Capital Fringe 2014 ‘Tour de Farce’
(Best of the Capital Fringe)
Set in a one bedroom apartment share in the Lower East Side of Manhattan Tour de Farce follows the adventures of...
Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘Lucretia Borgia’
The Small Batch Theater Co. succeeds with modern dance in its unique production of Lucretia Borgia.
Back in Renaissance Italy, Lucretia Borgia was always the baddest...
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: ‘That Kind of Girl’
(Best of the Capital Fringe)
"It takes a long time to write words about my body that taste good on my tongue," espouses Natalie Piegari,...
Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘A Fire in Water’
(Best of the Capital Fringe)
Sparse but beautiful, Silver Finch Art Collective’s a fire in water is a modern opera with an ancient theme –...
Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘Walken In His Shoes’
Christopher Walken (for those who live under a rock) is a prolific American performer of stage and screen. He won an Oscar playing Russian...
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: ‘Stone Tape Party’
(Best of the Capital Fringe)
Even before the show starts, Stone Tape Party, written by Danny Rovin and directed by Angela Pirko, immerses the audience...
Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘À Demain’
Brendan O’Connell creates a memoir after the death of his friend. It’s a surprisingly funny show that nevertheless perfectly captures the permanence of grief....
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: ‘Capt. Tickle Britches’
In the words of the Captain himself, "Here at the Captain Tickle Britches Show, we set the bar low. Real Low." This sort of sums...
Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘Love Song To Miss Kitty’
With their tight jeans, high heeled boots, and well endowed means of transport, cowboys have always been pretty gay. But the homo western vibe...
Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘Everything I Do’
Everything I Do is a musical, loosely adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s Man and Superman by playwright and composer John Becker. Just as the...
Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘Antigone’
(Best of the Capital Fringe)
Fringe is well known for exposing audiences to exciting new works, but the festival can be equally exciting when it...
Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘Perfect Liars Club’
P.T. Barnum was right. There’s a sucker born every minute, and Perfect Liars Club is out to prove it. In 90 minutes of fun-filled storytelling...
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...
Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘Rock Bottom [A Rock Opus]’
(Best of the Capital Fringe)
If one way to tell whether a rock musical is really good is that it makes you want to come...
‘Rodney King’ at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
“Can we all get along? Can we all get along?” is the urgent, impassioned five word plea that became a cultural touchstone for the...