DC Theatre Scene photographer Ryan Maxwell is back for week two of the festival, and we’ve got some of his favorite photos from Fort Fringe over the past few days with this new addition to our ever-growing gallery, Seen on the Scene. Every day, a new assortment of theatre folk are gearing up for fun […]
Archives for July 2013
Sandaya: Burmese Lessons
In Sandaya: Burmese Lessons, singer and actress Meghan McCall played the role of Catherine, an American who travels to Burma during its financial crisis in 1987. Catherine persists in learning “sandaya” from the acclaimed pianist and composer Gita Lulin Maung Ko Ko, and remains in Burma during the 2007 protests and demonstrations.
The Goddess Diaries
We all have those evenings that turn, inevitably, into those storytelling days of yore — gathered around a fireplace or a fruit bowl, talking about family and friends, the good times and bad — and sometimes those stories take a poignant turn.
No Sex, Please
For some, it happened in the back of a car. For others, it might’ve happened on prom night or during a house party—an awkward tango of limbs fueled by nerves, desire and a few beers. Whenever or wherever, one never forgets their “first time”—no matter how hard they might try.
The Sensational Sans Sullivan Radio Hour
The Sensational Sans Sullivan Radio Hour is exceedingly reminiscent of a high school play, which is not surprising, considering that Beat on the Bard Theatre Company is comprised of young high school graduates from Arlington. They have adapted W.S. Gilbert’s 1871 operetta A Sensation Novel into something that resembles a radio play crossed with a highly […]
Sesquicentennial – The Civil War Remembered
Reflections of General Robert E. Lee To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the civil war, ‘Country Joe’ Rosier is performing two one acts: one as Robert E. Lee and the other as Ulysses S. Grant. Rosier, also a trial lawyer, researched both generals for years, following their lives by visiting the towns they lived in […]
A Day in the Life of Miss Hiccup
Rarely does a show capture my rapt attention from its very first moment.
Sanka, Ya Dead Mon?
The good people at Wild Rumpus Productions should thank the deities of all the varied pantheons they found Manu Kumasi, star of solo comedy Sanka, Ya Dead Mon?. With off-the-chart presence and a natural comedian’s instinct Kumasi is never less than charmingly watchable. Unfortunately not even Kumasi’s considerable talents are able to keep Philip Dallmann’s […]
Mirabilia
It is very rare that a theatre piece is able to overcome negative first reactions, but amazingly, Mirabilia is one such show. Presented as the inaugural production of Eclectic Mayhem Productions, this original fairy tale told largely in mime doesn’t seem like much on the surface. The intended audience is unclear, the sparse bits of […]
The Chronic Single’s Handbook
Travel should take you places—so says the tagline of a major hotel chain (and the Brooklyn-based indie band The Kickdrums). In his one-man show, The Chronic Single’s Handbook, Boston-based writer and performer Randy Ross brings the audience along on his search for love, which takes him across four continents. Unfortunately, after 60 minutes of storytelling, […]
Patterns: A Numbers and Symbols Show
YOU GUYS! THERE’S MATH HAPPENING! Patterns: A Numbers and Symbols Show, begins inconspicuously. The lights dim, and a man started talking. I thought he was a person rushing to get to his seat from the bathroom…turns out he was Gregg Tobo, the guy whose show it was.
Legal Tender
Writing about theatre can be difficult. After all, Theatre is about doing, not talking, thinking or even writing about doing. It is especially difficult to write about a show when a group with seemingly all the right pieces–social consciousness, community focus, history, deep literary roots, high academic standards, the desire to explore new frontiers, etc.– […]