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Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: Meet the Cast of ‘Breast in Show’: Part 3: Matt Dewberry

In Part 3 of a series of interviews with the cast of Breast in Show, meet Matt Dewberry How did you get involved in the show? Matt: I had worked with Kate Bryer previously at Imagination Stage (most...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Walken In His Shoes’ by Leah Rosthenhausler

Can one man who loves Star Trek, one man who loves Barry Manilow, another who loves to eat fried chicken, and a fourth who might steal your car, get along? Yes, they can when their love for...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘#albatross’

MOVEIUS Contemporary Ballet’s appearance at this month’s Capital Fringe Festival combines dance, electric guitar, and social media in its presentation of a brand-new work and two audience favorites....

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Homeboy Thanksgiving’ by Rhiannon Cooper

What do you get when you combine gaming, gangs, and a family meal? A recipe for disaster. Homeboy Thanksgiving tells the story of two estranged brothers struggling to find some common ground…on...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Girl in Space’ by Jason Patrick Wells

It’s the Bedroom at Fort Fringe and it’s November and it’s fallFringe and we’re moving and trying to get our stuff out of the way and back into the corner so the venue manager and the bartender can...

The Playwright’s Playground-Unscripted and Improvised-Roger Guenveur Smith Discusses His Solo Performance of ‘Rodney King’ at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Roger Guenveur Smith is a writer, director, and one of those enigmatic actors whose work continues to illuminate the international stage and screen. This classically trained Yale School of Drama...

Attend The Tale: Cast Announcement for Landless’ Summer of Rock productions of ‘Sweeney Todd – Prog Metal Version’ and ‘Rock Bottom’ [A Rock Opus] by Landless Theatre Company

The Landless Theatre Company announces casting for Summer of Rock productions at Warehouse Theatre: Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd – Prog Metal Version and Rock Bottom [A Rock Opus]. Both productions...

‘The King and I’ Opens This Wednesday at Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre-Cast Interviews Part 1

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s timeless classic, The King and I, boasts one of the most luscious scores of all time. Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre opens this romantic musical about tolerance and cultural...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘The Inaugural Election for President of Mrs. Jacobson’s Sixth Grade Class’ by the Federal Theatre Project

For some scripts, writers will get on a roll, crafting a story from start to finish. Then comes the tough part: titling the show. In January 2013 I was kicking around an allegorical story about an...

Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) Offering Pay-What-You-Can Previews Until July 10th

Expanded this year! CATF’s Pay-What-You-Can Preview series allows you to experience the 2014 repertory of plays before they open at whatever price you care to pay. While the playwrights, directors,...

‘Verdict’ at Thunderous Productions

Agatha Christie. The name immediately draws to mind thrilling murder mysteries of the ‘who-dunnit’ era of the utmost suspenseful caliber. Thunderous Productions in the black box theatrical space at...

Finding Their Purpose: Meet the Cast of Olney Theatre Center’s ‘Avenue Q’: Part 3: Evan Casey

This is the 3rd part of a series of interviews with the cast of Olney Theatre Center’s Avenue Q. In Part 3: Meet Evan Casey. Joel: Where have local theatregoers seen you perform this year? Evan: I was...

Capital Fringe Preview: ‘As We Are’ by Emily Sucher

Out-Side the Box Theatre is thrilled to present its fourth staged production in this year’s Capital Fringe: As We Are, by Larry E. Blossom. Each Blossom play seeks to explore a weighty subject,...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘This Gonna Be on the Test, Miss?’ by Ronna J Levy

This Gonna Be on the Test, Miss? is a solo show that has been 20 years in the making. Twenty years ago I detoured from acting into academia. I became so frustrated trying to explain what I teach...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Stone Tape Party: Hauntings and Humor’ By Nu Sass Productions

“Sex. Drugs. Jazz. You know, the classic ghost story” proclaims the catchy tagline for the new comedy Stone Tape Party. Every ghost story needs a ghost, obviously, and Stone Tape Party has several....

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Hey, Hey, LBJ’

David Kleinberg’s latest solo theater work, Hey, Hey, LBJ! – a powerful drama on the most divisive foreign war in America’s history – appears five times (July 10th through July 18, 2014) at the Goethe...

