Tag: Virginia Metro Theatre Arts
Part 4: ‘Finding Big Love’ By Kristen Kelly
“Things happen so suddenly sometimes.” In Charles Mee’s Big Love, Nikos says this to Lydia. And sometimes that’s the only thing you can say.
In...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘Domino’s Pizza Saved My Life’ by Sydney- Chanele...
The art of oral storytelling is a dying one. The natural grace and easy that monologist Dylan Fresco has sharing the intimate details of...
‘Buddy Guy With Special Guest John Mayall’ at Wolf Trap by...
It is not often you get to see two living legends on one night. However, that is what happened on July 12, 2012 at...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘Wild Night: A Choose Your Own Burlesque Adventure...
Make it a wild night at the burlesque
Here’s a suggestion before you take on a late night “Tilted Torch” show at the Warehouse. Spend some time...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘Trial by Jury’ by Francine Schwartz
Gilbert and Sullivan's Trial by Jury is a satire of the British legal system. It is a fun little farce, an appertif only 45 minutes...
Capital Fringe Festival Review: ‘The Nita and Zita Show’ by Joel...
'Please Sir, I want some more!!"
That's how I felt when abruptly The Nita and Zita Show' ended after only 27 minutes of fun and gorgeous...
‘Will Gartshorez: Underappreciated & Overexposed’ at ‘Sizzlin’ Summer Cabaret’ at Signature...
Last night, Signature Theatre continued the second day of its sixth annual 'Sizzlin’ Summer Cabaret’ series with an outstanding solo performance by Will Gartshore...
Capital Fringe Review: “Dead Man’s Mambo’ by Carolyn Kelemen
Who would have thought Dead Man’s Mambo would have come from such a lofty art form as commedia dell’arte. But John Bellomo, a Philadelphia comedian/Italian traveler/funny...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘Young Republicans’ by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins
Young Republicans is 65 entertaining minutes of fresh, insightful humor, and heart. You certainly don't have to be young or Republican to enjoy this...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘Beertown’ by Grace Kim
Beertown is a very enjoyable play where you, the audience member, becomes part of the experience. I love this kind of play where you...
Capital Fringe Review: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern by Jennifer Georgia
The aptly named Infinite Jest presents an amusing, engaging and ultimately even touching production of Tom Stoppard’s absurdist peek behind the scenes of Hamlet...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘Dizzy Miss Lizzie’s Roadside Revue: The Brontes’ by...
The latest rock-lit-fusion by Dizzy Miss Lizzie’s Roadside Revue, The Brontes, is a hell of a lot of fun. It’s easy to understand how the...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘Where in the World? The Untold Story of...
Where in the world is Camilla Sanfrancisco? is pure, well-produced fun. Jeff Vonch is both co-writer and producer, with fellow writers Patrick English and...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘DC Trash’ by Julia L. Exline
If you are a DC/Metropolitan native, then DC Trash!, a political satire written and performed by Ron Litman, with musical accompaniment by Tom Pile,...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘Pericles vs. Wilkins’ by Jessica Vaughan
Pericles is not performed very often and local company The Rude Mechanicals from Laurel, MD offers a reason why in this shortened, but, they insist,...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘McGoddess’ by Julia L. Exline
As I perused the list of 2012 Fringe shows, I immediately stopped at the name Vijai Nathan, whose stand-up act Good Girls Don’t, But...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘Aaaaaagh! Murder!’ by Ally Jenkins
Aaaaaagh! Murder! is a play full of good intentions but never gets to where it needs to be. A spoof of everything from Clue...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘Redial’ by Veronique MacRae
Endearing, enlightening and informative, Tamar Kummel’s Redial takes an in-depth look at the internal journey of four actresses living in the 'Big Apple.' With...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘The Extermination Machine’ by Jennifer Perry
The Extermination Machine, written and directed by Michael Wright and presented by SeeNoSun OnStage, at its core has the makings of a good, if...
Capital Fringe Review: ‘iConfess’ by Roz Campion
iConfess is a musical that bizarrely almost foils its own success by stumbling at the first step, namely billing itself as a musical. Had...