When describing a Taffety Punk production of a Shakespeare show, I find it best to start with the strangest parts. Not sure you want to see another Twelfth Night? Just wait! You’ll groove to the music as Sir Toby Belch and Feste rock out on ukulele and electric guitar! You’ll hold your breath during Malvolio’s […]
Archives for February 6, 2013
The Motherfucker with the Hat
The Motherfucker with the Hat is not to be confused with The Cat in the Hat, but it is also not to be confused with The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, another Stephen Adly Guirgis play which received a memorable Washington-area production. Judas Iscariot is a deeply moving meditation on forgiveness, but Motherfucker is a […]
FELA!
Big things usually start small, so let me begin with an understatement: FELA! is no ordinary Broadway musical. Yes, it’s bigger, brighter, and louder than almost everything else in town. But its heated moral core, bent toward social and political justice, bestows our toe-tapping with a wakening sense of substance and struggle. The show’s fusion […]
Glee 4:12 – Naked
Hey DC Theatre Scenezians, sorry about the delay in this one. Life sometimes throws a whole bunch of things at you at once and navigating them in a timely matter can be tricky. Your recapper swears to try harder at the whole “deadline” thing.