Last night, Capital Fringe held a “State of the Fringe” meeting. Jonathan Fischer was there for City Paper, and turned in an excellent update on the status of the Fringe which includes a discussion of  how long might the organization be able to hold on to their Fort Fringe headquarters, and which neighborhoods are under consideration when they do have to move (the redevelopment project Square 450, will begin at some point. ) And, in what elicited the most suggestions from the audience made up mostly of Fringe supporters and DC theatre professionals – when they do move, will they rent or own? [Read more...]

Crash of Rhinos, a new theater company in the process of being born, will hold a sketch comedy revue called the “Crash!” in The National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts’ black-box theater on Saturday, May 18, at 8 pm. Tickets are $10. Proceeds from the performance will go towards funding the incorporation of the new company as an official 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. [Read more...]

Nominations for the 2013 Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards were announced today.Three productions first seen here were among the honorees: Steppenwolf Theatre’s  production of Who’s  Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? at Arena Stage, Holland Taylor’s solo show Ann, the story of Governor Ann Richards presented at the Kennedy Center, and Carolee Carmello’s portrayal of Aimee Semple McPherson in the musical Scandalous  (or Saving Aimee as it was titled for the Signature Theatre production.) [Read more...]