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Friday, July 19, 2013

Sapphire by Amrita Khalid

Sapphire is hard to stomach. Written by God’s Boo and directed by Tyrell T. Lashley, the play involves a series of unflinchingly revealing therapy sessions between a troubled middle-aged w…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:45AM

iLust for G-Love: An Auto-Ethnography by Amrita Khalid

iLust for G-Love: An Auto-Ethnography is probably the most enjoyable play I’ve seen at Fringe, but take that with a grain of salt, because I’m a Millennial. It’s probably the first p…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:19AM

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

America All Better! at Woolly Mammoth Theatre by Amrita Khalid

With its previous efforts, the famed Chicago-based improv engine Second City showed a knack for tickling the hard-to-reach funny bone of many a Washingtonian. Back in 2009, Barack Stars: The…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:03AM

Sunday, July 14, 2013

One Night in New York! by Amrita Khalid

What does it feel like to be in New York City for the first time when you’re young, gay and from Iowa? An adrenaline rush. A sensory overload of sights, sounds and action. A constant strea…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:41PM

OK Stupid’s Secret Math Lab by Amrita Khalid

If you’re on the fence about online dating, OK Stupid’s Secret Math Lab might encourage you to shackle your laptop and keep your romantic exploits limited to the offline variety. Click …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:06PM

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

We Happy Few takes on The Tempest by Amrita Khalid

If you’re too ADHD to make a habit of seeing Shakespeare on the stage, there’s now a special show for you. The We Happy Few DC theatre company has bought a rollicking, movement-based, ce…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:52AM

Friday, May 3, 2013

Topdog/Underdog, searing commentary at Everman by Amrita Khalid

Something shocking happens at the end of Suzan-Lori Parks’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play Topdog/Underdog, now making its Baltimore premiere at Everyman Theatre, that is so shocking, it c…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:13PM

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

The Price by Amrita Khalid

If you’re an Arthur Miller devotee, you’ll probably have mixed feelings about The Price. But if you’ve yet to see Death of a Salesman or The Crucible or All My Sons or any of Miller’…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:28AM

Friday, February 22, 2013

Sexo, Pudor y Lagrimas / Sex, Shame and Tears by Amrita Khalid

The dysfunctional sex lives of six urban dwellers living in Mexico City in the 90’s makes great fodder for comedy in Sexo, Pudor y Làgrimas, the newest production from Teatro de la Luna. …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:57PM

Monday, July 23, 2012

Daydreams by Amrita Khalid

Daydreams is a tap-infused journey through time brought to stage by NYC-based company “The Call Me Crazy Dancers”. Mixing the choreographic and lyrical talents of John Curtis and Amy Smi…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:55PM

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

The Extermination Machine by Amrita Khalid

“What sort of man is Adolf Eichmann?” asks Israeli interrogator Avner Less. “Does he feel anything at all?” These two questions are posed to us in the opening of The Extermination Ma…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:36AM

Monday, July 16, 2012

SINGLEMARRIEDGIRL by Amrita Khalid

Some people can think of no worse fate than having their most private thoughts laid bare for public consumption. One of the more mortifying moments of my life had to be when I accidentally p…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:41PM

Cecily and Gwendolyn’s Fantastical Capital Anthropological, Inquisitorial Probe by Amrita Khalid

“Why don’t you want to talk about sex?” inquires Cecily in an innocuous tone, addressing the crowd of characteristically guarded Washingtonians. The silence speaks volumes. That night�…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:55AM

Saturday, July 14, 2012

McGoddess by Amrita Khalid

There is a Yiddish proverb that goes, “Better to laugh about your problems than to cry about them.” The real trick lies in getting other people to laugh about your problems, particular…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:03AM

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