Written collectively by the tight ensemble No. 11 Productions from New York, Coosje combines words, music, an art installation, and projections to tell the story of the romantic relationship and artistic partnership of conceptual artists Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen. As such, the work, served up by DC Fringe on its opening night, was […]
Archives for July 11, 2014
Love Song to Miss Kitty
My notes from opening night: “Funny lime slicing.” “Pretty awkward. Is it supposed to be this way?” “Why do gay men like country music?” “Okay, they are officially screwing with us.”
A Dream Within a Dream
It’s difficult to state why this show is such an absolute must-see without giving away too much of what makes it so special. A Dream Within a Dream is an ode to all things Edgar Allan Poe. However, rather than force people to idly sit through a 60-minute play, the show’s creators have put together […]
Rock Bottom [A Rock Opus]
The bass player’s hands are wracked with eczema. The lead singer belongs to a religion apparently designed for fourth-graders, and the guitarist wears a ridiculous moustache. And the drummer – lanky, wild-eyed and prone to sudden violence – sits on a pile of secrets so combustible they could reignite Chernobyl.
Roman Polanski’s film: Venus in Fur
Never mess with a goddess. That’s the lesson of Venus in Fur, director Roman Polanski’s frisky and taut film adaptation of the 2010 play by David Ives that brought kink back to Broadway way before Kinky Boots.
Four Dogs and a Bone
A more apt title for the production of John Patrick Shanley’s satire Four Dogs and a Bone at this year’s Capital Fringe would be Three Flails and some Oomph. This four character, four scene piece can be summed up in two words: mostly meh.
Olizzia
“You go home with a stack of books, I go home with a suitcase full of empty condom wrappers,” quips Lizzie (Stacy Mathison) to Olivia (Alex Johnson), and no scene or snippet of dialogue in Olizzia better describes their relationship. It’s the classic pairing of bed-ready beauty and girl-next-door geek, with a twist: these two […]