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Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘Girl in Space’

(Best of the Capital Fringe) Status Report:  Not a Robot Theatre Company’s Girl in Space is not your typical “boy meets girl, girl meets asteroid,...

Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘We’ve Come to Play’

(Best of the Capital Fringe) Who, indeed, has come to play?  Five women in ten choreographic (no less compelling, for being non-cinematic) captures, their bodies...

Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘Giant Box of Porn’

(Best of the Capital Fringe) Giant Box of Porn opened in the big Warehouse black box before a standing-room-only audience Saturday, and once the show got...

Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘Letters To and From Me’

(Best of the Capital Fringe) Letters To and From Me is an extraordinary hour of spoken word, story telling, singing, and dancing from the Wild Women...

Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘The Monster Songs’

(Best of the Capital Fringe) Dr. Dour and Peach present a delightfully quirky and surprisingly physical performance in The Monster Songs, playing in the Gearbox on 7th St...

Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘Point…Blank…Period’

(Best of the Capital Fringe) Point…Blank…Period, created by Tramaine Brathwaite and written along with Ryiesha Simms, Kenya D. Morris, and and Devynne Stevenson, is a hilarious,...

Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘Self Portrait’

(Best of the Capital Fringe) Upon reading the short blurb attached to Sasha Sinclair's new solo performance piece Self Portrait here, I must confess I found myself...

Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘Bitch: A Play About Antigone’

(Best of the Capital Fringe) Though you travel the perilous river of the Fringe and are beset on all sides by ravening flyer bearers and...

Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘The Goddess Diaries’

(Best of the Capital Fringe) The Goddess Diaries, returning for its third year in Capital Fringe, started off with a bang!  Written by Carol Lee...

Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘Districtland’

(Best of the Capital Fringe) Bucharest inside the Beltway had a very successful world premiere of Districtland to Capital Fringe! Providing a unique look on...

Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘Homeboy Thanksgiving’

(Best of the Capital Fringe) Homeboy Thanksgiving, written by Jose Zarate and directed by Rhiannon Cooper is a story of the healing nature of family...

Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘#albatross’

(Best of the Capital Fringe) MOVEIUS Contemporary Ballet, a DC-based company founded in 2010, presents #albatross in this summer’s Capital Fringe Festival, with a program...

Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘Persephone’

(Best of the Capital Fringe) Usually when someone tells you a Fringe show is different every night, it means “improv showcase” or “audience participation.” Sometimes...

Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘Blue Moon/Red River’

(Best of the Capital Fringe) Jane Franklin Dance is a Virginia based company known for its innovative works and collaborations; Blue Moon/Red River is a prime example...

Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘This Gonna Be on the Test, Miss?’

(Best of the Capital Fringe) This Gonna Be on the Test, Miss? is written and performed powerfully and hilariously by Ronna J Levy and directed by Kel...

Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘The Tournament’

(Best of the Capital Fringe) What do you gather a team of actors who also happen to be some of the best fight choreographers in...

Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘The Road to High Street’

(Best of the Capital Fringe) Juggling fire, riding a unicycle, living in a beer tank and eating raw eggs—these are just a few of the...

Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘Dream Within a Dream’

(Best of the Capital Fringe) While I was in London a couple months ago, I attended a Punchdrunk Theatre Company production, and the play was...

Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘Song of Myself: The Whitman Project’

(Best of the Capital Fringe) Robert Michael Oliver is a tour-de-force in his one-man show It’s got to be tough to do a solo show, opening...

Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘Olizzia’

(Best of the Capital Fringe) First-time playwright John Bavoso’s inventive and appealing script for Olizzia would make a terrific indie rom-com caper that would be a hit...