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Sunday, July 23, 2023

'Big Fish' is quite the catch at City of Fairfax Theatre Company by Terry Byrne

Prepare to be reeled in by a big cast, a whopper of a story, and larger-than-life characters in this buoyant musical.

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 07:26AM[SHARE]
Monday, July 17, 2023

2023 Capital Fringe Review: 'Onion Skin' by Dara Padwo-Audick (3 stars) by Terry Byrne

Dramatic comedy by a skin cancer survivor is theater advocacy at full tilt.

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 08:50PM[SHARE]

2023 Capital Fringe Review: 'Between Raindrops' by Elizabeth Cutler (3 stars) by Terry Byrne

First-time playwright brings little-known DC historical tragedy to life.

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 04:28PM[SHARE]

2023 Capital Fringe Review: '29th and Oakes' by Daniel Niewoehner (3 1⁄2 stars) by Terry Byrne

At the intersection of self-acceptance and self-deception lies a new musical about lost love.

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 03:39PM[SHARE]
Sunday, July 16, 2023

2023 Capital Fringe Review: 'INHIBITIONIST(!)' by Hope Lafferty (3 1⁄2 stars) by Terry Byrne

In this one-woman existential exhibition, Hope Lafferty demands you escape your comfort zone.

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 07:21PM[SHARE]
Sunday, May 7, 2023

A playwright probes his wife's suicide in 'M' at StageCoach Theatre Company by Terry Byrne

A deeply personal script, a brave act of catharsis, a raw letter from beyond the grave.

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 07:23PM[SHARE]
Saturday, April 22, 2023

A wigged-out twist on 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' at Dominion Stage by Terry Byrne

The groundbreaking, heartbreaking musical features a refreshingly off-kilter Cam Shegogue as the titular punk rocker.

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 03:52PM[SHARE]
Monday, March 27, 2023

'Into the Valley Below' dives into a disaster at StageCoach Theatre Company by Terry Byrne

The tragic history of the Johnstown Flood of 1889 is dramatically brought to life by a young generation now accustomed to mass fatality.

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 10:39AM[SHARE]
Sunday, March 5, 2023

Two women's love not stopped by hate in 'Stop Kiss' at Reston Community Players by Terry Byrne

How director Kimberly Leone layers the work's froth with a commitment to cast out 'othering' is where the show's true magic lurks.

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 09:16AM[SHARE]
Sunday, March 27, 2022

'Enchanted April' trips from gloom to bloom at Providence Players of Fairfax by Terry Byrne

An escapist and endearing comedy in which four mismatched British women get away to a castle in Italy for a break from life's doldrums.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:03PM[SHARE]
Saturday, March 19, 2022

'Riverdance' refresh: An exhilarating ride of pride and precision by Terry Byrne

This '25th Anniversary Show' company is nothing short of superhuman.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:51AM[SHARE]
Sunday, February 27, 2022

'Blue Stockings,' Little Theatre of Alexandria's latest, is a triumph by Terry Byrne

A stellar cast depicts a not-so-distant Victorian-era women's rights battle.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:51PM[SHARE]
Saturday, February 26, 2022

Reston Community Players' 'Delightful Quarantine' is a wacky caper by Terry Byrne

The action onstage is genuinely deep-in-the-bones funny.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:11PM[SHARE]
Saturday, February 19, 2022

'Every Brilliant Thing' at NextStop riffs on reasons to live by Terry Byrne

Star Evan Hoffmann keeps guests gravitating between giggles and goosebumps.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:07PM[SHARE]
Saturday, January 22, 2022

Neil Simon's 'The Dinner Party' serves delicious fun at Vienna Theatre Company by Terry Byrne

It's a full course in farce and dramedy by the wisecracking icon.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:44PM[SHARE]
Saturday, December 4, 2021

NextStop Theatre packs 'Every Christmas Story' into hysterical remix by Terry Byrne

Get a load of these fruitcakes " three wise-guy gals bearing timeless gifts of mirth

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:00PM[SHARE]
Saturday, October 16, 2021

