If one were to have asked Ryan Link what he envisioned for his life while in his early 20s, he would have never answered anything to do with Broadway or the theater, but here he is at an age he describes as “young enough to do it, but old enough to do it right” and […]
Archives for June 29, 2015
The Last Burlesque: A Capital Fringe Peek
Playwright Stephen Spotswood give you a peek backstage at a fading burlesque house. ———————— “Yeah, I think all of this can be represented in the burlesque.” And with that, five pages of dialogue fell to the rehearsal room floor. There have been a lot of moments like that over the three-year journey of The Last […]
Alexandra Petri’s Never Never: A Fringe Peek
When I asked Alexandra Petri if she had any plays in the works that I might want to direct in the Capital Fringe Festival, one of the stories she mentioned was especially intriguing. This story, which has subsequently become Never Never, is that of a man, Alan, who has a deviant sexual preference. But he […]