8,108 stories from DC Theatre Scene
If you’ve ever picked up a roommate from an online ad, you know that living with strangers can be, well, strange. In a world premiere from outer space-oriented Nu Puppis collective, th…
Satire is a noble pursuit, but it can also be used as an excuse. Regardless of what a would-be satirist puts onstage, if you dislike it, he can say that your negative reaction is the point. …
This year, we are sending roving reporters around Fringe to bring back stories. For this first Fringe Binge column, John Morogiello ventured no further than his spot upstairs at the Pursuit …
Wild Horses is the story of a thirteen-year-old girl making bad choices, in the company of her close friends, who also make bad choices, and of their bad-choice-making associates. She has ba…
At the end of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, the Judge offers the heroic John Proctor a deal. Confess to witchcraft, he says, and we will spare your life. More than that: you will go free. Pr…
Eleanor Burgess’ play could, with justice, be called Oleanna — The Next Generation. Like the Mamet play, this is the story of a student and her professor. Like Oleanna‘s Ca…
Though her name is no longer on the lips of an adoring public, during the height of silent film and then early talkies, Clara Bow was The It Girl, the very personification of the carefree fl…
It's surprising how quickly a time period can be captured with a few props, boom box, land line phone and some huge Afro wigs. This world premiere by the talented Kara Lee Corthron is fi…
Not the first, not the second, but the third Joe Charnitski is here from New York to share his story of three lives, two eulogies, and getting out of a small town. Witty, humble, and invitin…
Welcome to show business! And welcome to this comedy revue where four talented actors burst on and off the stage offering send-ups of various show biz situations, real and imaginary. Geoffre…
LIFE: A Comic Opera in Three Short Acts is neither quite an opera nor a musical; it is not a really a comedy or a drama. It's a bit of everything, using classical music, Broadway, doo-wop…
Autobiographical solo performances are a major food group at Capital Fringe. Spy in the House of Men follows the recipe step-by-step, but stands out from the rest as particularly well-writte…
An hour of music"wonderfully moody ballads, bluesy numbers, and almost twangy folk songs"is always an hour well spent. Even if that music largely focuses on supernatural themes. Monsters to …
Ah, the land of dreams, whimsy, and mouse ears! Main Street, USA, the Matterhorn ride, and Tom Sawyer's Island. All these are part of a mecca for family entertainment nestled in sunny Anahei…
At this point, there's an entire genre of books, TV shows, and films about bad bosses and the bizarre vagaries of corporate workplaces. One of the perhaps lesser-known but extremely effectiv…
Ask yourself: how much do you need to know about the inner workings of local government in Flemington, New Jersey? If the answer is "I'd rather know about Flemington, NJ than what's going on…
What is truth? It's a big question to explore in 50 minutes, but Agora Dance's The Kind of Thing That Would Happen attempts to do exactly that. The result is a beautifully executed, if overl…
Kukui Kikuyu Productions' Passing " A Stage Play is a fascinating psychological character study in which secrets revealed inevitably lead to a shockingly tragic end which deserves a long …
A cluttered desk, a twenty-minute appointment, a student and a teacher, and what ensues are cerebral twists and turns, well beyond the subdued, weightiness of departmental office hours. We i…
One of the most frequently performed plays in America today, The Laramie Project, is now on view at the Atlas Performing Arts Center, where the bare stage of the Lang Theatre has been transf…
How far are we willing to go to seek happiness? That's the intriguing premise of Jona Tarlin's Lost Teeth, a world premiere production from New York City's Blowout Theatre Company which …
Tiresias' Tits is a self-described satirical, surreal, burlesque (fun fact – the author of the ur-source material, The Breasts of Tiresias, Guillaume Apollinaire, is respon…
No way around it, this is a dark, harsh, and gritty domestic drama. For some, it may be too dark, too harsh, too gritty, perhaps a partner violence trigger. A fun, frothy, feel-good frolic t…
I love Fringe. And like many theatergoers, I head off each day with tolerance and hope. The tolerance is for shows that are long on ambition, and the hope is for something more. Imagine my s…
Sitting in the audience of To Be or Not To Be In Love " That Is The Question?, a one-woman cabaret starring writer-choreographer Beverly Merella, might be the modern equivalent of attendi…
