Tag: DC Theater Arts
Capital Fringe Review: ‘Almost Together’ by Tzvi Kahn
Almost Together, the dynamic one-woman show performed by Community Theater veteran Mary Leaphart and directed by Steven Cupo, aims to chronicle its protagonist’s experience...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘Fish Outta Water’ by Flora Scott
Fish Outta Water is a whacky and wonderful part-jam session, part-biographical narrative. More appropriately, lets call it the life story jam session.
Ron Litman is...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘Smellin’ Up the Den!’ by Mike Spain
Smellin’ Up The Den! is a sketch comedy show with outrageous skits similar to ones seen on Saturday Night Live! - except there are no...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘Violent Delights: A Shakespearean Brawl-esque Sideshow’ by JR...
Violent Delights: A Shakespearean Brawl-esque Sideshow, presented by Off the Quill, was a wonderful inaugural piece by the self-identified experimental theater company. The overture...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘Polaroid Stories’ by Bev Fleisher
Make sure you see this fine ensemble before July 27th, or you will never be able to say "I knew them when ...." This production was...
Capital Fringe Review ‘Godiva Dates and One Night Stands’ by Christina...
"The homeless look is not working for me" exclaims master storyteller Regie Cabico in his one-man jaunt through the raunchy trials and tribulations of dating. The...
Oscar Wilde’s Salomé at SCENA Theatre at Atlas Performing Arts Center...
Oscar Wilde's Salomé, directed by Robert McNamara, rounds out SCENA Theatre's 25th anniversary season with its second production of this controversial, yet classic, biblical...
‘Damn Yankees’ at McLean Community Players by Terry Byrne
Damn Yankees is the ultimate date musical, mixing equal parts sports and romance. Men in tight pants, a loose woman hell-bent on seduction, showtune...
‘Video Games Live: Bonus Round’ at Wolf Trap by Yvonne French
Don’t miss this show when it next comes to town. It is quite an aural and visual experience and the people are great!
The National...
‘Modern Terrorism: Laugh and Laugh and Tremble’ at Contemporary American Theater...
If I had left Thursday night’s performance of Modern Terrorism just thirty seconds earlier, it would be easy to write about, because the play...
‘The Birds’ at Quotidian Theatre Company by Jane Coyne
First came du Maurier, then came Hitchcock, and now comes the DC premiere of Conor McPherson’s The Birds at Bethesda’s Quotidian Theatre Company.
Good stories...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘Dark House’ by Flora Scott
Dark House, written by Tarpley Long, is the original title of William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! and the current title of her take on it....
Capital Fringe Review: ‘The Young Wife’ by Terry Byrne
Imagine a world in which more women composed operas.
Since Francesa Caccini unveiled what is considered the first opera by a female composer in 1625...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘The Sensational Sans Sullivan Radio Show’ by Veronique...
You have the pen to paper but the ink won’t flow. The characters are at a standstill and the time is ticking. You must have...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘Pitchin’ the Tent: Tia Nina Live at Baldacchino’...
Are you a fan of rock concerts, but you don't have enough leeway in your budget to pay Verizon Center prices to see the...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘Fallbeil’ by JR Russ
Fallbeil, presented by Field Trip Theatre, is a must-see theatrical piece. Written by Liz Maestri and directed by Nick Vargas, Fallbeil is a historical fantasy...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘The Actual Dance’ by Mike Spain
The Actual Dance is not a one man play. It is a heartfelt dramatic sharing of what Samuel A, Simon experience after his wife...
‘Spin’ at Signature Theatre by Keith Tittermary
Signature Theatre somehow finds a way to keep outdoing itself. This year, they launched their brand new “Siglab” – a program “to provide writers...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘Disco Jesus and the Apostles of Funk’ by...
Can a little funk save your soul? How about the funky savior? If so then boogie on down to the Baldacchino Gypsy Tent Bar...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘Thank You for Staring’ by Veronique MacRae
The commonality of all people is life experience. Those experiences may be ones of celebration while other experiences are ones of struggle or challenge. Yet...