Capital Fringe 2013 Show Update: Life After “In Search of the Perfect G-String’ by Yvonne Caruthers

Capital Fringe ’14 opens in a month, but in spite of my best intentions, I won’t be taking to the stage this time around. I thought I would be, because I wanted to follow up on the thrills, chills,...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: Meet the Cast of ‘Breast in Show’: Part 2: Jennie Lutz

In Part 2 of a series of interviews with the cast of Breast in Show, meet Jennie Lutz. Joel: How did you get involved in the show? Jennie: I was asked to join the show by the director, Kate Bryer. Why...

Meet Cast Members of Prince William Little Theatre’s “The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)’ Which Opens on July 18th by Melissa Jo-York Tilley

Prince William Little Theatre’s production of The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) opens on July 18th at the Gregory Family Theater in the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas, VA! Joanne...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘About A Girl’ by Eddy Roger Parker

I am thrilled to have my first full length play About A Girl receive its premier performance as part of the Capital Fringe Festival. It’s been over three years since I started writing it, and what an...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Four Dogs and a Bone’ by Vanessa Terzaghi

Back­stabbing, greed and the pursuit of fame are just a few of the issues in John Patrick Shanley’s Four Dogs and a Bone. The four dogs are two actresses (Brenda and Collette), a producer (Bradley)...

Meet the Cast of Unexpected Stage Company’s ‘Dani Girl’: Caroline Wolfson, Joshua Simon, Maggie Robertson, and Zach Brewster-Geisz

Meet the cast of Unexpected Stage Company’s Dani Girl. _______ Caroline Wolfson (Dani) Joel: Where did you get your training and where have local theatregoers seen you perform? Caroline: I’m a...

CFTC Performs Rollicking ‘Pippi Longstocking: The Family Musical’ July 18-26, 2014 at Lanier Middle School

Grab your hat and join the fun as pirates, circus entertainers, a few cops and robbers, and the world’s most popular whippersnapper come to life this summer in the City of Fairfax Theatre Company...

‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ at Pallas Theatre Collective

Were Betty Friedan and H.P. Lovecraft to have a baby, Pallas Theatre Collective’s new musical, might be their demented offspring. The show (with music by Sarah Taylor Ellis, book and lyrics by Lane...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Tour de Farce’ by Karen Fernandez

Once again, the Capital Fringe Festival will be taking over downtown DC for its ninth straight year. The annual performing arts event, which runs from July 10th through July 27th, features 130+ shows...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Everything I Do’ by John Becker

Everything I Do Is…Complicated Can you justify your existence? This is the question George Bernard Shaw felt should be put to every person every five years. A little harsh, but it does force one to...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ’13 Men’ by Faith Garber

A naked thespian, an anime-loving slacker, the best guy friend, a controlling adrenaline junky—Jack O’Reilly plays all of your ex-boyfriends in the comedy cabaret “13 Men,” set to open at the Capital...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Ligature Marks’ by Mac Rogers

Funny, twisted, suspenseful, funny again, and then suddenly mind-blowing, Ligature Marks is a play unlike any other you’ll see at this year’s Fringe. A comedy about a pair of losers that gradually...

‘Jumpers for Goalposts’ Added to The Studio Theatre’s 2014-2015 Lineup

Artistic Director David Muse is pleased to announce the fifth show in Studio Theatre’s 2014-2015 season subscription series will be British playwright Tom Wells’ hilarious and heartbreaking comedy...

Broadway Royalty Returns to Broadway: A Chat with John Rubinstein on Joining the Cast of ‘Pippin’

Actor, director, teacher, and composer John Rubinstein has taken on the role of King Charlemagne in the critically acclaimed Tony Award-winning revival of Pippin until the end of July. He’s Broadway’s...

‘Guys and Dolls’ Opens July 11th at McLean Community Players at Alden Theatre by Cathy Farnsworth

The McLean Community Players (MCP) present Guys and Dolls, considered by many the perfect musical comedy opening July 11, 2014, in McLean’s Alden Theatre. Guys and Dolls has music and lyrics by Frank...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘À Demain’ by Ryan O’Connell

À Demain is a powerful and incredibly personal journey through the depths of life, death, depression and forgiveness. “À Demain” is a French expression which translates as “until tomorrow.” It is most...

