with the cast of Ruthless! The Musical at Creative Cauldron, meet Sophia Manicone.
Joel: Please introduce yourself and tell our readers...
Interviews with the Cast of McLean Community Players’ ‘Comic Potential’ Part 4: Caity Brown
In Part 4 in a series of interviews with the cast of McLean Community Players’ Comic Potential, meet Caity Brown.
Joel: Introduce yourself and tell us where else we...
An Interview with Actress Michele Loor Nicolay about Appearing in ‘Rapture, Blister, Burn’ at...
I had the honor of speaking with Michele Loor Nicolay who is playing Alice Croll, in Rapture, Blister, Burn at Allens Lane Theater.
Henrik: If you could...
‘Hexwork – A Spellbinding Burlesk Revue’ Interviews with Eyrie Twilight and Mab Just Mab
There is a spiritual element and aspect of ritual to burlesque and sideshow, two artforms linked to Carnival (literally translated - a farewell to...
Review: ‘The Masque of the Red Death: An Evening of Spirits & Consumption’ at...
Guests arrived for the party in formal wear, as requested by the host. Inside the historic building, constructed in 1909, they donned masks in...