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Archives for July 14, 2017
Repentance (Capital Fringe review)
A light night of theaterĀ RepentanceĀ is not. In one uninterrupted dialogue that unfolds over the course of 90 minutes,Ā RepentanceĀ tells a story of mental anguish, power games and abuse. Nicole Hertvik reviews for DC Metro Theater Arts
“It’s What We Do”: A Play about the Occupation (Capital Fringe review)
Nazi Germany, South African apartheid, any city USA circa Black Lives Matter, pre-civil rights era America, Batista regime in Cuba, Cochabamba in Bolivia, Syrian uprising, 1984, even Jews in Bethlehem during the time of Jesus. All these geopolitical comparisons and more can be made during this one play.
The Heroes’ Tale (Capital Fringe review)
Four black men in their forties sit around a chess game in Dupont Circle park in 1980. They open the show singing barbershop-quartet style, an upbeat song about themselves: They are the 1342 Dupont Circle Heroes. (“White folks pretended we didn’t exist so we started calling ourselves Heroes.”) They’ve been friends for more than 20 […]
Kara Sevda (Capital Fringe review)
Letās get this part out of the way quickly: Lisa VillaMilāsĀ Kara SevdaĀ (at Shopkeepers through July 22) is an exhilarating piece of theater, masterfully and assuredly directed by Kat Haan, beautifully acted by Tierney Nolen and William Foote, thoroughly realized in this Now What Theatre production, and you should see it. It is the best thing […]