The unpainted concrete staircase to Redrum at Fort Fringe may not convey the import of grand opera, but don’t let the modest context fool you — Unmanned Stagecraft is presenting a polished, ambitious work of new opera at Capital Fringe 2013.
Archives for July 2013
Old Time British Music Hall
So, full disclosure: I am kind of a history nerd. Which is why I was delighted to see that Old Time British Music Hall is an attempt to recreate the principal form of working-class entertainment in pre-TV-and-radio Britain for a modern audience.
& Afterwards
The minimalistic approach of Kevin Boggs’s one-man Fringe performance is perfectly suited to the tone of the piece. Picture a man in his best khakis, gleaming loafers, and blue V-neck sweater standing upstage center in a simple pool of white light. This is Kevin, and Kevin doesn’t need an elaborate set to tell his story. […]
Impossible to Translate but I’ll Try – True-Life Israeli Stories
Before me stood a human being. I remember thinking this several times throughout the show as a positive reminder. So rarely are we captured by the basic humanity of our performers. Noa Baum, through the carefully crafted art of storytelling, managed to take me in completely.
The Rocky Horror Show
“Anybody have a birthday today?” The young woman, a Transylvanian from the Planet Transsexual, calls out. She is wearing an excellent black leather corset and fishnet stockings, and her black makeup marks her eyes with lines in each direction, as if they were rifle scopes. It is seven o’clock, and the Rocky Horror crowd is […]
America All Better! at Woolly Mammoth Theatre
With its previous efforts, the famed Chicago-based improv engine Second City showed a knack for tickling the hard-to-reach funny bone of many a Washingtonian.
Spin debuts at Signature
There’s a new musical in the works at Signature Theatre. Of course, that’s not surprising since the Tony Award-winning theatre has been a hotbed of contemporary musical theatre creativity for several years and a home for emerging writers seeking to hone and refine their latest works.
The Birds
Expect lots of pondering and creepy thrills in this chilling version of the Daphne du Maurier tale of killer birds and society’s reactions to its own potential demise.
Photos from Fringe: Sunday at the Baldacchino
Our official Fringe photographer Ryan Maxwell’s photo shoot from Sunday, July 14 around the Baldacchino Gypsy Tent at Fort Fringe. Among the mix are Fringe staff, theatre techies who seldom get in the spotlight, performers, audience, and a very happy little boy. What – you didn’t know? Fringe has shows for kids this year. [nggallery […]
Body Armor
Finding a balance between grit and eloquence is hard. Finding a balance between the down to earth reality and the dreamy other-worldliness of art is just as difficult.
Disco Jesus and the Apostles of Funk
Disco Jesus and the Apostles of Funk is not a play. It’s not a musical, a revue, or even a concert. Disco Jesus is an experience—an unparalleled, rocking experience.
A Commedia Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is not the greatest love story of all time. There. I said it. I read it first as a freshman in high school, and even then, Romeo and Juliet both seemed like hormonal idiots. They meet, “fall in love” get married, flail melodramatically about the cruelty of fate for a while, and […]