Last night, the staff of theatreWashington gathered an excitable sample of area theatre artists, arts leaders, and members of the press into the National Theatre’s Helen Hayes Gallery to a…
SOURCE: feeds.feedblitz.com at 05:51AMMost of us get our fill of chestnuts in December, but save a little room — if you’re feeling sentimental — for the one served up by The American Century Theatre this month. I…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:31AM“Don’t let them tell you what to do!” cries Petey, famously, as his houseguest Stanley is muscled away in the grip of two mysterious strangers. The plea echoes through the spooky final…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:27AMSticks and stones may break our bones, but words can hurt far more. The sparring characters in Savyon Liebrecht’s play — a heartfelt look at the rifts in orthodox Jewish life in …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:32AMSome acting teachers ask their students to imagine: What kind of animal are you? The truer question for Marissa Molnar might be: What kind of animal aren’t you? Marissa Molnar (Photo: Grae…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:32PMMost holiday shows, like holiday kids, turn out to be Naughty or Nice. In the Nice corner are those bright, cheery classics about love, family, and generosity that bring comfort to all ages.…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:53PMIt takes some special theatre magic to conjure a lot from a little. And just our luck: dog&pony have been playing with some worthy new potions. The company’s name may imply a rickety r…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:31AMIn an age of uncertainty, sometimes it’s nice to get exactly what you expect. The main ingredients in MetroStage’s holiday show, back for a third season at this cozy theatre space ne…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:19AMMichael Stebbins had to grow up, but lately he’s been thinking about the boy who never did. Peter Pan’s undying, almost mythic legacy led Stebbins, the Producing Artistic Director at Rep…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:44AMIf men were angels, Ty Green probably wouldn’t have gotten three women pregnant in one week. But men aren’t angels, and I suppose even a desultory poetry professor can manage a wild few …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:49AMMia Chung’s new play You For Me For You, opening this week, kicks off Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company’s “Free The Beast” campaign: a ten-year commitment to producing 25 world-premiere…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:07AMDC is just the city for a company like Ambassador Theater. Home to a constant tide of diplomats, businessmen, and wandering tourists, this town must re-translate every day to keep the popula…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:51AMLet’s go ahead and flag playwright Michael Merino’s new ocean-bound brain-bender as the polar opposite of James Cameron’s 1997 blockbuster film. Both harken back to the RMS Titanic’s…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:21AMIn Synetic Theater’s newest production, based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s short novel, Alex Mills plays both the muted Professor Jekyll and his voracious alter ego Mister Hyde. Under gui…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:50AMYou’ve seen veteran DC actor Jay Hardee die coughing on a chaise lounge as Camilla. You’ve seen Christopher Henley, the Artistic Director at WSC Avant Bard, tread the boards fully pillow…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:32PMActors portraying real-life figures will often pick up a history book to research their roles. But the homework hasn’t been easy for actors Frank Britton and Dane Figueroa Edidi. The chara…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:13PMThe ring is up. The wrestling is as real as it gets. All they need is the roar of the crowd. Most plays are no sweat. Actors Jose Joaquin Perez and Shawn T. Andrew have been around the block…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:44PMIf this presidential race has been giving you tunnel vision, come veer way off to the left with us into Shirley, Vermont. The people of playwright Annie Baker’s fictional New England town …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:55AMRead, sleep, repeat. Grad students run this sad circuit every week, none more so than those in law school. What workaholic wunderkind hasn’t passed out face-down in a stack of books fr…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:24AMHunter talks with Capital Fringe co-founder and Executive Director, Julianne Brienza The Capital Fringe Festival is a marathon of organized chaos, made up of hundreds of artists working hard…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:42PMJason is nursing a carbonated beverage when I approach him. A light rain is starting to fall, but it hasn’t dampened his spirits. “I feel really good,” he says. “We h…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:47AMMelissa is riding a post-show high when I bump into her at the Tent. She’s just gotten done with a performance of We Tiresias. “This is my third Fringe in a row, and my second Fr…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:27AMIt’s unclear whether Chris Schwartz’s hat is keeping him cool in this hot weather, but he wears it well. He’s standing on the main deck of the Fort Fringe bar, chatting and enjoying a …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:37PMI bump into the Antichrist on the sidewalk patio. She’s trying out the new table service at Fringe. “I’m the devil’s daughter, to be exact,” says Maya. “It’s my first time play…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:03PMTD Smith doesn’t do any juggling in his role as Capitano in this year’s Faction of Fools Fringe show, Tales of Marriage and Mozzarella, but he’s still got multiple balls in the air. TD…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:14AMIn a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Somewhere nearby, there lived an elf. The hobbit found a ring and carried it with him — an act of courage that led him and his kin to 2.6 …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:01PMFringe performers have to overcome any number of technical limitations when they put up their plays. For Claire Carroll, that meant having to stage a new play featuring a field full of cattl…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:15AMThe Tent at Fringe is pretty small, except when it’s Madison Square Garden. That was the thundering scale of things on Saturday night as the first performance of Jilly Manilly got under wa…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:49PMIt took a few days of Fringe-going before I saw fake vomit hit the wall during a show (and, accidentally, the ceiling too) but thank goodness it came sooner rather than later. Every Fringe f…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:39PMSome people seek out their fantasy girl on the internet, but Jack is going old-fashioned in Artists’ Initiative’s new play. The object of his desire is painted with loving strokes and fr…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:01PMSometimes critics can shed light on the darkness. It’s our duty and our pleasure to clue in the public to an unknown piece of theatre when we can, holding the front door open for others to…
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