Capital Fringe has become a major force in DC and the Source Festival has been surging of late, so the appetite for new work in the theatre community is increasing every year. It’s no surprise then that one of the most anticipated theatrical events year after year is the Kennedy Center’s hosting of the Page-to-Stage […]
Archives for August 2013
Your Guide to the 2013 Page-to-Stage Festival
A Day and Time Guide to the Festival (Click here for the Official Page-to-Stage Guide by performance space) Saturday, August 31, 2013
Rorschach gets backers and fans for Neverwhere on Kickstarter
Rorschach Theatre had two reasons to celebrate last night. On August 19, they debuted Neverwhere at Atlas Performing Arts Center and ended a successful fundraising effort. Not unusual for nonprofit theatre but there’s a twist. The funds were raised through Kickstarter, the crowdfunding site for creative projects.
Slings and Arrows: Season 2:02 “Fallow Time”
Henry: “‘It is the bloody business which informs. Thus to mine eyes.’ Now, shall we get along with our own ‘bloody business’?” (company laughs) Oliver: “He’s gotten better with age.” Geoffrey: “Fuck you.”
Colleen McHugh: Wish You Were Here – Songs from Faraway Places
New York City cabaret mainstay Colleen McHugh has returned to Signature Theatre yet again in its annual Sizzlin’ Summer Cabaret series. Rather than resting on her laurels as many do – particularly when they have a regular, captive audience as can be the case with such yearly cabaret festivals – she came in with a […]
Pippin: 2013 Broadway Revival Recording
Ghostlight Records’ “New Broadway Cast Recording” of Pippin offers an hour of highly melodic soft-pop Stephen Schwartz music from what must be one of the most fun shows on Broadway today. It is ample evidence of the musical and performance strengths that justify the show’s capturing the Tony Award for best revival of a musical.
Giving back
I don’t know where I will file this article. It’s not a review, it’s certainly not news, nor is it an interview (unless one can interview oneself.)
Full Bloom
The Arcturus Theater Company tackles a challenging subject in Full Bloom, Suzanne Bradbeer’s coming-of-age story that takes us into the life of Phoebe Harris, a New York City teenager confronting a sudden onslaught of sexual attention as she matures from a girl into an attractive young woman.
A Few Good Men
Aaron Sorkin’s play A Few Good Men is a military courtroom drama that invites us to ponder the role of justice in a realm where rank means right. But not seeing much to ponder there, I left the Keegan Theatre thinking about codes: is it possible that everybody follows one, or several? Even people who […]
Harbor
Last summer, Mark Lamos directed a production of Harbor, a new play by Chad Beguelin, at the Westport Country Playhouse, where Mr. Lamos presides as artistic director. It did well there, had some excellent quotes from the press, featured four good actors including the rising Bobby Steggert and Paul Anthony Stewart. Now here we are […]
Finalists for 2013 Audience Choice Awards announced
This year, 530 voters took on the challenge of nominating the final 5 finalists in all categories for the 2012-2013 season Audience Choice Awards. This audience of voters showed they appreciate the work of the large venues as well as the small houses, placing MetroStage, Theater J, Round House Theatre, Keegan Theatre, Signature Theatre, and […]
Don’t tell mama: DC theatre community exposed at upcoming Summer Hummer
This Monday at Signature Theatre, more than 65 DC theatre artists will bare all in Summer Hummer 2013: The Second Coming, a burlesque variety show to benefit theatreWashington’s “Taking Care of Our Own.”