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Review: The Hypocrites’ hijinks with Gilbert & Sullivan’s Pinafore. Bring the...
I am generally not a forced gaiety and audience-participation kind of guy. And yet Saturday night, there I was some 20 minutes before show time for H.M.S. Pinafore, in Olney Theatre’s Mulitz-Gudelsky...
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Review: Synetic’s Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Imaginative, kinetic, engaging, and bold – those are just a few words to describe The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Synetic Theater. For the young and young at heart, this fanciful and faithful adaptation...
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Review: An Unhealthily Man Lectures You on Medical Issues at Capital Fringe
The fine actor Vincent Clark, known mostly for his work at Washington Stage Guild, plays a sick man in this one-actor show. A very sick man. Imagine yourself at a holiday party with an elderly relative...
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Review: metamorphose at Capital Fringe
In these times of change, it’s comforting to be reminded that nothing ever stays the same. Almost exactly two thousand years ago, Publius Ovidius Naso, known to scholars as Ovid, wrote down previous...
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Review: Monumental cast gets its corner of the sky with Pippin
In Monumental Theatre Co.’s production of Pippin, young dreamers are still out to find their own corner of the sky — they’re just also likely to share that corner with their social media followers and...
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Addison Switzer reveals how Quotidian is putting the Irish twist to Midsummer...
Addison Switzer and I shared stages back in the early days of the old Clark Street Playhouse, so I was thrilled to explore his take on his role as King of the Fairies, King Finvarra in this “Irish...
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Review: Roko’s Basilisk at Capital Fringe
In the beginning was the Supercomputer, and the words came out of the Supercomputer, and the words were all right. We are in a lecture hall, where Michael (Mike Rudden) holds forth about his beloved...
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Review: On the Eve at Capital Fringe
On the Eve questions turning points in three famous stories, in which characters make decisions “on the eve of when the ordinary becomes extraordinary” to quote the Capital Fringe summary. In all...
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Review: (Super) Friends at Capital Fringe
Given our divisive culture and the omnipresence of superheroes in our movie theaters, along comes this light-hearted riff on the whole hero-villain dichotomy, including who decides who is acting on...
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Review: Coronado at Capital Fringe
Coronado is a play in disguise. If you read the blurbs or see the black and white promo photo of a couple of White dudes at a bar table with cigarettes hanging from their mouths, you might think you...
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Review: Brahman/i at Logan Festival plays on the threshold of theatre itself
It’s rare to see a performance so original that you can’t quite find your footing. Brahman/i, the story of an intersex Indian comic, purposefully moves all the boundaries of what you think you know to...
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Review: Where Did We Sit on the Bus? at Logan Festival
Brian Quijada is unstoppable. In his autobiographical Where Did We Sit on the Bus?, he sings, dances, and wields a live looper like a genius to create a solo performer musical that takes us all the way...
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Review: The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey at Logan Festival
The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey brilliantly subverts both crime procedurals and comedy. This is a show not about catching the bad guys or laughing at weirdos, though it’ll trick you early on....
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Review: How’s That Workin’ Out for Ya? at Capital Fringe
Full disclosure, I like to go see a play without any advance research. If that is your style, stop reading now and just make your plans to see this play. But if you insist to know a little more, keep...
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Review: Through the Wall at Capital Fringe
We are all cautious by design. When faced with a life-changing decision, there is a moment of hesitation – our hearts race as we face an infinite number of thoughts compounded by a simple choice: to...
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Teacher and genderqueer Capital Fringe performer Al Baker’s personal story
Being genderqueer or part of the LGBTQIAA* community in the Theater world is nothing new and usually accepted without much question. To be part of that same world and out about it in the Teaching field...
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Review: Murder for Two from Infinity Theatre
Murder for Two is a nice light evening out. If you’re a fan of both murder mysteries and musicals, with a peppering of slapstick, you’ll have a great time. But be forewarned: though the music by Joe...
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Review: Mamma Mia! at Toby’s, the feel-good show of the summer
After a decade on Broadway and a prolonged national tour, Mamma Mia! has come to Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia for what promises to continue the winning streak for this feel-good and tune-filled...
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REVIEW: Draupadi’s Arranged Marriage at Capital Fringe
I am sure there are many lessons in The Mahabharata, an Indian epic which includes the story on which “Draupadi’s Arranged Marriage” is based, but “be careful what you wish for” must be one of them....
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Review: 14 at Capital Fringe
One of the unexpected pleasures of the Capital Fringe Festival is going to see the latest work by a Washington-area tyro and being blindsided by the work of an entirely different tyro. The known tyro...
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