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Sunday, July 28, 2013

Magic Time! ‘One Night in New York!’ by John Stoltenberg by John Stoltenberg

The term “gay musical theater” is almost redundant, especially for countless closeted teens who found they could forget their troubles and get happy when they happened upon the uniquely …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:55PM
Friday, July 26, 2013

Magic Time: Oscar Wilde’s Salomé at Scena Theatre by John Stoltenberg by John Stoltenberg

There’s some wondrous strange stuff in the Bible, but for out and out bizarro it’s hard to top the tale of the king Herod’s pervy thing for his stepdaughter (Salomé) and his macabre b…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:01PM
Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Magic Time: ‘ We Happy Few Productions’ ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at Capital Fringe by John Stoltenberg by John Stoltenberg

Cross-gender casting of the classics can be sometimes a silly stunt, sometimes an earnest bemusement, and sometimes—as in Romeo and Juliet as staged for Capital Fringe by We Happy Few Prod…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:50AM
Sunday, July 21, 2013

Magic Time!: 5 Reasons Capital Fringe is a DC Treasure by John Stoltenberg by John Stoltenberg

More than 100,000 people have no earthly need for what follows, and you know who you are: You’re this year’s happy horde of audience members in DC’s most vibrant, creative, and unconve…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:28AM
Friday, July 19, 2013

Capital Fringe Review: ‘RFK’ by John Stoltenberg by John Stoltenberg

RFK is a triumph. A Capital Fringe production from Philadelphia’s New City Stage, it’s a powerfully moving flashback for anyone who remembers Robert F. Kennedy’s life and times, an…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:55PM