How to Quit Your Day Job to Debut in New York City on July 3oth Jonathan Larson wrote a song a day. This may be a musical theatre urban myth, but it's constantly on loop in my mind. In any o…
Theatre Lab Students Take 'Superstar' Turn in Summer Teen Institute Production Ben Cherington and Jack Posey are both veterans of The Theatre Lab's summer Musical Theatre Institute for Teens…
With a title like Maids of Honor one would expect romantic comedy “scmoop” and wedding hi-jinks, but if you had ever seen a production at Unquiet Theatre before, you would kno…
Ever hear the term “Faustian Bargain”? Well – this is the origin of the story. Plunge the depths of the human soul. Explore morality through a Victorian lens – presen…
The many works of William Shakespeare were never meant to be read sitting down in a classroom. Shakespeare would have dreaded the idea of high school students sitting in desks, silently read…
There is much that the average theatre-goer does not know about the Grand Guignol, the French Theatre of Horror that originated in the 1800s and is being revived in Molotov Theatre Group's B…
Disney Magic rarely disappoints and the same can be said for Charm City Players. Their latest full production of The Little Mermaid can be seen now through July 17, 2016 at the gorgeous Harr…
Capital Fringe Preview: H5x7 by William Shakespeare, adapted and directed by Kevin O’Connell "Suppose within the girdles of these walls," begins Shakespeare's Henry V, "Are now confine…
Here is Part 5 of 5 in a series of interviews by Sharon J. Anderson, Contemporary American Theater Festival Trustee/Professional Story Listener and Creative Director. Meet Playwright Chisa H…
From the Author Wayne Nicolosi: Growing up in New Jersey, every day was filled with natural, working-class comedians and poets. Whether mowing lawns, fixing cars or sitting at the bar, they …
Award-winning new play examines the heartbreak and humor of death. The story of Coping began with a tragedy; a friend of Playwright Jacob Marx Rice, who had been struggling with depression f…
Southern Railroad Theatre Company presents DEATH BE NOT LOUD! (a contemporary Southern comedy) By Susan Jackson as part of the 11th Annual Capital Fringe Festival July 7-31, 2016 Southern…
5 Questions with 22 Boom! playwright Miranda Rose Hall by Angela K. Pirko and Miranda Rose Hall Angela: What was the inspiration for 22 Boom! Miranda: It was a compilation of plays tha…
Trump's Theatrics Play Out On The Fringe Festival Stage Believe it or not, John Krizel had the idea and title for his play Let Trump Be Trump months before the slogan, a wink to The West Win…
They may be dead, but the Romanov sisters aren’t letting that slow them down! They’re back and taking the world by storm with a electro-pop concert that sets the record straight …
What happens when you combine opera with an episode of Frasier? You get a comedy of operatic proportions. You get Do Not Disturb, which will be presented by The Forgotten Opera Compan…
What is One Mutual Happiness? Take one totally unqualified wedding officiant, toss in an innovative composer, mix with four weddings and one prolonged illness. Add a generous scoop or two of…
Perfect Liars Club: The Smash Hit Storytelling Interrogation Returns to Capital Fringe "…storytelling at its finest " honest." — The Washington Post Maybe you've been to a storyt…
We knew it had to be the blood eggs. When you're only given four minutes to present your play at the Fringe Preview night, it focuses you. You've been immersed in a rich, funny, tragic, touc…
Take a trip with us through time and space! Grain of Sand Theatre, winner of the Capital Fringe Festival’s Best Drama Awards in 2011 and 2013, returns to the Capital Fringe Festival…
The life of Edgar Allan Poe is a subject of endless and fascinated discussion and debate. But at the core of our fascination with Poe is the work itself " his poems, and literary criticism, …
Steal A Step World Premieres Kick Before You Drown at the Capital Fringe Festival on July 7-14, 2016 Genre-bending company debuts a provocative show melding contemporary circus and perfor…
Mental illness, addiction, and inherited family trauma: these are the ingredients from which Leah Harris spins her solo performance. Working with Director Regie Cabico, she mined her …
We might have been on over 100 dates between the seven us " in fact I'm betting that's a low estimate. Myself (creator/director Brett Steven Abelman), assistant director Emily Cohen, and Pla…
181 school shootings have occurred in the United States since the Columbine shooting on April 20, 1999. 231 young people died from gun violence in their place of education. High school stude…