I have to admit straight out of the gate that being asked to review “The Capitol Steps” was a bit befuddling. After more than 30 years delivering laughs in the nation’s capital, the comedy troupe has taken its place as a DC institution.
Chimerica at Studio Theatre (review)
It’s hard to open your laptop these days without stumbling across a news item about China. Naval maneuvers. Cyber warfare. Millions of manufacturing jobs relocated. And if that’s not enough to convince you there’s a lot on the line, the Treasury Department’s reports that there are about 1.271 trillion reasons to pay attention to what’s […]
Half Past What? at Capital Fringe
Rick Santorum, the famous (infamous?) Senator turned Presidential-candidate turned whatever-he-is-now once said, “I’m living for donuts and venison, and that’s true. And specialty gopher meat.”
Good Egg Fables at Capital Fringe
If you’ve ever strolled down the children’s literature section at the bookstore, picked up a title that’s only ten or twenty pages long and thought “this doesn’t look so hard… I could write one of these,” I dare you to try.
How to Quit Your Day Job at Capital Fringe
How to Quit Your Day Job! delivers a delightful dose of generation “Me.” You’ve read the headlines. Millennials are the self-obsessed, self-medicating, selfie-taking self-seekers who might be overworked, sure, but also over-encouraged, over-indulged, and over-appreciated.
“The Mad: A Fracking Fairytale” What the frack is going on here?
Imagine visiting a quirky French cafe you’ve had your eye on for awhile. The tables are nicely set, a woman with a lovely voice is strumming on a guitar in the corner, and next to her a man with smiling eyes is playing merrily on an accordion. Sounds pretty nice, right?
Look who’s delivering a ‘how-to’ on bringing the funny
Ok theater-goers, here’s a question: What type of theater do you think is the toughest for actors and directors to get right? Ask anyone and I’m betting, dollars to doughnuts, they’ll name the weighty, thought-provoking, tear-jerking dramas. “The Miracle Worker, Death of a Salesman, or any of the Shakespearean tragedies will likely be at the […]
Sylvia at NextStop Theatre
There are some great pop-culture rivalries that can’t be resolved. Coke vs. Pepsi, Cowboys vs. Redskins, Apple vs. Samsung, Sega Genesis vs. Super Nintendo… the list goes on and on. But cat people and dog people? That’s one that can tear a family apart. Or maybe it’s the divide between true dog-lovers and everyone else. […]
Marie Antoinette at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
So, the great nation of France is saddled with crushing national debt. They’re battered from war, the people are starving, and a revolutionary ember crackles quietly beneath the surface of the political landscape.
Love Letter Lost
Sometimes out-of-town guests can really kill your routine. Your fridge is empty and the beer has gone missing. The guest-room is a hot mess, and darn it who borrowed my car and left it at the Metro? It happens.
Not Every Card
A crisp fedora, the sound of cards being shuffled, and a dark alley lit only by the end of a burning cigarette: Noir is one of those genres that’s hard to explain, but you know it when you see it. And in the opening scenes of Not Every Card, it’s pretty clear from the start […]
Point…Blank…Period
Are you experiencing abdominal or pelvic cramping? Lower back pain? How about food cravings, headache or fatigue? If you have these or other symptoms, and it’s been roughly three and a half weeks since the last time it happened, you probably don’t need me to tell you what’s going on.