2023 CAPITAL FRINGE FESTIVAL

2023 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Gilda: A Tribute to the Beloved Comedienne...

Cosentino’s tribute returns Radner for those who remember her and introduces her to new generations.

2023 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Dildos and Body Parts’ by Diva D’Luscious...

A sexy and hilarious parody of musicals and Disney romances with gorgeous vocals and stunning burlesque skills.

2023 Capital Fringe Review: ‘All the C Words’ by Sarah Mineiro...

One woman's emotional journey of pain and loss, told with humility and humor.

2023 Capital Fringe Review: ‘INHIBITIONIST(!)’ by Hope Lafferty (3 1⁄2 stars)

In this one-woman existential exhibition, Hope Lafferty demands you escape your comfort zone.

2023 Capital Fringe Review: ‘RiverShe Collective Arts: Queer Family Summer Sanctuary’...

A gender-and-ethnicity affirmation ceremony in the form of a music-poetry-and-sketch revue with elements of a religious service. Which is a lot.

2023 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Quilt Stories: Voices from the AIDS Quilt’...

Mouths of Babes Theatre presents a documentary play in which actors perform monologues based on interviews.

2023 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Who is my authentic self? Can that...

Mitchell tells her story of coming of age as a latchkey kid in the 1960s and '70s and reckoning with dreams and disappointment into adulthood.

2023 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Tender’ by David John Preece (5 stars)

Transformation Theatre presents a beautifully written spat between Ernest Hemingway and Zelda Fitzgerald over F. Scott Fitzgerald.

2023 Capital Fringe Review: ‘TBD: A Devised Theatrical Celebration/A Musical Love...

Innovative and enthusiastic production of short scenes anchored in Queer and BIPOC experience, and a cabaret-style ode to the joys and sorrows of theater.

2023 Capital Fringe Review: ‘#Charlottesville’ by Priyanka Shetty (5 stars)

Stunning, unflinching reflection on 2017 'Unite the Right' rally, counter-protests, and local and national fallout, devised from interviews with multiple witnesses.

2023 Capital Fringe Review: ‘A Bro’s Tale’ by Majdy Fares (3...

A perceptive and funny, if sometimes meandering, account of growing up Palestinian-American in Dearborn, Michigan.

2023 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Brunch with the Boys’ by Sean Pflueger...

A lighthearted evening of operatic arias featuring five friends living different versions of the gay American love experience

2023 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Finding Home: Dance Journeys’ (3 1⁄2 stars)

Five DC-based dance creatives — Sylvana Christopher, Kyoko Fujimoto, Rachel Lawal, Giselle Ruzany, and Malcolm Shute — share their works.

2023 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Drown the Muse’ by Hannah Phipps and...

Audition anxiety and performance insecurity take centerstage as two friends seek through the art of acting a sense of worth.

2023 Capital Fringe Review: ‘My Name Is Norma’ by Erin Joy...

Brilliant one-woman show peels back layers of the complicated life of the plaintiff known as Jane Roe in the Roe v. Wade legal decision.

2023 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Dementia Man, An Existential Journey’ by Samuel...

Longtime public interest lawyer's autobiographical one-man show tackles questions of memory and mortality head-on.

2023 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Who Did It? An Improvised Murder Mystery’...

Capital Fringe award-winning international comedian Erick Acuña teams up with some of DC's funniest improvisers for a rollicking whodunit that leaves audiences laughing out loud.

2023 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Bell Wringer’ by Pinky Swear Productions (4...

A bluegrass musical centering on a ghostly Tennessee legend that veers toward the hootenanny or hoedown side of the story.

2023 Capital Fringe Review: ‘A Moment in Time’ with Sharp Dance...

The six dancers conveyed Diane Sharp Nachsin’s choreographic ideas with finely executed technical finesse.

2023 Capital Fringe Festival to pop up in Georgetown and Dupont

Edlavitch DCJCC and Theater J are among the venues where 43 shows will give 194 performances over 10 days in July. Tickets go on sale June 21.