American Idiot by Ryan Taylor

American Idiot celebrates a year in the life of the early 21st Century American dudebro. Based on the multi-platinum 2004 album by pop-punk 90's survivors Green Day, Idiot follows the misadv…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 8:42am on February 20, 2014☆⚑

Rorschach's whirlwind romance with Glassheart gets a (theatre) fairy tale ending by Ryan Taylor

This is the fairy tale story of the whirlwind romance between a lonely, lyrical young script and the scrappy theater company that swept her off her feet. Such is the tale of Rorschach Theate…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:38am on February 5, 2014☆⚑

Miss Nelson is Missing by Ryan Taylor

I remember Miss Nelson. I remember the kindly young teacher driven batty by the especially naughty students of Room 207. And I, of course, remember nasty, mean, odorous Viola Swamp. Those ar…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 8:17am on January 22, 2014☆⚑

Sanka, Ya Dead Mon? by Ryan Taylor

The good people at Wild Rumpus Productions should thank the deities of all the varied pantheons they found Manu Kumasi, star of solo comedy Sanka, Ya Dead Mon?. With off-the-chart presence a…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 7:38am on July 21, 2013☆⚑

They Call Me Q! by Ryan Taylor

They Call Me Q! ranks among the very best of a large and varied crowd of autobiographical solo shows I've seen over eight years of Capital Fringing. Click for tickets to They Call Me Q The k…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 6:52pm on July 19, 2013☆⚑

In Search of the Perfect G-String by Ryan Taylor

It's Fringe season, so when you tell folks at the tent you're off to  In Search of The Perfect G-String they're to be forgiven for their assumption you're headed to one of the several bur…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:27pm on July 14, 2013☆⚑

Kubrilesque by Ryan Taylor

The Kubrilesque audience enters to incessant click-clack of a typewriter, the province of an intense, hard-drinking man and a reference that if you don't immediately get it might just mean y…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 4:01pm on July 12, 2013☆⚑

Commedia at Gallaudet: the impact of Faction of Fools by Ryan Taylor

-  When we asked Matthew R. Wilson, founder of Faction of Fools how the students at Gallaudet were responding to his company’s presence on campus,  his answer was a quick invitat…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 8:33am on May 4, 2012☆⚑

fallFRINGE opens November 1st; we talk about Good Girls, Ellery Hollow and Hugo Ball by Ryan Taylor

Pretty soon, every season will be Fringe Season. What once was solely a summer phenomenon has blossomed into an all-year producing organization. This November, FallFRINGE is back! This year'…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 6:39am on October 14, 2011☆⚑

iKilL by Ryan Taylor

iKilL is a exhibition of excellent choreography performed by a well-drilled ensemble. Auteur director Izumi Ashizawa has gathered a team of talented young actors. Together, they seek to port…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 4:56pm on July 21, 2011☆⚑

Washed by Ryan Taylor

Playwright Pam Mandigo's Washed is concerned with Big Themes and Big Questions.  How does a society function without knowing God? Is redemption possible for even the most vile of criminal…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 1:10pm on July 15, 2011☆⚑

UPheaval by Ryan Taylor

Zero complaints about the dance technique in DC Aerial Collective's UPheaval. The women of the Collective are clearly well trained, strong, and fearless performers, capable of feats at which…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 6:16pm on July 11, 2011☆⚑

The Oregon Trail: The Quest for the West! by Ryan Taylor

They had me at "$800 for supplies". FLASHBACK to Morningside Elementary School, 12th Street, Salem, Oregon. The dead center of the Willamette Valley. A much shorter version of your critic ha…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 2:58pm on July 11, 2011☆⚑

cloudism by Ryan Taylor

Well, folks. I'm pretty sure I've found the Fringiest show at the Fringe. Artists and fans hip to the development of interactive theater should make plans to check out cloudism, a show that …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 2:14pm on July 10, 2011☆⚑

On the Rag to Riches by Ryan Taylor

Grrrrrrl power! Rock and roll! Curse words! Boobs! FRINGE! The sixth Capitol Fringe festival got off to a rocking start Thursday night with the opening performance of frequent Fringers Katie…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 5:56pm on July 8, 2011☆⚑