Max Johnson

‘The Laramie Project’ at Front & Center Stage

For Front & Center Stage’s first production, Director Steve Einhorn took on the Tectonic Theater Project’s The Laramie Project. Although they are a new theater company, this ensemble piece of...

‘Les Misérables’ at The Glyndon Area Players

Few musicals are as universally loved as Les Misérables. With epic music, tragic characters, and a unique theatrical magnificence, it’s no surprise that Les Mis has been successfully produced on a...

Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘Self-Portrait of a Sinner’

Self Portrait of a Sinner is a one-woman show performed by Veronique MacRae. The play goes through the seven deadly sins by presenting a character who represents some aspect of the sin in a way you...

Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘The Human Algorithm’

The Human Algorithm is a solo performance piece that resembles less of a play and more of a standup comedy routine performed by your drunk aunt at Thanksgiving. While writer and performer CJ claims to...

Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘The Circle’

The Circle by banished? Productions might be one of your most unique experiences at the Fringe. The entire play takes place outside using Dupont Circle, Connecticut Avenue, and some surrounding shops...

Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘Refresh: Stories of Love, Sex, and the Internet’

Refresh: Stories of Love, Sex, and the Internet takes an unflinching and unglorified look at the less talked about aspects of the middle class suburban male’s adolescence in the age of the internet....

‘A Few Good Men’ at The Keegan Theatre by Max Johnson

Although this piece of theater that is nearly eponymous with its catchphrase, A Few Good Men is so much more than people not handling the truth. As Aaron Sorkin’s flagship drama, Men weaves poetic...

SOJA (Soldiers of Jah Army) and John Butler Trio at Wolf Trap by Max Johnson

July 31st at Wolf Trap touted an exciting double header- Australian rock outfit John Butler Trio and Reggae group SOJA (Soldiers of Jah Army) from Arlington, Virginia. For me, John Butler Trio was the...

Brandi Carlile With Special Guests Justin Townes Earle and The Lone Bellow at Wolf Trap by Max Johnson

Starting off with folk/rock outfit The Lone Bellow, the night’s atmosphere was set perfectly. With high-spirited belting in three-part harmony accompanied by sailing mandolin and banjo, The Lone...

Capital Fringe Review: ‘Underneath the Lintel’ by Max Johnson

In Underneath the Lintel, Pat O’Brien weaves a complex mythology in an epic, globetrotting quest that spans continents and centuries, delving into the conflict of futility and purpose in life,...

Capital Fringe Review: ‘A Day in the Life of Miss Hiccup’ by Max Johnson

A Day in the Life of Miss Hiccup knows exactly what it is: a hilarious, slapstick, pantomimic frolic through the imaginative lens of solo performer Yanomi Shoshinz. While constructing an engaging...

Capital Fringe Review: ‘WIGGERLOVER [whiteboy+blackdad=greyareas]’ by Max Johnson

With a title as convoluted as WIGGERLOVER [whiteboy+blackdad=greyareas], one might be surprised by the straightforwardness James Anthony Zoccoli’s [mostly] one man show. Despite the fact that the...

Capital Fringe Review: ‘My Civil War’ by Max Johnson

Despite My Civil War’s description as a “multidisciplinary exploration of the American Civil War,” this production feels more like a cursory stumbling through a series of tonally incoherent...

Capital Fringe Review: ‘Bayou Blues’ by Max Johnson

Bayou Blues is a communicative exploration of a young black girl’s fears moving towards a summative moment of terror amidst Hurricane Katrina. And while this piece is scattered, unfocused, and hard to...

‘The Pavilion’ at Critical Point Theatre at DC Arts Center by Max Johnson

The Pavilion by Craig Wright is a uniquely self-aware piece. But even as the script constantly reminds the audience that they are in fact watching a play, it is almost impossible to not become lost in...

‘One Night with Janis Joplin’ at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater by Max Johnson

I came into One Night with Janis Joplin asking one major question: how will a production presented as “more of a full on concert than a play” by Artistic Director Molly Smith translate into an...

‘The Best of Craigslist’ at Flying V Theatre Company by Max Johnson

Flying V Theatre Company’s self proclaimed title as a “local indie theater” carries a deceptively complex stigma along with its given purpose. To be successfully indie, one must be trendy without...

‘Biography’ at The American Century Theater by Max Johnson

The American Century Theater (TACT) touts a mission statement dedicated to the production of “great, important, and worthy American plays of the twentieth century.” In their production of SN Behrman’s...

NSO Pops with Trey Anastasio at The Kennedy Center by Max Johnson

To the uninitiated, like me, the phanaticism of Phish phans can be puzzling. While it might be easy to write this band off as overly simplistic, true devotees know Phish for their epic improvisations,...

‘Next To Normal’ at Act Two @ Levine by Max Johnson

When approaching an issue as sensitive and pervasive as mental illness, even the most seasoned performers can underplay the massive implications of a disorder or dramatize it to the point where it...

‘August: Osage County’ at The Theatre Lab of the Dramatic Arts by Max Johnson

The topic of familial disintegration at the hands of a neurosis and death is a staple of American drama. Along with its Pulitzer Prize, August: Osage County clearly has joined the ranks of Miller and...

‘The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby’ at Lumina Studio Theatre by Max Johnson

First and foremost: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens is a very, very long novel and play, and is filled with some difficult Dickensian language, numerous plot twists,...