Four for the price of one – what a deal! That’s four characters making a strong impression in the one-person show American Tranquility, which deserves to play to sold-out audiences every night during its all too-short run at the 2019 Capital Fringe Festival. Examining the state of affairs in the United States during these volatile […]
Archives for July 11, 2019
Capital Fringe review: Would You Rather…
If Would You Rather… issued a warning label for real life situations it would read: Beware of elaborate questionnaires and their accompanying release forms. The play takes you into a swirling adventure yarn that is equal parts comedic romp and exploration of personal choice. TMD Theater’s production is a fun and charming magical realist escape […]
Capital Fringe review: The Breakup
Breaking up might be hard to do, but watching The Breakup is a joyful, poignant, moving, and laugh-filled adventure for the audience. We follow Aldi on his emotional roller-coaster journey as his life falls apart and then is slowly put back together following a breakup with his treasured girlfriend. The show opens with Aldi – […]
Capital Fringe review: Heartbeats & Algorithms
Oh wow,” an audience member said as she stepped into the theater for Heartbeats & Algorithms. The world created by the light and the sound was palpable. The physical sensations continued as a torrent of social alerts and computer chimes hurled us into the opening of Jenny Lee’s captivating one-woman show. Lee, playwright and performer, […]
Capital Fringe review: Love in the Time of Climate Change
Rozina Kanchwala nails it: we in the U.S. live in a world of too many choices, where a girl can just ask Google to serve up a song instantly to match her mood. It’s a time when everyone is so busy doing whatever they do in their lives (and scrolling through their iPhone apps,) there’s […]
Capital Fringe review: Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens
Plastic, leather, and love all reign supreme with Up In Your Face’s production of Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens. Not familiar with the show? In 1995, this wildly campy space musical/murder mystery/rock opera was the blitzkrieg hit of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Lucky me, I saw it in Scotland that year, the first week […]
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