45 stories by "Cyle Durkee"
Oh Frabjous Day!! I must say, the toves were slithy! And gyring and gimballing were happening all over the stage! And, this take on the creation of Alice in Wonderland really lived up to its…
How does one begin a review about a boy turned into a dung beetle? I suppose, just like that. And, no, I'm not giving anything away, unless you have never had even a cursory acquaintance wit…
For all who were wondering: there is, in fact, a whole world across the river in Anacostia. In that world sits a lovely little theater called the Anacostia Playhouse. And, if you ever hav…
Aaaah….Shakespeare. We Washingtonians love you! We love you so much that we have your library here! And we have 14 theater companies dedicated to your works! We, as an educated and civil t…
Conor McPherson loves the supernatural. His plays exude an otherworldliness that seeps into the dialogue and infects the players. But, his plays aren't about the supernatural. They seem to h…
The final Showcase! And my final Fringe review…..sigh. Well, let's get to it! This final installment of the Capital City Showcase was a bit more subdued than the other I saw, which could b…
Showcases! Sometimes amazing, and sometimes appalling, and this time pretty darn good! This is the Capital City Showcase (which can be seen outside the walls of Fringe {check their website f…
Conor McPherson's play The Veil is a play set in an Irish mansion in the country in 1822. It's story takes us through two weeks of time seeing hopes being sprung, dashed and meekly born a…
If you were to walk up to what looks like a hot dog vendor with a surgical mask on, you might ask: "What's the mask for?"Â You might then look down and realize that the vendor is pushing h…
(Best of the Capital Fringe) There are story tellers. There are actors. There is a difference between the two. In one we find a desire to live the character. To be a new person on stage s…
There is something to be said for idiosyncratic behavior contributing to the spice in any relationship (there is something else, entirely, to he said for the same behavior wrecking any and a…
La Llorona is a Hispanic folktale about a woman who is spurned by her lover and goes on to murder her children. She then wanders the land as a ghost called the wailing woman and hearing her …
(Best of the Capital Fringe) Setting aside certain things about this performance is difficult. They are greedy, selfish, and cruel. Greedy for deciding they should hoard such a mountain of t…
In a show who’s concept is so interesting I was surprised to find so many flaws in both script and execution.The script was unwieldy and suffered from many freshman mistakes. For insta…
This review will be in two parts. One part about the dance (yes, this is a dance show) and one about the spoken aspects of the show (which, due to a proclivity for answering any question ask…
The Rude Mechanicals of Virginia present “Master Harold”… and the Boys, a play by Athol Fugard. It’s a piece of theater that lends itself to subtle choices in orde…
Twanna Hines is fun and sexy. Which is great for someone who talks about sex for a living. I wasn’t sure what to expect from this show, so I was happily surprised when I discovered it …
(Best of the Capital Fringe) Though you travel the perilous river of the Fringe and are beset on all sides by ravening flyer bearers and incoherent plots. Though you are forced to cringe so …
I write to you all after a long absence (no, I didn't get abducted by aliens {but wouldn't that be a cool story to share [with the other inmates of the psych ward]}) and come to realize that…
F%#k you! (Not you, sorry! {I should probably have explained that statement a bit first]) The reason I said that is that it's not something that you typically hear in a collaborative process…
How do you know that it’s too early in the morning (on a Saturday, no less), and no one has gotten enough sleep (we all know that sleep is something that happens to people outside the …
What is an artist? An artist is many things. An artist is an individual who creates, certainly. But, there is so much more to the description. Artists are those who strive for something new,…
In our last foray into the philosophies of theater we began our journey into the relationship that we, as people, have with the art that we call theater (and pretentious people call theatre)…
Burlesque. Comedy. Together. Right? Can you go wrong with this? No. Let's begin with the opening of the room. As people enter they are personally greeted by Justin Purvis. He is not a charac…
Robot Sex. Perfect Fringe show, right? You would think so. And it almost is. R.U.X. is about an embattled businessman named Rockwell. Rockwell Jr. to be precise. His father's company has bee…
