With theatres shuttered for the foreseeable future and all of us practicing social distancing during the pandemic, the connection between artists and audiences has been broken. That’s why DC Theatre Scene has created SCENE TV, a new IGTV channel on Instagram. Through SCENE TV, artists share how they are coping with the circumstances brought on […]
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The shows go on(line): Emily’s top 7 YouTube videos by theatre makers
With theatres closed around the US, times are tough for fans of the arts. But, thankfully, we live in an age of streaming and online content. From clips of scenes to recordings of full musicals, the internet may provide decent substitutes for anyone craving to watch a live show. But alongside recordings of the shows […]
Review: Fiddler on the Roof National Tour
In the 1980s, my parents fled the Soviet Union to begin new lives in the United States. Though they spent years learning English and acclimating to American culture, their identities remained steeped in their Jewish-Soviet traditions. To this day, my mother always wears a scarlet string to ward off the evil eye, and my father […]
Review: Second City’s Love, Factually takes aim at its rom-com movie cousin
Romantic comedy movies can be saccharine, especially when they’re set during the holidays. Some people love these fluffy flicks, and others love to riff on them. But no matter how someone feels about holiday rom-coms, The Second City’s Love, Factually is a silly jaunt that’s sure to make both romantics and cynics laugh out loud. […]
Capital Fringe review: Energie: A Rock Musical
Thomas Edison was really good at selling himself. Media attention and ruthlessness helped him claim sole credit for inventing the light bulb. In reality it was the work of many scientists. [adsanity_rotating align=”aligncenter” time=”10″ group_id=”1455″ /] Energie: A Rock Musical takes jabs at the fact that those with the widest media reach and the most […]
Review: 14 from Theatre Prometheus
In 2001, a group of Mexican migrants were left stranded in the blistering desert heat east of Yuma, Arizona. Smugglers, whom they had paid for safe transport to the border, promised them that the nearest road was a few hours away and that they would return with water. The smugglers never came back. Fourteen people […]
Review: P.Y.G. or the Misedumacation of Dorian Belle, a brilliantly funny satire on race relations
P.Y.G. or the Misedumacation of Dorian Belle follows Blacky Blackerson, a.k.a. Black, (Seth Hill) and Alexand Da Great (Gary L. Perkins III) who are the Petty Young Goons (P.Y.G.), a Black rap duo straight from Chicago. They agree to take part in a reality show to help Dorian Belle (Simon Kiser), a White Canadian pop […]
Review: Macbeth. We Happy Few’s minimalist staging still manages to spook
It amazes me how much the We Happy Few theatre company is able to accomplish through their signature, minimalist approach, and their production of Macbeth exemplifies this. With a cast of five portraying the play’s lofty number of characters in an intimate, black box setting, Macbeth is deliciously eerie. It’s a quick-paced version of The […]
Review: GALA’s El viejo, el joven y el mar (The Old Man, the Youth, and the Sea)
Twentieth-century Spanish writer Miguel de Unamuno wasn’t afraid to criticize Spain’s government. Though Irma Correa’s El viejo, el joven y el mar is a fictional depiction of Unamuno’s life, it is set against the historical backdrop of Miguel Primo de Rivera’s dictatorship over Spain, a dictatorship that Unamuno openly spoke out against, despite the consequences. Thankfully, […]
Review: All Save One, a new comedy with a touch of Coward
It’s no shock that Hollywood is full of secrets. In the era of #MeToo, it’s clear that much is hidden from the public under a facade of glamour and glitz. Though it takes place during the 1950s, All Save One digs into what’s hidden through the comedic banter of its characters, exposing the pressures and […]
Review: As You Like It musical at Keegan Theatre
As the cast dances in the aisles of Keegan Theatre, it’s difficult not to catch the contagious, rose-colored energy from this musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s As You Like It by Shaina Taub and Laurie Woolery. I left bobbing to a handful of upbeat songs playing on repeat in my head. And with several somber, but just […]
Review: Long Way Down. Justin Weaks’ solo performance a revelation
You’re a fifteen-year-old boy named Will, and your eighteen-year-old brother has been shot. Shawn was your friend, your protector, and your teacher ever since your father was killed, and now he’s dead. You’re riding down the elevator with your brother’s gun in your waistband in order to kill the man you’re sure is responsible for […]
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