Growing up is painful. The body changes, the mind expands, and the heart, well, the heart tries to keep up with the strange horror show. And the world that looks on as this change occurs can…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:42AMDating is fun. Wait, did I say fun? I meant horrible. Dating is horrible. One would think our hyper-information-digital-social age would soften the blow – or at least weed out the craz…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:07AMBrian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Amy Winehouse, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain. Their names are firmly cemented in Rock n’ Roll history, forever associated with musical genius, loyal fa…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:56PM“Don’t Stand So Close To Me” is among my favorite songs by the Police. The story of a student-teacher scandal is deceptively upbeat and hummable, but addresses the grave issue of inapp…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:30AMEverything is big in Texas, or so I’ve been told. Big sky, big land, big opinions, big accents. So to be a Texas teenager, in the 1980’s no less, must have been a tall and interesting or…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:41AMI’m angry. There, I’ve said it. I’m angry. Most young girls aren’t raised to be angry. Many other things, yes, but angry, no. So to enter the world, and begin to get the feeling …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:32PMComedy is a lot like music, constantly evolving according to tastes, culture, and age. Ask your grandmother who the best comedian around is; it’s doubtful she’ll respond with “Aziz A…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:44AMWhen Diana Son’s Stop Kiss premiered at New York City’s Public Theatre in November of 1998, the questions caused by the tragic death of Matthew Shepard still hung in the air. Words like …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:04AMI did not enjoy the circus growing up. The attractions smelled of woodchips and perspiration, the animals looked too large for their cages, and God only knows, I’d think to myself, when th…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:50AMHave you ever had the dream where you go to work naked? You look down and realize all at once that strangers and friends are staring in shock, and your feet won’t take you away from the sh…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:00AMThere’s an elderly woman on an assisted living floor somewhere spinning carelessly to a song from her childhood. She’s young again, and she’s joyful, failing to notice the stares and…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:03PMMy earliest memory of experiencing theatre is not a pleasant one: it involves blindingly lit animals playing instruments very poorly, with mouths that appear possessed by demons. So maybe si…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:01PM“If you’re looking to make a friend in D.C., get a dog.” This is one of the first words of “D.C. wisdom” imparted to me upon my move to the area following college, and a sentiment …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:38PMIn October of 2011, the Occupy Movement found its way to Washington D.C., or more specifically, McPherson Square Park. While many of us passed the protest camp, filled with the revolution an…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:24PMThere’s a racket ascending on New York Avenue over the debut buzz of Fringe Festival, and the happy hour buzz of Baldacchino Gypsy Tent Bar. There are bass and guitar riffs and crash rides…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:46PMWhat do a 19th century writer, a successful Broadway composer, and a closeted young man in rural Missouri have in common? Secrets, sacrifice, and an undying love of the mermaid. In an age wh…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:34PMBold prison breaks, hearty sword fights, and tales of treachery and rescue are the hallmarks of French novelist Alexandre Dumas’ beloved classic, The Three Musketeers, and Synetic Th…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:48PMTwo weeks ago I ducked into a local movie theatre to attend a new, big-budgeted film about an art heist. Theft, highly-coveted works of art, talented actors; what could possibly go wrong? I …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:53AM“Children’s theatre is not a soft option,” said David Wood, Magic Finger playwright and longtime creator of children’s theatre during its opening night at Imagination Stage. The op…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:55AMCity life. Loud by nature, fervent, frantic, propelled forward by work, traffic, hustle. This cycle doesn’t always allow time for reflection on the cycle itself. But Happenstance Theatre�…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:58AMI missed Canterbury Tales day in AP English. I missed Canterbury Tales day in college, too. In fact, I’m ashamed to admit that the closest I’ve come to Chaucer’s widely celebrated work…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:23AMNuns on chaotic power trips. Accountants held captive in live productions. Dancing camels. Executions. The Pope. The Bay Theatre Company delves deep into the mind of Christopher Durang in …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:10AMFor better or for worse, walking from the DC Metro to one’s place of business as the snow falls or the wind blows inevitably forces the brain to digest daily life differently. Winter madne…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:50PMIf writing and performing a scripted comedy is tricky – and it is – imagine how difficult it is to be part of a team that must pull laugh-making material out of thin air on deman…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:23PMAll is not well in paradise. Granted, one may not think of the North Pole as “paradise” per se, however it is the pulsar of merriment, good cheer and free crap for kids who do the dish…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:27AMI have a confession. I love Legally Blonde the Musical. Not a vague kind of love, reserved for cute animals and free parking, and not a brooding kind of love, the way many English majors fee…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:32AMHow many faces have historians and powers-that-be overlooked in favor of a cleaner ending, or a more convenient moral? History has captives and casualties, buried in basements and the minds …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:41AMWhen most actors walk on to a stage, an audience sees just that: an actor. A charismatic actor, maybe, or a compelling actor. Comically gifted, or sullen, possibly sympathetic. It is a deman…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:08AMThey’re creepy. They’re kooky. They’re currently infesting Baltimore’s Hippodrome Theatre. The Addam’s Family. (And holy Gomez, can they sing.) What originated as a cartoon, writte…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:44AMWinter holds a certain charm before the holidays, with turkeys and caroling and gifts and gift-wrapping. But then comes months of gray skies and tax season. The soul begins to demand summe…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:58AM“Because paper has more patience than people.” So wrote Anne Frank, and so declares Love Letters, the half-a-century-spanning story of two people falling in and out of love though paper,…
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