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Tuesday, July 21, 2015

How to Be a Good Mom … at Capital Fringe by Maddie Ardillo

“You all ready to get depressed?” It’s a lighthearted way to begin a performance, particularly when the title promises a subject matter that’s really less than cheery. That being…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:49AM
Thursday, July 16, 2015

Witches at Capital Fringe by Maddie Ardillo

It’s 2015. At this point, we must have seen just about every iteration and incarnation of fairy tale that can possibly be cooked up by wandering minstrels and Walt Disney… right?…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:43PM

Wrestling with the WIP at Capital Fringe by Maddie Ardillo

The performance of Wrestling with the WIP begins in the lobby of Brookland’s Dance Place: four women in quilted skirts in a blend of pantomime, precise movement, and frustrated shouts …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:43AM
Monday, July 13, 2015

Burlesque Classique’s Vaudevillian Romp by Maddie Ardillo

In all honesty, I don’t want to say too much about Burlesque Classique’s Vaudevillian Romp, because I’d be cheating you out of your ticket (er, eraser). What I can tell you…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:14AM
Monday, July 21, 2014

An Evening with Danny Kaye by Maddie Ardillo

“You know, it took me ten years to become an overnight sensation,” quips the sensational Danny Kaye, the springy curls of his hair bouncing as he waltzes around the stage, kickin…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:28PM
Sunday, July 20, 2014

Wistaria by Maddie Ardillo

Walking into Hillyer Art Space’s main room, its walls lined with white folding chairs with a rustically set table at the head, you might get the feeling that you’re walking into …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:49PM
Thursday, July 17, 2014

À Demain by Maddie Ardillo

Let’s cut to the chase: À Demain has the greatest performances of one of the finest scripts I have seen in years. I struggle to think of its equal — As You Like It at the Folge…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:40PM

A Lesbian Belle Tells! by Maddie Ardillo

The main stage at the Goethe Institut is set like a Southern living room — a rocking chair, a small side table and what appears to be a glass of sweet tea perched atop it. As I take my…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:17PM

Marriage, Lizards and Love by Maddie Ardillo

My father was an opera singer, sometimes still hums “toreador en garde” around the house, so when the arias flowed between scenes in Marriage, Lizards, and Love I was delighted…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:53AM

Mobile Personal Series by Maddie Ardillo

“Is this Ghostbusters?” one little girl shrieks as an almost hazmat-clad figure pushes a strange mechanical contraption along the sidewalk facing the White House. Her mother quie…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:20AM

Bargain Basement University by Maddie Ardillo

Bargain Basement University provides a service sought worldwide: a quick and easy Bachelor of the Arts program, conveniently located around Fort Fringe, by which I mean it provides a brutall…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:38AM
Saturday, July 12, 2014

This Gonna Be On The Test, Miss? by Maddie Ardillo

“Ronna, when I first met you, I thought you were a snobby white bitch. I judged you by sight, and not your inner self. But girl, you are a dynamite lady!” The upstairs gallery ro…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:47PM
Friday, July 11, 2014

Olizzia by Maddie Ardillo

“You go home with a stack of books, I go home with a suitcase full of empty condom wrappers,” quips Lizzie (Stacy Mathison) to Olivia (Alex Johnson), and no scene or snippet of d…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:34AM
Monday, July 22, 2013

The Goddess Diaries by Maddie Ardillo

We all have those evenings that turn, inevitably, into those storytelling days of yore — gathered around a fireplace or a fruit bowl, talking about family and friends, the good times a…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:23AM
Friday, July 19, 2013

Apotheosis by Maddie Ardillo

“Who’s got this card?” Anna Lathrop calls, holding up the nine of diamonds. The woman in front of me raises her hand and Lathrop, the ringmaster of the evening, waltzes ove…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:27PM
Thursday, July 18, 2013

Misconception: The Lost Gospel of Christmas by Maddie Ardillo

I know what you’re thinking: Christmas in July? Well, if you’re going to perform a retelling of the Nativity entitled Misconception: The Lost Gospel of Christmas, you might as we…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:08AM

Kids in Space by Maddie Ardillo

As a kid, I dreamed of walking on the moon, of seeing the distant continents and all the vastness of space from within the confines of a climate controlled suit. Click for tickets to Kids in…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:49AM
Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Romeo and Juliet by Maddie Ardillo

Romeo and Juliet: Shakespeare’s classic tragedy, hashed out a thousand times in hundreds of variations on both stage and screen. So what keeps a production of arguably the most famous love…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:09AM

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