15,330 stories from DC Metro Theater Arts
If you're a fan of double entendres and early-2000s raunchy teen movies, then chances are you'll like The Country Co-ed, a modern re-imagining of William Wycherley's 17th-century Restoration…
Although it is aesthetically pleasing"beautifully designed and performed"up your aesthetic has nothing to do with aesthetics, per se. Instead, the production"which opened at the Blind Whino …
Fringe is filled with stories, but few are as comfortably charming as the memories presented in A View From My Backyard. Sara Herrera presents her memories through a series of stories and da…
The melody may be unfamiliar, but the music that opens The 100th Monkey Theatre Ensemble’s 52:15 is immediately recognizable as a television news show open. A reporter, speaking to the…
This comedy about bad theater and inappropriate backstage behavior is just gobsmacking good. Laugh-a-minute is an underestimation. Don’t miss it. Perfecting the Kiss, a production f…
District-based solo performer Holly Bass creates in so many media and art forms I can't keep up with her"and I've been covering her for nearly a decade. Her latest devised work, a dance-thea…
With music and lyrics by Stephen Trask (internationally acclaimed for the electrifying and poignant score he created for Hedwig and the Angry Inch in 1998) and Peter Yanowitz (who played Sch…
Throughout my years covering the arts in the DC area, I have often heard that Fairfax County is a wasteland, a desert, no place for the creative theater artist. A locale with few outlets for…
By Bill Kamberger On September 30, 1975, twenty years to the day after the car crash that took the life of movie legend James Dean, six of his female fans gather at a convenience store in a …
It’s anybody’s guess what goes through a person’s mind in their final moments. Most of us are very familiar with what goes through the mind of a person who has lost someone…
An unnamed academic (Cristen Stephansky), in town for a conference, lounges on a sofa taking notes for her presentation. Her host, (Karoline Troger) a similarly unnamed Austrian scholar now …
A promising but flawed dive into the way we deal with death, Ghosts creates an interesting premise and delivers touching moments of emotion. Written by Elford Alley and directed by Kathleen …
Imagine a classroom decorated for a birthday party. On the table is a cake, party hats, paper napkins, and plates; a banner is tacked on the wall. Ambling back and forth in this classroom is…
by Jill Kyle-Keith Two unconventional beauties take us on a wild ride through sex, politics, and the politics of sex. As the title implies, Chlamydia dell'Arte is a sort-of burlesque, with a…
The XY Players have a delightful option at this year's Capital Fringe: a farce on show business titled Show Business 201. It's essentially a romp through the training, rehearsal, and perform…
Masterful monologuist Mike Daisey returns to DC to skewer with humor another burning issue of the day. This time it’s America’s thing about guns. What’s that all about, any…
Synetic Theater's admirable, family-friendly production of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) is the premiere mainstage production of Synetic's New Voice Series. For those fam…
English majors, linguists, and Shakespeare lovers (and fearers) rejoice: the creative team behind Fringe’s A Two Woman Hamlet have broken one of theatre’s great masterpieces down…
By Becca Kurtz Raina Greifer's new play, Mesa, Arizona, or Something Like It, produced by Purple Crayon Productions, is a tale of abandonment, friendship, and the teenage mind. It's fitting …
It's been said that family is a foundation—the one area in which failure can cause permanent heartache. Director and writer Gill Nelson's amazing stage play No Time, the tagline of whi…
Iamaman Productions, a start-up company focused on telling stories pertinent to African Americans, has chosen to present as its inaugural production, a tale of the recently-paroled 578 retur…
Footloose " the 1984 movie starring Kevin Bacon about a disaffected teen who moves to a small town where dancing is outlawed and aims to change the law " occupies a curious place in the Amer…
By Hannah Sternberg Riot Brrrain is a punk-fueled, nonlinear tour through the life of Teddy as they revisit their past relationships after being diagnosed with neurosyphilis. Teddy is bisexu…
By Shawn Reilly Simmons Hold The Tomato is a comedy variety show featuring sketches, songs, and improv, written by Nancy Safavi and David Stauffer, and composed by Wesley Fox. We're introduc…
Wow, what a night! Non-stop energy, a feel-good mood, powerhouse vocals, and a kick-ass band make for one must-see Off-Broadway revival of Smokey Joe's Cafe at Stage 42. The sung-through juk…
