Wednesday, February 1, 2012
“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,…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:57AMThursday, December 15, 2011
When one mentions The Lion King, a succession of impressive numbers may come up, if the crowd is right. Take, for instance, 7, as in the 7th longest running Broadway musical in history. Or 7…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:05AMThursday, December 1, 2011
When I was six years old, tragedy struck. Tantrum-throwing, heart-wailing, tragedy. My beloved VHS copy of Annie had been “accidentally destroyed,” (the circumstances of which are still …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:14AMMonday, October 17, 2011
These days, asking how one takes their books will yield more answers than asking how one takes their coffee. Hardback? Paperback? Nook? Kindle? Barnes and Noble? Amazon? iPad? Goog…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:09AMTuesday, September 27, 2011
Revolution. The word is brimming with power, strength, and a sensationalist quality of seduction. America tends to salivate over a good old tale of revolution, sometimes getting so hungry …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:37AMSunday, September 18, 2011
“The ends justify the means”. Villainous ladder-climbers spout it in corporate dramas, and history teachers write it across blackboards (at least mine did). Most of us know Machiavelli f…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:43PMThursday, September 15, 2011
The cast of MTV’s “Jersey Shore” had a great year last year. Contracts, promotional tours, endorsements, and millions of adoring fans at their feet. What did the cast of “Jersey Shor…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:31AMMonday, August 22, 2011
The Inkwell, one of Washington DC’s significant resources for new play development, is asking playwrights from across the country to send in their plays for Inkwell’s 2011 open…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:36AMFriday, August 19, 2011
Let’s Fringe again, like we did this summer. After wildly successful runs at this summer’s Capital Fringe Festival, Flyboy, But Love Is My Middle Name, The Bird, and Cabaret XXX; Les…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:10PMSunday, August 7, 2011
The Olney Theatre Center, Olney’s 73-year-old professional, award-winning Equity theater, is ending August on a wild note. On August 26 and 27, they’ll celebrate their 22nd annual Shake…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:47PMSaturday, July 23, 2011
Imagine a man who leaves behind his wife and children in search of financial stability and a better future overseas. Imagine the man finds himself stranded abroad and returns, an unrecogniza…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:12AMThursday, July 21, 2011
Maybe it was the 10pm curtain or the Ting-Tings pre-show soundtrack. Maybe it was the average audience age (30 years, roughly, according the production) but an unmistakable buzz was building…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:15AMTuesday, July 19, 2011
If you’re looking for an evening of escapism and suspension of belief, A Wild Play is not the show for you. If you’re looking for an evening of contemplation and art that challenges you …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:31AMFriday, July 15, 2011
When Emily Love Morrison, the talented voice and mind behind But Love Is My Middle Name!, steps on to the stage, she’s packing more than just an acoustic guitar and a venti Starbucks latte…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:14PMTuesday, July 12, 2011
In the 21st century, love sometimes seems to be as much about science as it is about soulmates. Between online dating and Facebook relationship statuses, romance has been completely digitiz…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:51AMMonday, July 11, 2011
The term “Boston marriage” refers to a relationship between two women considered both emotionally and physically intimate. After watching David Mamet’s silver-tongued play of the same …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:42PMSunday, July 10, 2011
Poland is not a sexy country. John Feffer, author and star of the one-man play The Bird, can and does tell you as much. But after accompanying John through the raucously funny and heart-wren…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:26PMPinoy: A ‘merican Tale is not a show about depression, a show about religion, or a show about mental illness. It is not a show about first generation Filipino-Americans, a show about a…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:58PMSaturday, July 9, 2011
Fringe’s for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf marks the launch of the Colored People’s Theatre Collective, “whose mission is to explore, challenge, a…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:56PMFriday, July 8, 2011
At the height of Machinal’s success in 1928, its playwright Sophie Treadwell would have been considered “the man.” A man? No. Wildly brave, adventurous, talented, brilliant, and stro…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:58PM 
