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Friday, July 7, 2017

2017 Capital Fringe Review: ‘HOWL: In the Time of Trump’ by Guest Author

I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix. But enough about how my…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:17AM
Thursday, July 6, 2017

Capital Fringe Preview: ‘J-Swizzle’s (and D-Man’s) Epic Awesome Swaggy Broventure for Sweet Rhymes’ by Emma Choi by Guest Author

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.  It will take a magica…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:01AM
Sunday, July 2, 2017

Capital Fringe Preview: ‘I’m Margaret Thatcher, I Is!’ at AnyStage Theater by Guest Author

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 is thrilled to brin…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM
Saturday, July 1, 2017

Capital Fringe Preview: ‘ClickB@it’ at Naked Theatre Company by Rachael Murray by Guest Author

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, ClickB@it. Insp…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:13PM
Friday, June 30, 2017

Capital Fringe Preview: ‘Lancer & Lace’ by James F. Bruns by Guest Author

First of all, I don’t remember where I was on November 22, 1963 at 12:40 pm, CST when CBS News interrupted, As the World Turns to announce “In Dallas, Texas, three shots were fired at …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:21PM

Capital Fringe Preview: ‘The Kind of Thing That Would Happen’ by Agora Dance by Guest Author

Choreographed by Olivia Sabee with original sound design by DeLesslin George-Warren. Performed by Hannah Joo, Melissa Lineburg, Catherine Roth, Robert Rubama, and Meredith Stapleton. In a po…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM
Thursday, June 29, 2017

Capital Fringe Preview: ‘ECHOES’ by N. Richard Nash by Manoel Amado by Guest Author

A young man and woman build a low-keyed paradise of happiness within an asylum, only to have it shattered by the intrusion of the outside world. The two characters search, at times agonizing…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:16PM

Capital Fringe Preview: ‘Paper’ by John Feffer by Guest Author

A teacher and a student argue over a remark in class. Or was it a remark about class? Or was it really about race? Or gender? My new play Paper brings the explosive confrontations on cam…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:25PM

Capital Fringe Preview: ‘Lazarus’ by Evan Crump by Guest Author

“I sell life, secondhand”: Unstrung Harpist Productions’ Lazarus at the 2017 Capital Fringe Festival What does immortality mean to you?  Is it the hope that modern medicine will disco…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:57PM
Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Capital Fringe Preview: ‘Mr. Taken’ by Ward Kay by Guest Author

Mr. Taken — it’s a sex comedy with an emotional heart. The sex comedies of late 20th century – such as Joe Orton’s What the Butler Saw or Foote and Marriott’s No Sex Please, W…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:58PM

Capital Finge Preview: ‘WIT & WRATH: The Life & Times of Dorothy Parker’ by Claudia Baumgarten by Guest Author

Listen, I can’t even get my dog to stay down. Do I look to you like someone who could overthrow the government?—During an FBI interrogation at her apartment in 1952. Claudia Baumgart…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:29PM

Capital Fringe Preview: A Guided Tour of ‘Last Ditch Playlist’ by Brad Baron by Guest Author

Last Ditch Playlist is about two men, Aaron and Wes. They’re probably just broken up. So we flash backwards and forwards in a whirlwind of Aaron’s memories to figure out exactly …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:54AM
Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Capital Fringe Preview: ‘Caveat’ by Ben Lockshin by Guest Author

Unless you’re an heiress or robber baron, a room of one’s own in DC is hard to come by. Enter the group house scene – where the young, cash-strapped, and slightly desperate commit to l…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:56AM

Theater Alliance Announces Its 2017-2018 Theater Season, Including Return of ‘Word Becomes Flesh’ by Guest Author

Theater Alliance announces its 15th Season with an impressive lineup, including the return of its Helen Hayes Award–winning production Word Becomes Flesh, presented with two regional pre…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:10AM
Monday, June 26, 2017

Capital Fringe Preview: ‘Boobs, Balloons, Babies, & Buffoons’: The Origin Story of ‘Tiresias’ Tits’ By Rebecca Rose Vassy, aka Diva Darl by Guest Author

The night I went to see the opera Les Mamelles de Tiresias, I was not expecting to hear a duet about bacon. I’d gone to the dress rehearsal of the Wolf Trap Opera Company’s production kn…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:17PM
Sunday, June 25, 2017

Capital Fringe Preview: ‘The Blind’ by The Wheel Theatre Company by Guest Author

Imagine you are lost and alone in the forest. You have never been here before and you cannot see to find your way out. You don’t know if anyone knows you are missing or if they will be abl…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:13PM

Capital Fringe Preview: ‘Exit Carolyn’ by Jennie Eng by Nu Sass Productions by Guest Author

