Even though Underneath the Lintel has been attracting crowds and winning awards on the Fringe circuit (voted Best Solo Show, 2011 Minnesota Fringe Festival; voted Best Solo Show, 2012 London Fringe Festival; chosen as Best of the Fest, 2013 Orlando Fringe Festival), it doesn’t feel like it belongs in a festival. The script by Glen […]
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Sandaya: Burmese Lessons
In Sandaya: Burmese Lessons, singer and actress Meghan McCall played the role of Catherine, an American who travels to Burma during its financial crisis in 1987. Catherine persists in learning “sandaya” from the acclaimed pianist and composer Gita Lulin Maung Ko Ko, and remains in Burma during the 2007 protests and demonstrations.
The Afflicted
I didn’t really understand the greatness of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible until I learned that he wrote the play in 1953 at the time of McCarthyism, and that the House of Representatives’ Committee on Un-American Activities questioned Miller in 1956. Then the play’s themes of suspicion, fear, and other-ing, or demonizing what we cannot squelch […]
How to Have It All: the Musical
When The Atlantic published Anne-Marie Slaughter’s article “Why Women Still Can’t Have it All” in 2012, I had just finished a year of coursework for my doctorate and her perspective triggered a storm of conversations among my friends and colleagues.
heady collectables
The best shows that are “recommended for all ages” appeal not only to younger generations but also to their parents, aunts, and uncles. The show heady collectables by Deep Vision dance company caters to youngsters and adults who have seen very little modern or contemporary dance.
Tickets to an Event
Traffic cops, tourists, a policeman, families, bystanders, Fringe goers, Delta Sigma Theta sisters, and Borealis Theatre. This was the cast of performers who created Tickets to an Event spontaneously on Saturday at 7pm.
Pitchin’ the Tent: Tia Nina Live at Baldacchino
Experiencing a rock concert can be transformative: part entertainment, part sporting event, part fashion show, and part religion. Tia Nina knows this well. They are three rockers — J. Van Stone, Sammy Rain, and Sticks – who turned the Baldacchino Tent into a stadium for a concert for an hour on Saturday. It was hot […]
The Elephant in My Closet
The Elephant in My Closet has already appeared in festivals in Cincinnati, Dallas, and Charleston, South Carolina, but the Capital Fringe could be the ideal place to see this one-man show: its climax comes in a voting booth when David Lee Nelson selects Obama.
The Clocks
Some Fringe shows grab their audiences with techniques that are humorous or shocking, others move in more mysterious ways. The Clocks belongs in this “other” category. Both spare and surrealist it unfolds at a meticulous pace.
Mark Twain’s Riverboat Extravaganza!
If you enjoy shows that make you jump out of your seat, then you should have been at Mark Twain’s Riverboat Extravaganza! on Friday night: it featured both an extravaganza and an evacuation.
Double Freakquency
Volitional experiences are popular with audiences today, particularly shows that maximize opportunities for you the theatergoer to decide what to watch, where to go, and who to listen to. Recent productions like Sleep No More by Punchdrunk and Then She Fell by Third Rail Projects have proven that this idea can be enormously successful, exciting, […]
Arlington National Cemetery: My Forever Home
“Ceremony and ritual sweeten sadness and touch it with awe.” This is one of several personal and poignant observations in Ellouise Schoettler’s Arlington National Cemetery: My Forever Home. A one-person show written and performed by Schoettler, the performance reveals the chain of events that led to her 3-year old daughter and husband of almost 57 years […]