Tag: DC Metro Theatre Arts
Capital Fringe Review: ‘Girls Who Think They’re Hot’ by Julia L....
“What you have just seen may be called by the easily-shocked, ‘shocking.’”
Ritchie Porter directs this madcap mockumentary where 1950’s princess Poppy Topp (Clare Lefebure)...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘Donna Has A Boyfriend’ by Jessica Vaughan
Hayley Cutler is the choreographer behind this memorable hour of dance called Donna Has a Boyfriend. Her background is in the postmodern style. I...
National Symphony Orchestra at Wolf Trap: ‘Hamlisch Goes Gershwin ‘ by...
’S always wonderful and marvelous to spend an evening at Wolf Trap, especially when the most wonderful and marvelous Marvin Hamlisch shows up and...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘Why So Serious?’ By Derek Mong
Fringe Review: Why So Serious? Comedy Exposes Society's Stern Outlook on Life
Why So Serious?: Comedy Exposes Society's Stern Outlook on Life features Trevor Joyner...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘The Diamond Star Project’ By Derek Mong
The Diamond Star Project may have been the most confusing experience I have had yet at the Capital Fringe. The 45-minute performance is based...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘The Underdeveloped and Overexposed Life and Death of...
The Underdeveloped and Overexposed Life and Death of Deena Domino follows the life (and, well, death) of child star Deena Domino as her stardom...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘Mitzi’s Abortion’ by Julia L. Exline
“Downer subject, don’t you think?”
When 22 year-old Mitzi (Natalie Cutcher) becomes pregnant, she welcomes the adventure despite some unsettling doubts. While things are hard...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘SINGLEMARRIEDGIRL’ by Andrew L. Baughman
There’s a little gem of a solo-show buried in the great gallery of Capital Fringe, don’t let it slip under your radar! SINGLEMARRIEDGIRL is a...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘The Interview’ by Anne Tsang
“I didn’t make these decisions, they were made by people much smarter than you or I” says James Shannon in Peter Swet’s The Interview,...
‘Dr. Science’s Science Time Science-va-ganza!’ by Andrew L. Baughman
What is the secret formula for an exquisite fringe production? Well, author/comedian/molecular biologist Adam Ruben and his team decisively prove that it doesn’t take...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘Nevermind the Bollocks, Here’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream’...
The Capital Fringe offers local artists the opportunity to practice their craft and bring unique visions to life. Nevermind the Bollocks, Here's A Midsummer...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘Occupy This! Tales of an Accidental Activist ‘...
A mix between stand up comedy, motivational speaking, and traditional story telling, Occupy This! Tales of an Accidental Activist is a simple yet interesting journey from...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘The Revolution Will Not Be Televised’ by Amanda...
Faruq Hussein- Bey's The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, directed by Camille Kashaka, is a series of small stories that address the roles of...
Capital Fringe Preview: ‘Stopgap’ by Joel Markowitz
It's amazing how many fantastic young actors appear in Fringe shows who you just hope would be 'discovered,' and that's the way I felt...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘The Outcasts of Poker Flat’ by Joel Markowitz
At last year's Page-To-Stage I was introduced to some of the songs/arias that composer/librettist Dr. Andrew Earle Simpson had composed for his adaptation of Bret...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘Mein Kampf’ by Tzvi Kahn
According to a press release and other advertising, Scena Theatre’s production of George Tabori’s Mein Kampf constitutes a “daring,” “savagely funny,” and “in-your-face dark...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘The New and Improved Stages of Grief’ by...
The famed Italian novelist Italo Calvino during a 1968 visit to the US noted the following: Americans laugh at death. He had seen a...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘Right to Remain…The Life and Mind of Tupac...
Even on a cool night, the heat of the Fort Fringe Bedroom is stifling. You will forget about it within two minutes as you...
‘Hairspray’ at Montgomery College’s Summer Dinner Theatre by Derek Mong
Montgomery College continues its 35th consecutive year of Summer Dinner Theatre with a show-stopping performance of Hairspray, directed and choreographed by Pauline Grossman.
Set in...
‘I Am (Not) My Mother’ at Maryland Ensemble Theatre by Mike...
A local playwright Suzanne Beal is having a World Premiere run of I Am (Not) My Mother at Maryland Ensemble Theatre. Proceeds go to...