Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Here’s a tip for you: if you’re going to see a piece of children’s theater, bring a child with you. It seems obvious, but these things have a way of getting away from you. My 9 year …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:25PMMonday, March 31, 2014
This is it folks. The main event. In the red corner stands the reigning champion, a pubescent alpha-male and phonetic prodigy. In the blue corner, the challengers stand ready. Among them: a …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:55PMFriday, March 21, 2014
The world is dying of a horrible virus, and nature is taking back what’s rightfully hers. There’s no food, no running water and communication with the outside world has been cut off. …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:40AMSaturday, March 1, 2014
It’s one thing to go to the theater and enjoy yourself. There’s certainly nothing wrong with that. But it’s a far more transcendent joy to revel as the actors and actresses have even…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:12AMThursday, February 13, 2014
Ray Bradbury said in his Zen in the Art of Writing that we must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy us. But the quote is the sentiment of a man for whom writing came easy – o…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:19PMMonday, December 23, 2013
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. The silent night is broken only by silver bells, little drummer boys and millions more rockin’ around the Christmas tree. Yes, it’s beginn…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:17AMTuesday, December 10, 2013
The Holidays just aren’t for everyone. The shopping, the travel, the crowds, the expectations…it can be a little overwhelming. Catching a glimpse of your fiancé locking lips with a …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:24AMTuesday, November 5, 2013
Rebooting a five hundred year old play for a modern audience is hard. Keeping a play fresh when it’s as well-known as Romeo and Juliet might be even harder. And let’s be honest: we’v…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:38AMThursday, October 31, 2013
This week, Theater Alliance debuted its production of White Rabbit, Red Rabbit at the Anacostia Playhouse, performed by Jennifer Mendenhall, but I’m afraid you can’t see it. At least, …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:00AMThursday, October 17, 2013
Playwright Melissa James Gibson wants you to know that “this”- whatever it is you’re dealing with at the moment – may be entirely “dinky” in the grand scheme of things. Gibson�…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:33AMTuesday, October 15, 2013
Good theater can sometimes grab you by the throat, but rarely does it drag you from your bed and leave a bloody trail to the open window. Rarer still can this gruesome scene leave you pens…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:03PMWednesday, September 18, 2013
Moliere certainly didn’t invent the chauvinist, but he knew a thing or two about the concept. Faction of Fools proves they know a little bit about gallivanting as well with their adaptat…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:54AMThursday, August 29, 2013
All 7 Harry Potter books in 70 minutes The unfortunate reality of devoted fandom is that sometimes the curtain falls on the objects of our affection. Long after we’ve waited in line …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:28AMThursday, August 8, 2013
Marcus Kyd of DC theater company Taffety Punk offered a sheepish welcome before the performance of William Shakespeare’s Love’s Labours Lost this week. “You are in for……
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:46AMMonday, July 15, 2013
To Know a Veil is all about the reveal – and what it means to withhold it. From the very start, viewers are compelled to watch the ensemble dress for the show, albeit through a thinly-curt…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:49PMSunday, July 14, 2013
Burlesque isn’t easy. Ever a brave art, Lola Rose’s The Burlesque of Broadway reminds repeat customers of the genre that burlesque is funny and celebratory, sure, but also poli…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:57PMNa-nu na-nu. There, now that’s out of the way. Waiting for Orson gives audiences a seat next to Tristan (Christopher Leith), a wholesome 30-something with Midwestern appeal who just …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:26AMSaturday, July 13, 2013
Blind Pug Arts Collective’s remount of Naomi Iizuka’s dark and gritty Polaroid Stories delivers a gut-punch of love lost, violence, homelessness and addiction. Sure, it will kill …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:22PMFriday, July 12, 2013
Let’s face it: Fringe is rough for parents. The festival is rife with artistic performances that range from intellectual and artistic to profane and hyper-sexualized. As a longtime…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:17PM 