Smart satire and sorcery from Reston Community Players teens by Terry Byrne

Pop quiz: If you set out to train young musical theater artists, whose canon would you sample? A) Rodgers and Hammerstein B) Stephen Sondheim C) Jerry Herman D) Andrew Lloyd Webber E) Kander…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:18PM[SHARE]
Sunday, October 3, 2021

A grand night of singing in 'A Familiar Melody' at NextStop by Terry Byrne

A revue of beloved showtunes makes for a giddy reunion of artists and audience.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:26AM[SHARE]
Sunday, September 26, 2021

In 'Prepping for Widowhood,' it's ladies night and never too late by Terry Byrne

Best Medicine Rep channels women of a certain age ready for their next act.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:10PM[SHARE]
Sunday, August 22, 2021
Wednesday, August 11, 2021

'Theater people are magic': A Q&A with Deaf and gay artivist Joshua Castille by Terry Byrne

The LA-based performance artist"now appearing as Romeo at the Frederick Shakespeare Festival"talks about being labeled and falling in love.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:10AM[SHARE]
Sunday, August 8, 2021

A mesmerizing and moving 'R&J' from Endangered Species (theatre) Project by Terry Byrne

Too many Shakespeare reinventions hang on costume overhauls or time travel. But Endangered Species (theatre) Project's Romeo and Juliet is not your garden-variety redo. This ambitious gender…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:32AM[SHARE]
Thursday, August 5, 2021

On directing R&J with a Deaf Romeo: A Q&A with Christine Mosere by Terry Byrne

Broadway veteran Joshua Castille (Deaf West's 'Spring Awakening') comes to Frederick Shakespeare Festival and a classic gets a rethink.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:38AM[SHARE]
Monday, August 2, 2021

Signature's 'Detroit '67' is a fiery history lesson that grooves and moves by Terry Byrne

Played out in a basement bunker, this uplifting virtual show spins on nostalgia and desire.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:23AM[SHARE]
Sunday, July 25, 2021

'Rumors' swirls with mischief and mayhem at Little Theatre of Alexandria by Terry Byrne

A solid reason to return to live theater for an outlandish peek at the ups and downs of married life.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:34PM[SHARE]
Saturday, July 17, 2021

What the fork?! 'What Comes Next' picks up where pandemic left us off-kilter by Terry Byrne

In an era of TikTok attention spans, 21st Century Players' new audio play is a refreshing dive into storied traditions that came before.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:22AM[SHARE]
Sunday, June 11, 2017

Review: 'The Wizard of Oz' at Creative Cauldron by Terry Byrne

America's beloved franchise The Wizard of Oz gets a sprightly and spectacular makeover at Creative Cauldron this month. The musical " with music and lyrics by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg, …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:36PM[SHARE]
Sunday, June 4, 2017

Review: 'Red, White, and Tuna' at The Little Theatre of Alexandria by Terry Byrne

The title alone is fair warning. Red, White, and Tuna is irreverently reverse-patriotic. Let's break it down: red state (Texas), mixed with a dash of white supremacy and a tangy, Southern fl…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:28PM[SHARE]
Sunday, May 7, 2017

Review: 'Private Lives' at Reston Community Players by Terry Byrne

Some plays are like peeping through your eye doctor's phoropter " layer upon layer of filters. Say, a playwright of the Roaring Twenties borrows a style of the 1660s English Restoration peri…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:10AM[SHARE]
Sunday, November 13, 2016

Review: 'Broadway Bound' at 1st Stage by Terry Byrne

As self-conscious plays go, Neil Simon's Broadway Bound is both a self-fulfilling prophesy and a cross-examination of the creative process. The play, which was nominated for a Pulitzer…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:31PM[SHARE]
Friday, November 4, 2016

Review: 'Godspell' at W.T. Woodson High School by Terry Byrne

Stephen Schwartz's often treacly Godspell, conceived by book writer John-Michael Tebelak, is a parade of parables borrowed from the New Testament's Matthew and Luke set to a hippie-chic Seve…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:45PM[SHARE]

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