Thursday, June 23, 2016
" Solo performer Christine Demuth responds to some questions from DC Theatre Scene about The Missing Peace. " – Tell us about the moment where you said to yourself: “I just…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:46PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 22, 2016
My name is Molly Pinson Simoneau and I am obsessed with opera. I often refer to myself as an "opera evangelist." What does that mean? It means I am out to turn as many people int…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:58AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 21, 2016
There are so many songs about rivers. You can easily google the "Top Ten" river songs followed by another list of ten or more runner-ups. I'm sure you can name several just off the t…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:03AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 19, 2016
"Our day of marriage shall be yours; one feast, one house, One Mutual Happiness." That line was supposed to close my wedding ceremony, but the officiant forgot. I finally used it many years …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:07PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 20, 2016
We are pleased to welcome back R. W. Schneider with his admittedly heretical view on the Bard. I plan to bury Shakespeare, not to praise him. The 23rd of this month marks the 400th ann…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:30PM[SHARE]Friday, April 1, 2016
We asked our favorite news gatherer who writes for the highly respected DramaBlurbs what’s in his notebook. Here’s what he reported just now. Signature Theatre’s got …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:20AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 20, 2016
I am sure this statement – and the following article – Â will come as a complete shock to absolutely everyone who knows me or who has seen my work before: I am a feminist. I'll…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:39AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 1, 2015
We learned yesterday of the touring production of Total Verrückt!, a play about the transcendence of the human spirit in times of pain and suffering. We hope that as many of you as possible…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:25PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Theater doesn't have to be difficult, it can be simple -- not boring, but simple.
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 04:55PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Starting this week, Nu Sass stages Sartre’s famous play as it was first presented, performing No Exit in a living room size venue with space for just 20 people. Here, director Angela K…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:12AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Monday, October 19, 2015
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Public arts funding is in danger because politicians simply don't understand art.
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 11:13AM[SHARE]Monday, September 28, 2015
In 1933, the Barter Theatre allowed people to trade food for tickets. What about today?
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 12:59PM[SHARE]Friday, September 25, 2015
Imagine creating theatre for an audience that has never seen a play before; that responds freely and fully to the unfolding story, sounds, and images; that hops, spins, and jumps on stage wh…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:52AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 16, 2015
While many Broadway producers play hard to find, that’s not Ken Davenport’s style. Through his website The Producer’s Perspective, he trumpets advice and interviews of inte…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:32AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 26, 2015
We know at least some of you out there are spending your last days of summer putting the polish to your next groundbreaking play or musical. Before you type END OF PLAY, we offer the…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:00AM[SHARE]Friday, August 7, 2015
“… life is a drawn-out stream of people making entrances you're unprepared for and exits you barely notice.” There's a street corner in Paris with a cast of thousands. Take…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:10AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 9, 2015
With 60+ characters but only one senior citizen, Interviews With… is an escapade of word play that dabbles between the silly, absurd and mildly scandalous. It's a fast paced milieu of char…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:50PM[SHARE]Have you ever had to wait on hold for 20 minutes, only to be transferred to another department and then accidentally hung up on? How about the time someone promised they would get back to yo…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:14AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Director Stevie Zimmerman on the English language premiere of Our Lady of the Clouds by Aristides Vargas. I found the script online when looking for a piece suitable for a performing arts fe…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:58AM[SHARE]"Here is a wonderful business opportunity," I said while watching a documentary about North Dakota’s oil boom. There were tens of thousands of men living in what they call “man c…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:10AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 7, 2015
One of the greatest things about Interconnected is I can't remember who did what. Karen and I sat there at Modern Times coffeehouse, a notebook with "Gratitude" on it's front, passed back an…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:18AM[SHARE]Monday, July 6, 2015
My idea to tell the story of Ina Ray Hutton came about by accident. I was looking for an audition song on Youtube, and a black and white video kept popping up in the search results. I wasn't…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:01AM[SHARE]I had no idea what I was getting into when I started to work on straight on til moUrning. Tori [Bertocci] and I met a month after last year’s Fringe festival had ended and we thought "…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:01AM[SHARE] 
