Muscle and Mortar:    Animating Architecture Reviewed by Hunter Styles The massive atrium of the National Building Museum is deserted as audience members step inside. Echoes bounce to the far walls

The Object of My Obsession   Reviewed by Tim Treanor  “We have free Ex-Lax after the show,” playwright Mike Fox announces cheerily during the intermission. He’s joking, of course. But the thought is appreciated, since never before has there been a play so much in need of an enema.

Tales of Doomed Love (or is it Ever Worth it?)  Reviewed by Steven McKnight If you ever enjoyed the “fractured fairy tales” on the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show as a child, here’s an adult version

Uncle Tom, Uncle Sam, Uncle Ben, and the Rest  Reviewed by Miranda HallUncle Sam is dead. Guided by the urging of a Fellow American, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s protagonist Uncle Tom, pancake matriarch Aunt Jemima,

Self Accusation   Reviewed by Danielle Martin Theatre Du Jour and DC Arts Center collaborate to bring us Peter Handke’s Self Accusation! In the DC Arts Center itself, this simple blackbox builds an auditory atmosphere all abuzz in preparation

Outrageous Dames  Reviewed by Tim Treanor  “Outrageous” is probably not the best word to describe Lizzie Borden and Eleanora Duse,

7 (x1) Samurai  Reviewed by Danielle Martin  Adapted from Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai this sprawling tale gets turned afresh in the accomplished imagination of  writer, director, and performer David Gaine.

Psycho Cabaret   Reviewed by Danielle Martin    Chief Ike’s Mambo Room has the air of a place where class goes to die, owing to the garrish paint and sinister murals.

Slash Coleman has Big Matzo Balls  Reviewed by Tim Treanor  Slash! Oh, Slash! How could you be in this awful show? More to the point, how could you write this awful show?

InstaPlay   Reviewed by Miranda Hall Only the keenest imaginations can make the humdrum extraordinary. And finding the humor in the exceptionally commonplace demands even more panache.  5-6-7-8 has a few lessons to learn.

7 ½ Habits of Highly Effective Mistresses  Reviewed by Steven McKnight The basic concept is a spoof of a self-help seminar.   The show is a hodgepodge of solo stand-up comedy, prop humor, musical parody, and audience interaction

Labor Daze  Reviewed by Lorraine Treanor Remember Story Time at the local library when you were a kid?  Labor Daze is the adult version,