It is part poem, part prayer service, and part therapy session, but the first thing that will strike you about From Divorce to Restoration is its name. Restoration? Really? Aside from death, divorce is the human event least likely to result in a return to the status quo ante. The best we can hope for […]

“The best thing about majoring in Invisibility Studies,” jokes Emil Guillermo early on in his one-person show, Emil Amok! All Pucked Up: Harvard, NPR and more, making its DC premiere right now at the Capital Fringe, “is that you don’t need to show up to the final.” This moment is indicative of how the next […]

Darkness. Silence. The flapping of wings. A gunshot. A single dead dove hovering above the stage. These are the opening moments of Douglas Robinson’s surreal look at the senselessness and cyclical nature of violence in the modern world, Pride of Doves, having its world premiere at the Capital Fringe Festival courtesy of Action to the […]

Few things in life are genuinely unexplainable. One of those is undoubtedly modern dance. You may not make a habit of visiting intimate black box theaters to see premieres by small, relatively unknown, modern dance troupes. As a result, the mental acrobatics required to make sense of their odd company names and eclectic costume choices […]

This review was amended for clarification. meg jo beth amy & louisa is a fictional depiction of how Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women” evolved into the classic story we know. True, Alcott was pressured by her publisher to abandon her short stories and turn her attention to something more commercial, a story for young girls […]

An actor, Nick (Matt Calvert) goes into rehearsal for William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, to reprise his role as Bottom. Bottom is the (both literally and figuratively) donkey-headed character from Midsummer’s troupe of actors known as the mechanicals, and one of the many characters that plays on both sides of the fourth wall. For […]

First it was just strange dreams. Then it was sinister voices. Now, the followers of Cthulu roam the streets in search of the servants and sacrifices that can bring the Old Ones – specifically Cthulu — back from beyond and end our world as we know it. That’s the basic premise behind The Call of […]

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 […]

It’s been more than a day since I left Before the Fall, and I still don’t know for sure that I can say what I think about it. That’s a crummy thing for a theater critic to admit, but I’m hoping to get points for honesty. I’ll set the scene. Before the Fall is an […]

Imagine that you are a soldier — an intelligence analyst — deployed to the Caribbean Command in Key West, Florida. Your daily tasks involve reading reports and commenting on them in air-conditioned comfort. You are also on the base beach volleyball team. Rum and beer flow freely, and every day is caressed by the Sun. […]