Tell us about the moment when you said to yourself: “I just have to do this!” Michael E. Hammond: I woke up at 4 in the morning. And probably all the usual clichés applied: “jarred awake,” “bathed in sweat,” “alone,” “heart racing.” But those are clichés, so ignore them. But I thought: “What about a play where a fallen […]
Archives for July 2017
A Capital Fringe Peek at I’m Margaret Thatcher, I Is!
Zack Walsh and David Koenigsberg have their way with our questions. Well now, really, what did we expect from two guys who titled their show I’m Margaret Thatcher, I Is!
Sing out! July 4 flash mob protest at White House. Video
UPDATE: Watch the live flash mob video from July 4. ———————- First came Nelson Pressley’s in-depth article on theatre makers as activists in Sunday’s Washington Post. Now comes this call to take theatrical activism to the streets. Americans Take Action is coordinating a flash mob to sing the most famous theatrical protest song in musical theatre […]
A Capital Fringe Peek at Life, Death, & Everything In-Between
This show came from a desire to create a mood and an experience for the audience without wholly relying on the traditional storytelling arc. So much of American theater is in the head, the expected point-by-point storytelling pattern that we see over and over again on stage, in television, and in movies. This play was […]
Think Before You Holla, a Capital Fringe Peek at mindfulness
Have you ever walked down the sidewalk and felt someone watching you as you pass? Have you ever been in a grocery store and noticed that someone just happens to be going down the same aisle as you over and over again? Have you ever been in a park and had someone shout something sexually […]
Wit & Wrath: The Life & Times of Dorothy Parker, a video Capital Fringe Peek
New Orleans performer Claudia Baumgarten has had a 10 year romance with the writings of journalist, critic, poet and famous member of the Algonquin Round Table, Dorothy Parker.