Tag: Robert Pike
Faction of Fools sticks it to lawmaking in comedy ‘How the...
There’s something to relish about seeing this witty spoof of DC politics, right here in DC, right now. By JOHN STOLTENBERG
Review: ‘Dracula’ at We Happy Few
Halloween may be over, but the horror season is still in full swing. We Happy Few Theatre Company invites you to “listen to the...
Review: ‘Burst’ at Parlor Room Theater
The sudden incapacity of their mother is the occasion for three siblings and their cousin to gather at a Boston hospital in Amy Leigh...
Review: ‘Neverwhere’ at Rorschach Theatre
In 1582, a village parson heard the deathbed confession of a man named Richard Barley, who had married his butter churn. Barley claimed he...
2017 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Exit Carolyn’
I love Fringe. And like many theatergoers, I head off each day with tolerance and hope. The tolerance is for shows that are long...
Review: ‘The Glass Menagerie’ at Parlor Room Theater
Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie is an American theater classic. At its center a story about a shattered family, the show is timeless in...
Review: ‘Henry V’ at We Happy Few Productions
What’s the impact of war on the common man? Do the sins of leaders trickle down to their soldiers? Is patriotism dead? What does...
Review: ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ at NextStop Theatre Company
Zestful. Savvy. Crafty. Satisfying
Director Abigail Isaac Fine’s feisty NextStop production of Shakespeare’s battle-of-wits, romantic-comedy Much Ado About Nothing is a stimulating, adult-depth interpretation. It's not all breezy,...
Review: ‘A Bid to Save the World’ at Rorschach Theatre
Imagine a world in which death no longer exists.
Rorschach Theatre’s current production of A Bid to Save the World – a new play by...
2016 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Good Kids’
What Happened After the Party? Theatre Prometheus’ Good Kids by Naomi Iizuka at the Fringe
Theatre Prometheus is presenting a remarkable production of Naomi Iizuka’s...
Review: ‘Chalk’ at We Happy Few Productions
There’s an ancient child-custody legend about two women who claim to be the mother of the same infant. In the well-known Hebrew Bible version,...
Review: ‘Crimes of the Heart’ at NextStop Theatre Company
Before there was Desperate Housewives, before there was Sex in the City, before there was Thelma and Louise, there was the play, Crimes of...
Women’s Voices Theater Festival: ‘Trish Tinkler Gets Saved’ at Unexpected Stage...
A 40-year-old groupie of the 1980's British rock band Whitesnake, who is severely down on her luck, wants to sleep in a convenience store...
‘Truth and Beauty Bombs: A Softer World’ at Rorschach Theatre
Poetic language, a magical set, and a steampunk aesthetic set the mood for the introspective Truth and Beauty Bombs: A Softer World at Rorschach...
Source Theatre Festival 2015: ‘Mistakes & Media: 10-Minute Plays’
Youthful energy is bursting out all over at Source Theatre Festival 2015, which began last night with its first round of six 10-minute plays,...
‘The Great Lieutenant Sprinkle Didn’t Save Me’ at Field Trip Theatre
"Every ghost story is kind of like a history lesson,” says the young woman identified as A History Major in The Great Lieutenant Sprinkle...
‘Rashomon’ at American University
The stunning production of Rashomon, directed and adapted by Randy Baker at American University, is set at the City Gate to Kyoto, a court...
Scene Stealers-Week Ending August 24, 2014
Here are this week's Scene Stealers honorees, Congrats to all of you!
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Natascia Diaz Performing 'All That Jizz' in The Summer Hummer
"One of the highlights...
‘She Kills Monsters’ at Rorschach Theatre
I knew that Qui Nguyen’s fantastical comedy She Kills Monsters had something to do with the famous (or infamous) role-playing game, Dungeons & Dragons....
‘A Dream Play’ at The Catholic University by Flora Scott
A Dream Play, by August Strindberg, directed by Colin Hovde at The Catholic University of America, is an examination of the human condition initiated by a goddess named...