This from our friend, publicist Tim Swope: As a friend and supporter of the Folger Shakespeare Library and Folger Theatre, we wanted you to be among the first to know that a small fire broke out in the theater on Saturday morning. It was quickly discovered and safely contained and extinguished by Folger staff and […]
Free Night a Fast Sellout
You had to be lucky and online at noon to get any of the 2100 tickets made available for DC’s first Free Night of Theatre. According to League of Washington Theatres’ Nicole Daval, all tickets were gone in the first 10 minutes. Reactions? “Some joy, some frustration.” she reported as eager theater-goers flooded the […]
Local Playwright Callie Kimball heads off to the Macdowell Colony
One of our favorite local talents, Callie Kimball is off to the prestigious Macdowell Colony. What is the Macdowell Colony you might ask? Well, in their words they have a mission to “nurture the arts by offering creative individuals of the highest talent an inspiring environment in which to produce enduring works of the imagination. […]
The Top 5 Plays I Saw This Season
By Ronnie Ruff As our website and coverage of the local theatre scene has evolved I find myself drawn to two kinds of theatre. First off I love musicals – I love them mostly because I also have a love of all genres music and that obsession tends to fuel a love of old fashioned […]
Page To Stage — The Interviews
Well theatre fans, this weekend is the annual Kennedy Center Page To Stage Festival for new works in the realm of theatre. Who but DC Theatre Reviews is going to bring you the behind the scenes coverage you want to read. We were batting around how to let everyone know about some of the really […]
Long Distance Artistic Director?
We missed speaking with Linda Murray the Artistic Director of Solas Nua before she was wisked away to Ireland after the Capital Fringe Festival. We descide to get together for a virtual interview for our readers. Ronnie Tell our readers how you came to be across the Atlantic for the next year. I know its […]
Joel’s Fringe Thoughts
Fringe Comments- By Joel Markowitz Musical Podcaster/Theatre Schmoozer My hats off to all the volunteers and the administration who pulled the Fringe Festival off. Alot of people worked very hard to make this a success. It will be interesting to see what the final ticket sales were, but most of the shows I attended were […]
Lorraine’s Fringe Thoughts
Lorraine Treanor, our Director of Marketing, had these thoughts about our first Fringe. Hats off to the organizers of Capital Fringe for proving that Washington has a huge hunger for Fringe. As a producer (of Mamas, DOn’t Let Your Cowboys Grow Up to Be Actors) I attended the first Fringe meeting last summer where we […]
Tim’s Thoughts On Fringe
Senior Reviewer Tim Treanor had these thoughts about our first Fringe The Fringe itself was an unalloyed success. It’s one of the best things I’ve seen Washington area theater do. What it shows is that there is immense talent waiting to get out and express itself. Most of the Fringe stars were folks I had […]
The Lunch Launch
Bouncing Ball Productions got started with a bang Sunday evening at the Black Cat Club on 14th St. NW with scenes from three of writer Shawn Northrip and director Shirley Serotsky’s projects including Titus The Musical, Cautionary Tales For Adults and Lunch (which is being performed at the CapFringe Festival). The wonderful Tracy Lynn Olivera (why don’t we see […]
The Mary Goldwater Awards, 2006
The Mary Goldwater Awards ceremony last evening at WSC’s Clark Street Playhouse was a very enjoyable evening for one and all. There are no losers at this event so the crowd was made up of winners and well wishers, all having a great time. The MC for the evening Jack Marshall took a tumble over […]
Joel Markowitz of Ushers fame tapped for new role at DC Theatre Reviews
Joel Markowitz founder of the Ushers theatre social group will be joining us as a staff musical columnist and Podcast Interviewer. Mr. Markowitz will conduct interviews with the artists behind the scenes of DC’s hottest musicals and offer insight and commentary on the DC theatre scene. The Ushers website can be found here.