Tag: Virginia Theater
2017 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Ready to Serve: Remember the Nurses’
Stories of war wounded told from the point of view of military medics—those who try to save lives and bag the bodies of the...
2017 Capital Fringe Review: ‘HOWL: In the Time of Trump’
I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for...
Review: ‘Marvin’s Room’ at Roundabout Theatre Company
Scott McPherson wrote Marvin's Room, a play about illness, family ties, and death when he was just a lad of 30. As a gay...
Review: ‘Of Human Bondage’ at Soulpepper on 42nd Street
The first-ever stage adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham’s Of Human Bondage, written by Vern Thiessen and directed by Albert Schultz for Canada’s Soulpepper Theatre...
2017 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Poetry Cabaret’
This isn’t your normal poetry reading.
Those words, spoken by Creator and Director Caleb Beissert as he introduced the Asheville-based Poetry Cabaret Collective, could serve...
Capital Fringe Preview: Mike Bartlett’s ‘Contractions’ by Julia M. Hurley
Mike Bartlett’s Contractions, directed by Julia M. Hurley, comes to DC this summer and will be performed at the Logan Fringe Arts Space. This...
DC Theatre Scene and DCMetroTheaterArts’ Joint Capital Fringe Coverage Begins Tonight
The two media companies combine writing strength
to review 70 openings in 6 days
The editors and publishers of DC’s two major theater websites—DC Theatre Scene...
Capital Fringe Preview: ‘J-Swizzle’s (and D-Man’s) Epic Awesome Swaggy Broventure for...
Between Hebrew classes and surviving middle school, best friends Jared “J-Swizzle” and Daniel “D-Man” dream of becoming the biggest rap stars in the universe. ...
Romping Around the Globe: An Interview with Damon Bonetti, Director of...
Damon Bonetti, a popular Philadelphia actor and director at various theaters and Co-Founding Artistic Director of The Philadelphia Artists’ Collective (The PAC), is directing...
Review: PBS Presents ‘A Capitol Fourth’
Every year PBS puts on a spectacular show with A Capitol Fourth and has the most talented people involved performing and behind the scenes. This...
Magic Time!: Report on a Staged Reading of ‘Olityelwe (The Forgotten)’...
When Jonathan David Martin came from New York to DC to be Theater J's new associate producer in March of last year, he brought...
Capital Fringe Preview: ‘HOWL’ in the Time of Trump’ at Sanctuary...
I am not a specialist. I've never wanted to be a specialist. In fact, I've always wanted to be a non-specialist: someone who encounters...
Review: ‘Napoli, Brooklyn’ at Roundabout Theatre Company
In Napoli, Brooklyn, playing at Roundabout Theatre Company through September 3rd, Playwright Meghan Kennedy gets us started with a mimed prologue in which a...
Review: ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’ at Silver Spring Stage
One Man, Two Guvnors directed by William T. Fleming and produced by Karen Flemling is now playing at Silver Spring Stage. This play is...
In the Moment: Report on ‘Declassified’ at The Kennedy Center
A hearty bro-hug to The Kennedy Center and to the National Symphony Orchestra’s (NSO) new Artistic Advisor, Ben Folds, for having the joint jumping...
Review: ‘Godspell’ at Infinity Theatre Company
The early 1970s gave us three Bible-themed musicals: Stephen Schwartz's Godspell (currently in a production directed by Alan Ostroff at Infinity Theatre Company in...
Interview: Landis and Jennifer Smith Discuss ‘The Beast in the Bayou’...
The great thing about fairy tales is their malleability. Fairy tales have been around for millennia and are often transported from country to country,...
Review: ‘On the Town’ at Gateway Playhouse
Smash hit On the Town has sailed into the Gateway Playhouse. Originally opening on Broadway in 1944, this popular musical is also quite well...
Capital Fringe Preview: ‘I’m Margaret Thatcher, I Is!’ at AnyStage Theater
AnyStage Theater presents I’m Margaret Thatcher, I Is! After premiering their sci-fi comedy Amelia Earhart In Space at last year’s Capital Fringe Festival, AnyStage...
Capital Fringe Preview: ‘ClickB@it’ at Naked Theatre Company by Rachael Murray
NTC goes viral. What happens next will Blow. Your. Mind.
We're baa-aack! Naked Theatre Company returns to the Capital Fringe Festival with a world premiere production,...