A Response to the Wall Street Journal's Defense of Traditional Shakespeare by Christina Cauterucci

A Shakespeare production featuring women? What is this, amateur hour?!

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 9:13pm on July 16, 2015[SHARE]

Arts Roundup: Jarry Love Edition by Christina Cauterucci

Plus: The D.C. theater community remembers PJ Paparelli.

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 9:17am on May 27, 2015[SHARE]

How Many Women Play in D.C.-Area Music Festivals? by Christina Cauterucci

See how dude-heavy Sweetlife, Maryland Deathfest, Capital Jazz Fest, and Landmark Music Festival are.

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 12:42pm on May 7, 2015[SHARE]

The 2015 Helen Hayes Awards Awards by Christina Cauterucci

Outstanding Use of Outdated Gender Norms, Outstanding Coddling, Outstanding Dick Joke, and more

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 2:01pm on April 7, 2015[SHARE]

We Must Increase Our Busk by Christina Cauterucci

Playing music in a public space for tips currently occupies a gray zone in D.C. Metro law.

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 7:47pm on February 4, 2015[SHARE]

Arts Roundup: Helen Hayes Noms Edition by Christina Cauterucci

RIP Dr. Blues.

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 8:25am on January 27, 2015[SHARE]

Capital Fringe Readies its New Home for First Performance by Christina Cauterucci

Here's how Fringe is turning a sparse gallery space into a quirky, theater-ready venue.

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 3:38pm on January 15, 2015[SHARE]

DCJCC Fires Ari Roth from Theater J by Christina Cauterucci

His comments to the media on internal censorship of diverse viewpoints were deemed insubordinate.

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 12:35pm on December 19, 2014[SHARE]

The Sleigher: Ariana Grande, "Santa Tell Me" by Christina Cauterucci

This sugary, plummy ditty isn't exactly a special snowflake.

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 9:16am on December 11, 2014[SHARE]

Arts Roundup: Bougie Theater Edition by Christina Cauterucci

The Hirshhorn's docents are out of a (volunteer) job.

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 8:11am on November 3, 2014[SHARE]

Arts Roundup: Ticket Trade Edition by Christina Cauterucci

Playwrights of color changed one Arena Stage director's perception of the Civil War.

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 8:24am on October 23, 2014[SHARE]

Arts Roundup: Theater or Theatre? Edition by Christina Cauterucci

Why tap architects and designers (and not artists) for the NoMa underpass installation project?

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 8:50am on October 9, 2014[SHARE]

Arts Roundup: Black Comics Edition by Christina Cauterucci

How much money is a Washington Post review worth to a theater company?

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 8:39am on September 19, 2014[SHARE]

Arts Roundup: Dance Place Edition by Christina Cauterucci

After a $4 million renovation, Brookland's "temple of dance" is reopening.

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 8:41am on September 15, 2014[SHARE]

Arts Roundup: Seven Guitars Edition by Christina Cauterucci

Stop selling your handmade Pigskins thongs on Etsy.

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 8:33am on September 10, 2014[SHARE]

The Kennedy Center's Page-to-Stage Festival, in a Venn Diagram by Christina Cauterucci

Do you like politics and bad decisions? Literature and anthropomorphism?

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 2:21pm on August 29, 2014[SHARE]

What Can Tumblr Do for Theater? by Christina Cauterucci

Last month, I walked into Woolly Mammoth a half-hour before a showing of the hilarious political farce The Totalitarians, and my eye started twitching. Ticketholders were chit-chatting and m…

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 11:47am on July 14, 2014[SHARE]

Arts Roundup: Broadway Bound Edition by Christina Cauterucci

Now that its Kennedy Center run is through, can Side Show succeed on Broadway? [Post] Experimental guitarist Chris Grier of To Live and Shave in L.A. has died. [Arts Desk] Dana Carvey …

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 8:35am on July 14, 2014[SHARE]

A Bid to Save the World at Source Theater, Reviewed by Christina Cauterucci

Who hasn't, in the wake of a loved one's passing, wished for a world without death, or bargained with death's hypothetical doorman for one last goodbye? Erin Bregman's A Bid to Save th…

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 10:49am on June 27, 2014[SHARE]

In a New Theater Consortium, Forum Theatre Will Stay in Silver Spring by Christina Cauterucci

After a fruitless year-long search for a new home, Forum Theatre confirmed last week that it will stay in its 150-seat black-box space in Silver Spring. Forum, which became the first residen…

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 12:42pm on June 9, 2014[SHARE]

Arts Roundup: Shakespeare On The Move Edition by Christina Cauterucci

The Shakespeare Theatre Company will build a new headquarters—and housing—in Southwest. [Housing Complex] Priests: the new face of D.C. punk? [Post] Photos from the opening recep…

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 8:06am on May 13, 2014[SHARE]

Arts Roundup: Awards Awards Edition by Christina Cauterucci

Our meta take on D.C.'s theater prom: The Helen Hayes Awards Awards (no, that's not a typo) [Arts Desk] The latest Captain America movie features a scene in the National Air and Space Mus…

SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 8:04am on April 23, 2014[SHARE]