Exit Carolyn “Best Friends Forever?” Written by Jennie Eng Directed by Bridget Grace Sheaff Featuring Alison Donnelly, Hilary Kelly, Jasmine Jones, and Torin Lusebrink. About Exi…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:30PM

Capital Fringe Preview: ‘8 Bit Circus S*it’ by Peculiarity Productions by Guest Author

Have you ever wanted to be inside a video game? Now is your chance. 8 Bit Circus S*it will bring video games to life through two games of fire and circus art. In Game I, our cast will use a…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:21PM
Saturday, June 24, 2017

Capital Fringe Preview: ‘In The Company of de Sade’ by Timothy R. King by Guest Author

It was 2012 when King’s Players was born. For our first show, we tackled an original piece called In the Company of de Sade. The premise was simple: a director attempts to stage the Marqui…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:26PM
Friday, June 23, 2017

Capital Fringe Preview: ‘It’s What We Do: A Play about the Occupation’ by Pamela Nice by Guest Author

What is it like for a young Israeli soldier to have to enforce the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza? What is life like for Palestinians living under that occupation, subject to martial l…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:19PM

An Interview with the National Orchestral Institute and Festival (NOI+F) Director Richard Scerbo: Thirty Years After It Began, NOI+F is Breaking Groun by Guest Author

When the National Orchestral Institute and Festival (NOI+F) began in 1987, its first director appealed to student musicians across the country by telling them that “participants will have …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:12AM
Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Baltimore Center Stage Announces Departure of Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah at end of 2017/18 Season by Guest Author

The Board of Directors of Baltimore Center Stage and Kwame Kwei-Armah have jointly announced that Kwei-Armah will leave his position as artistic director at the end of his contract on June 3…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:51AM
Monday, June 19, 2017

Preview: Thunderous Productions’ ‘Murder on the Nile’ Opens on Friday, June 23rd at the Greenbelt Arts Center by Aref Dajani and Emily Canavan by Guest Author

Thunderous Productions’ Murder on the Nile is not your parents’ or grandparents’ version of Agatha Christie. Opening Friday, June 23, 2017, at the Greenbelt Arts Center …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:17AM
Friday, June 16, 2017

Single Carrot Theatre Announces Additional Performances of Sold-Out ‘Promenade: Baltimore’ by Guest Author

In response to continued demand for tickets, Single Carrot Theatre will be extending the sold-out Promenade: Baltimore for three performances. The production, which is already the highest-gr…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:13AM
Sunday, June 11, 2017

Cappies Review: ‘Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella’ at Thomas S. Wootton High School by Guest Author

Review submitted by Julian Perez-Garcia of Montgomery Blair High School. It’s the classic tale everyone knows by heart: a beautiful girl, ridiculed and mistreated by her own stepmoth…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:22PM

Cappies Review: ‘In The Heights’ at Clarksburg High School by Guest Author

Review submitted by Lina Snyder-Romero of South Lakes High School. When a Dominican shop owner living in New York has a chance to leave his hood and go back to his island, he hesitates to …

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:07PM
Thursday, June 8, 2017

Report #2: ‘Callado Conmigo’ (‘Silenced Within Me’) at GALA Hispanic Theatre by Whitney McKnight by Guest Author

It was an informal gathering. Barefoot. Casual attire. Just a handful of women standing in a semi-circle, reciting words from a page. They were from a variety of South and Central American c…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:23PM

DC Theatre Scene and DC Metro Theater Arts Announce Agreement to Share Review Coverage of Capital Fringe Festival 2017 by Guest Author

The two media companies combine writing strength to review 70 openings in 6 days Washington, DC, June 9, 2017—The editors and publishers of DC’s two major theater websites—DC Theatre S…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:22PM
Sunday, June 4, 2017

‘Doubt: A Parable’ has Press Night Tonight at SeeNoSun OnStage at the Anacostia Arts Center by Guest Author

SeeNoSun OnStage will open a four-week run of Doubt: A Parable, John Patrick Shanley’s controversial Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning drama. The play examines the Catholic Church a…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:38PM
Saturday, June 3, 2017

Review: ‘The Jungle Book’ at Encore Stage & Studio by Emma Kiely by Guest Author

Man’s desire to know the ways of the jungle and its creatures has been captured in Encore Stage & Studio’s adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book. The story of Mowgli’s …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:39PM
Monday, May 29, 2017

‘Doubt, A Parable’ Opens on June 1st at SeeNoSun OnStage at the Anacostia Arts Center by Guest Author

SeeNoSun OnStage will open a four-week run of Doubtony , A Parable, John Patrick Shanley’s controversial Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning drama. The play examines the Catholic Chur…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:50PM

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