Wednesday, October 21, 2015
‘Capers, a one-person show performed with stunning virtuosity by Anu Yadav and co-produced with dog & pony dc, is not playing for long at Forum Theatre – three more performances betw…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:56PMSunday, October 18, 2015
Molotov Theatre Group’s new production, Lovecraft: Nightmare Suite, an adaptation of six of the old spook master’s stories by Dan Spurgeon and the first play of Molotov’s 2015-16 seas…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:18PMSaturday, October 17, 2015
American University’s new production of The Threepenny Opera is a stunning re-imagining of Bertolt Brecht’s classic work of “epic theatre.” Director Cara Gabriel, Scenic and Lighting…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:29PMSunday, October 11, 2015
As I walked into the bustling lobby of the Hylton Performing Arts Center to see the professional touring company Aquila Theatre’s fantastic new production of The Adventures of Sherlock…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:11PMFriday, September 18, 2015
Whenever You’re Near Me I Feel Sick, a new play written and directed by Jennie Berman Eng and produced by similarly nascent company Thelma Theatre as part of the Women’s Voices Theater F…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:33AMSunday, August 23, 2015
Underlying Witches Vanish, the new play by Venus Theatre Company (and third entry in the DC area-wide Women’s Voices Theater Festival), is a cold bedrock of fact: A tremendous amount of …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:22PMTuesday, August 18, 2015
Two days before seeing the closing performance of Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman by the newish 4615 Theater Company, I received an email from director and 4615 Artistic Director Jordan Fr…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:05PMWednesday, July 22, 2015
An interview with DC performer and director Cara Gabriel, whose one woman show, I AM THE GENTRY runs during the Capital Fringe Festival. The show is about her experience moving into the H St…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:53AMTuesday, July 21, 2015
As I walked into the cool confines of the Anacostia Playhouse, I was greeted by soft, far-upstage lighting that gently illuminated the sole performer, Keith Hamilton Cobb, idly looking over …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:52PMThursday, July 16, 2015
I recently saw the fantastic meta-theatrical event known as Blind Pug Arts Collective Presents: The Theatre of Self-Loathing Presents: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf? at the Capital Fringe …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:00PMMonday, July 13, 2015
Those who imagine Capital Fringe as a festival with a wealth of heart and a dearth of sophistication, especially in the realm of production design, have clearly not seen the breathtaking cos…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:19PMIn theatre generally, and in Washington, D.C. particularly, it is quite common for theatre companies to take a classic story and update it in with a contemporary lens. Admirable as this may …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:25AMSaturday, July 11, 2015
Abortion: A ten-ton word that sends shockwaves rumbling across a twenty food radius wherever it is uttered. But why? It’s a contentious political issue for sure, perhaps the most contentio…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:54PMFriday, July 10, 2015
Even casual horror fans will recognize the setup: An idyllic suburban neighborhood, populated by working dads, stay-at-home moms, and hormonal teenagers, soon becomes the setting for unspeak…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:56AMTuesday, June 9, 2015
Quadratic equations and heart palpitations dominate Science and Soulmates, one third of the 2015 Source Festival’s series of ten minute plays. These six short plays succeed at what few the…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:20PMMonday, June 8, 2015
For female actors over 40, a familiar and monotonous list of character types dominates the theatre: mother, grandmother, beloved domestic worker. That’s why it is so satisfying to watch th…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:40PMSunday, May 24, 2015
In her program note, director (and founder of Venus Theatre Company) Deborah Randall has this to say about her company’s newest play, dry bones rising: “The style… could be described a…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:14AMFriday, April 10, 2015
You really don’t need to know anything about Chekhov or his work to enjoy Arena Stage’s hilarious production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, the 2013 smash hit by comedy playwrig…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:38PMSunday, March 22, 2015
As a writer for this website, I’ve had the privilege of seeing shows at The Kennedy Center and The National Theatre, Arena Stage and Ford’s, Sidney Harmon Hall… a big budget, an elegan…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:56PMFriday, March 20, 2015
Norway is one of those small, gentle countries that we may not think of too often. In its Scandinavian quiescence, it hums along with its cold weather and sterling social services. But in C.…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:37PMThursday, March 19, 2015
When did you first get the ‘theatre bug’ and what are some of your earliest experiences and memories of appearing on the stage? Any favorites? I’d always been the entertainer of th…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:59AMWednesday, March 18, 2015
When did you first get the ‘theatre bug’ and what are some of your earliest experiences and memories of appearing on the stage? Any favorites? As a kid with a loud voice I was often the …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:22PMMonday, March 2, 2015
“Contemporary Opera” or even “Original Opera” are not categories that immediately reveal their meanings to the average consumer of theatre. Sure, we may know and love the likes of RE…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:53PMMonday, February 16, 2015
“Synetic” is a word that has come to mean more, at least in the parlance of DC theatre, than the Crystal City-based company which it names. It has come to mean a theatre that is physical…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:44PMWednesday, February 11, 2015
There’s a reason they call it “Broadway’s Sure Thing.” Chicago: The Musical has been consistently wowing audiences for four decades with its jazzy tunes, cynical humor and slow cooke…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:43PMMonday, February 9, 2015
What do sea lions, circus freaks, and 19th century gang violence have in common? Nothing. But they all feature prominently in Spooky Action Theater’s intriguing, baffling, and brilliantly…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:17PMA salty sea breeze is in the air this season, at least in DC area theatres. A few weeks ago, Shakespeare Theatre Company closed its phantasmagoric production of The Tempest, directed by Etha…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:57AMSaturday, January 31, 2015
Introduce yourself to our readers, and tell us the kind of work that you do. Tell us a bit about UrbanArias. Wood: UrbanArias is a five-year-old company dedicated to producing short (define…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:56PMFriday, January 30, 2015
Michael: Introduce yourself to our readers, and tell us the kind of work that you do. Robert: I work to realize the artistic vision and mission of Arena Stage in our practical day-to-day bus…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:45PMThursday, January 29, 2015
This Saturday, January 31st, Shocked & Amazed Presents: Strange For Hire will perform at the Artisphere in Rosslyn. Accompanying the performance art will be a pop up gallery art show fe…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:00PMTuesday, January 27, 2015
Think that sword swallowing, fire eating, and burlesque are all lost entertainments of a bygone era? Think again. Strange for Hire, presented by Shocked and Amazed! and Ripley’s Believe It…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:52AM 
