How far would you go to save a struggling burlesque house? It’s a question at the heart of Pinky Swear Productions’ The Last Burlesque, playing now at the Atlas Performing Arts Center’…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:56AMAbduction, trafficking, extortion, and cult immersion…just a subset of the many heavy themes crammed into the one hour and forty-five minute A Family Reunion, produced by Out-Side the Box …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:04AM“I think I should have an abortion. I think it’s for the best.” It’s the choice at the heart of the stories woven into Out of the Silence: Abortion Stories from the 1 in 3 Campaign, …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:57AMThe Naked Theater Project’s SONATA: The Naked Theatre Project, playing at Gallaudet University’s Eastman Studio Theater, is an experimental concerto on suspense and delay. (It’s fully …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:08PMAlex Mahgoub’s Baba is an intimate dive into a son’s attempt to process the untimely death of his father, reconcile his sexuality, and build for himself the meaning of manhood in a brand…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:07AMLove, sex, rhythm; more sex and some dancing; some Gaga. More Gaga. A jukebox-style montage of performance and social politics, and buried beneath it all, a fairly poignant question — wha…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:30AMTragedy + timing = comedy. So the saying goes, at least, and all three were here tonight — to varying degrees. Do You See What I See? is an unusual blend of sketch comedy, stand up, and (…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:12AMJane Franklin’s bold collaboration with percussionist Tom Teasley is Fringe at its best. Blue Moon / Red River reaches wide — part dance and part concert. The pair have managed to combin…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:40AMFringe has turned literary with Murder on the Bare Stage, a collection of murder-themed poems either written or compiled by poet Magus Magnus and dramatically performed by actor Stephen Mead…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:50AMCapital Fringe kicked off this week with Recovery, a powerful though, at-times, draining exploration through the prolonged emotional quagmire of long term healthcare. Recovery juxtaposes the…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:31AMHow many does it take to tango? In typical Fringe fashion, Despertar (Spanish for “awakening”) attempts to forge new kinds of theatre by merging performance art, dance, and scrip…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:29PMMay Green and Robert James-Baker have some issues with sperm. Field Trip Theatre’s Stopgap, directed by Jamila Reddy, explores the relationship between small-town America and the resid…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:15PMJustin Purvis has a story to tell. And it begins with Fringe. Conceived over a few offhanded “what-ifs” and a couple of drinks under last year’s beer tent, this one-man…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:52PMTheatre — with an -re. One of the first pieces to kick off this year’s Capital Fringe festival, Colony does so proudly. And just as unapologetically. The setting — Fringe…
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