I am sure there are many lessons in The Mahabharata, an Indian epic which includes the story on which “Draupadi’s Arranged Marriage” is based, but “be careful what you wish for” must be one of them. Draupadi is a princess who prays for the perfect man. She loves Karna, the boy next door, but he […]

Full disclosure, I like to go see a play without any advance research. If that is your style, stop reading now and just make your plans to see this play. But if you insist to know a little more, keep reading. How’s That Workin’ Out for Ya? is four subversive comedies by 4 playwrites with […]

Coronado is a play in disguise. If you read the blurbs or see the black and white promo photo of a couple of White dudes at a bar table with cigarettes hanging from their mouths, you might think you know what this play is going to be. You might think it’s a Mamet/Labute knockoff bar […]

Given our divisive culture and the omnipresence of superheroes in our movie theaters, along comes this  light-hearted riff on the whole hero-villain dichotomy, including who decides who is acting on behalf of “good.”  Andrew Brockmeyer’s new play (Super) Friends feels just right for a contemporary and funny take on the whole super hero culture.

On the Eve questions turning points in three famous stories, in which characters make decisions “on the eve of when the ordinary becomes extraordinary” to quote the Capital Fringe summary.  In all three stories, Thomas Anawalt and playwright Amy Frey portray the famous figures.

In the beginning was the Supercomputer, and the words came out of the Supercomputer, and the words were all right. We are in a lecture hall, where Michael (Mike Rudden) holds forth about his beloved Supercomputer, which can, he says, predict the future. Predict the future! The implications are a little creepy: if the future […]

In these times of change, it’s comforting to be reminded that nothing ever stays the same. Almost exactly two thousand years ago, Publius Ovidius Naso, known to scholars as Ovid, wrote down previous oral mythology stories in his classic long poem Metamorphoses. You’ve heard many of them, though you may not have even read his […]

The fine actor Vincent Clark, known mostly for his work at Washington Stage Guild, plays a sick man in this one-actor show. A very sick man. Imagine yourself at a holiday party with an elderly relative who, ancient-mariner like, begins an unstoppable recitation of his illnesses and surgeries. Imagine that this elderly relative also has […]

Cold Rain opens with a familiar scene: three women, joining hands as they light candles and recite a simple love spell. A Macbethean trope, this spell acts as the inciting incident catapulting the Weekes sisters—Shirley, Carly and Lolly—into an unhappy future. A thoughtful story riddled with potential, Cold Rain’s scattered timeline leaves audiences laughing but […]

Fringe is usually filled with scrappy fledging companies of artists banding together in the hopes of making some theatre magic on zero budget, a wing and a prayer. But, every once in while there is a show, like Harlot Production’s Gilded, that obviously has greater resources at their disposal. It shows in everything from the […]