Pinkalicious-The Musical at Adventure Theatre MTC

Adventure Theatre MTC presents Pinkalicious-The Musical, based on the book by Victoria and Elizabeth Kann and with lyrics by John Gregor. Carl Menninger directs this colorful production. Scenic...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Song of Myself: The Whitman Project’ by Robert Michael Oliver

Song of Myself: The Whitman Project, a One-Man Show that Contains Multitudes I’ve had a love affair with poetry that reaches back over 40 years, years before my career as an educator and theatre...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Intrigue, a mystery on marley…’ by Mary Stiegelbauer

The game is afoot! draMAStic dance works is honored to be making its Washington, DC debut at the 2014 Capital Fringe Festival with our original production, Intrigue, a mystery on marley…! A noir...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Luv American Style’ by Megan Kuhn

Loving, the American Way Infinite Jest co-founder Bill Gordon loves, loves, loves nostalgia. Nostalgia for a 1970s romantic comedy anthology series inspired Infinite Jest’s entry into the 2014 Capital...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Malevolence’ by Timothy R. King

Already in rehearsal for over a month, the news hit home very hard. A teacher at a local school accused of impropriety. The very issue at the core of Malevolence once again saturating the news....

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Chesapeake’ by Bill Goodman

In Tale that Starts Realistic, Turns Fantastic, Dog Triggers Profound Changes Kerr (played by Dexter Hamlett) is a bizarre performance artist with an act that includes nudity. He’s condemned by...

Meet the Cast of Annapolis Shakespeare Company’s ‘The Schemings of Scapin’: Part 1: Jackie Madejski, Lauren Turchin Fox, Michael Windsor, and Zachary Roberts

In Part 1 of 3 sets of interviews with the zany cast of Annapolis Shakespeare Company’s The Schemings of Scapin, meet Jackie Madejski, Lauren Turchin Fox, Michael Windsor, and Zachary Roberts. “Bodies...

Magic Time! DC Black Theatre Festival: ‘The Laundry Room’

The DC Black Theatre Festival this year offered some 45 self-produced shows, most one time only. Organized annually by the DC Drama Department, a nonprofit educational theater company, the festival...

Diana Ross at Wolf Trap

Last night at the Filene Center at Wolf Trap, I got to be in the presence of the amazing, legendary Diana Ross. Ross, named by the Guinness Book of World Records as the most successful female music...

‘The BFG’ at Imagination Stage

Imagination Stage presents The BFG (The Big Friendly Giant), based on the book by Roald Dahl, adapted for the stage by David Wood, and directed by Kathryn Chase Bryer and Eric J. Van Wyk. Before you...

‘Shout! The Mod Musical’ at Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre

Now wai-a-ait a minute! You know Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre is going to make you want to shout! Kick your heels up and shout! Throw your hands back and shout! With their groovy new musical midway...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Writing Miss Clark’s Résumé’ by Kelly Canavan

Register for a crash course in strange love, big dreams, manipulation, and loss of innocence with Miss Clark. You won’t soon forget this class. Miss Clark lives for her students and gives them her...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘DISTRICTLAND’ by Cristina Bejan

It’s taking me a moment to get your DC-CV straight. A Hill intern. An unemployed Georgetown law grad. A returned Peace Corps volunteer. And a Rhodes Scholar. Together they live in a shared house in a...

Contemporary American Theater Festival Interviews Part 2: An Interview with ‘The Ashes Under Gait City’ Playwright Christina Anderson by Sharon J. Anderson

In Part 2 of a series of interviews, Sharon J. Anderson, The Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) Trustee and Professional Storyteller, interviews Christina Anderson whose play The Ashes...

Top Scene Stealers of the Week-Week Ending 6/28/14

Here are our Top Scene Stealers for the week ending June 28, 2014. Congrats to all our honorees! ______ Nick Cordileone and Ben Lipitz Singing “Hakuna Matata” in The Lion King at The Kennedy Center...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘C-’ by Eric Jaffe

In 2008, Eric Jaffe set out to track down and interview all of his formerly hard-partying, now middle-aged fraternity brothers to try to answer the question: What is value of a college education?...

‘Good People’ at Silver Spring Stage

Silver Spring Stage closes their 46th season with a riveting production of David Lindsay-Abaire’s Good People. This captivating dramadey about life struggles from rock bottom is both humorous and...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘In to the Out Side/D.C. al Coda’ by John Sowalsky

This family-friendly comedy started with a daydream. The whole thing grew out of a single enigmatic image: A prison cell, without windows or doors, bisected by a nine-foot wall which does not quite...