I know what you’re thinking: Christmas in July? Well, if you’re going to perform a retelling of the Nativity entitled Misconception: The Lost Gospel of Christmas, you might as well do it at an unconventional time of year.
Archives for July 2013
Fish Outta Water
Ron Litman, the writer and actor behind Fish Outta Water, is a man of many talents: a great singer, smart actor, huge stage personality, and highly self-deprecating (which is a talent in and of itself). But above all else he is an excellent and concise storyteller.
Kids in Space
As a kid, I dreamed of walking on the moon, of seeing the distant continents and all the vastness of space from within the confines of a climate controlled suit.
Bayou Blues
It might be tempting to never leave the environs of Fort Fringe, but, forget that and make the trek up to Jin Lounge just north of U street for Shaina Lynn’s engaging one-woman show Bayou Blues, and you won’t be disappointed.
The Book of Mormon
In it’s month-long stop in Washington, The Book of Mormon’s national tour delivers earnest charm and gleeful irreverence in a crude send-up of organized religion.
Act a Lady
“What’s art about a man in a dress?” is Dorothy’s question at the start of Act a Lady, the latest production from the Hub Theatre. Thanks to the clever writing of Jordan Harrison and the high quality of Hub Theatre’s production, there’s ample art and abundant laughs in this gender-twisting comedy.
The No Rules Show
Joshua Morgan is the Artistic Director of No Rules Theatre Company. Fittingly, he’s the host of The No Rules Show, a variety show in the mind of The Late Show, in which Morgan plays piano, drinks, offers monologues, drinks, interviews guests and, umm, drinks.
The Afflicted
I didn’t really understand the greatness of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible until I learned that he wrote the play in 1953 at the time of McCarthyism, and that the House of Representatives’ Committee on Un-American Activities questioned Miller in 1956. Then the play’s themes of suspicion, fear, and other-ing, or demonizing what we cannot squelch […]
America All Better at Woolly extended
Woolly Mammoth announced that its fifth collaboration with Chicago’s Second City, America All Better!, is a box office hit, earning it a two week extension.
Thank You for Staring
Where do you turn when your own body betrays you? Who do you become when a defining factor slowly begins to fade away? The deeply personal Thank You For Staring is one woman’s attempt to answer these questions in the face of a crippling condition.
RFK
Russ Widdall’s portrayal of Robert F. Kennedy is an understated oral progression of a man who toiled happily in his brother’s shadow until he was propelled to run for president at a time when Americans were overcome by anger and grief.
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet: Shakespeare’s classic tragedy, hashed out a thousand times in hundreds of variations on both stage and screen. So what keeps a production of arguably the most famous love story in the world fresh, fun, and ultimately poignant?