Tag: Janis Joplin
Review: ‘A Night with Janis Joplin’ at the Strathmore
If any singer from the hippie era could take a little piece of your heart, it was the legendary Janis Joplin. In A Night...
Review: ‘A Night with Janis Joplin’ at McCarter Theatre Center
Janis Joplin was a true original. But as the musical/tribute concert A Night with Janis Joplin proves, she didn’t just come out of nowhere.
Joplin became...
Doing Double Duty in the Philadelphia Fringe: An Interview with Jenna...
Three of the most enthusiastic veterans of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival are each doing not one, but two shows this year. Jenna Kuerzi finishes...
Review: ‘New York – The Melting Pot’ at Soulpepper on 42nd...
The first in Soulpepper Theatre Company’s three-part musical celebration of the history of diversity in New York - The Melting Pot pays tribute...
Review: ‘Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll’ at Colonial Players
The Colonial Players’ production of Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll, written by Eric Bogosian and directed by Paul Valleau, shows off the impressive talents...
An Interview with Local DC Musician Kate Moran on The Rainbow...
Alexandria, Virginia native and musician Kate Moran is a renaissance woman! She started the Del Ray Music Festival, has a Ph.D in Special Education,...
Spine: ‘Murder Ballad: Liquor and Love, with Child’ by Robert Michael...
There’s nothing like hot sex to get the blood pumping.
There’s nothing like lasting love to swoon the heart.
There’s nothing like a child to turn...
Interview with Musician and Contestant on ‘The Voice’ Jack Gregori
DC based musician Jack Gregori is a self-described “singer-songwriter, guitar picker, and the creator of Human Country Jukebox” whose music focuses on “rabble-rousing outlaw country...
Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Rock the Warehouse’: Interviews with the Writer/Directors...
The Warehouse Theater seems to be the performance space that won't die. A main venue for the Capital Fringe Festival since its inception, it's...
Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ’27 Club’
(Best of the Capital Fringe)
Carolyn Agan’s rock-and-roll musical creates an in-depth examination of the lives of six rock stars who all died at age...
‘Unplugged’ at Flying V Theatre Company by Bev Fleisher
Got 10 bucks? Meet the Flying V Theatre Company and their enchanting world premier of Unplugged. You’ve got to see it to believe it, and...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘H Street Housewives’ by Lauren Katz
Personally I never been a huge fan of reality TV shows, but H Street Housewives left me sitting on the edge of my seat...
Synesthesia: Audio-Described Performance Set for ‘One Night with Janice Joplin’ at...
The Metropolitan Washington Ear, Inc., announced that it will provide audio description of One Night with Janis Joplin, back by popular demand after opening last...
2013 Capital Fringe Show Preview ‘H Street Housewives’ by Jenny Splitter
Chickens in the backyard. Flame wars on the mommy listserv. Slutty househusbands and a plot to change H Street forever. H Street Housewives is...
Randy Johnson on Writing and Directing ‘One Night with Janis Joplin’...
After a critically acclaimed run at Arena Stage last October One Night with Janis Joplin is back. I asked Director Randy Johnson about the new production...
The Best of 2012: Part 10: Designers, Cabarets & Concerts,...
Here are DCMetroTheaterArts writers' choices for their favorites designs of production in the the DC Metro Area in 2012. I always felt that...
The Best of 2012: Part 9: ‘Solo Performances, Children’s/Young Adult, Directors,...
BEST SOLO PERFORMANCES
Joe Brack in My Princess Bride at DC Capital Fringe Festival.
Alex Brightman in How I Paid for College at The Hub Theatre.
Mike Daisey in The...
The Best of 2012: Part 8: ‘Best Director of a Play...
Here are our choices for Best Director of a Play and Best Actor and Actress of a Play in 2012. Feel free to leave...
The Best of 2012: Part 7: ‘Best Play’ and ‘Best Actor’...
Here are the writers of DCMetroTheaterArts' choices for Best Plays of 2012 and Best Performances by an Actor and Actress in a Play in...
The Best of 2012: Part 6: ‘Best Ensemble of a Play’...
Here's our favorite Ensembles from plays and musicals in 2012 on DC Metro Area stages. Congrats to everyone on these lists and to everyone...