Good talent gets drawn to a play for many reasons. In the case of Jean P. Bordewich's predictable and melodramatic play Marriage, Lizards and Love, you have to wonder what that reason was. J…
Robert Michael Oliver is currently embodying Walt Whitman in his one man tour de force solo piece called Song of Myself: The Whitman Project. This is the second in Oliver’s Ameri…
What happens when you take the dance elements of a Synetic Theater production and merge it with a traditional theatre script? Avalanche Theatre Company's devised theatre piece Dream Love ans…
Any play that deals with a hot topic like bullying in school is likely to get a lot of attention from theatre companies across the country. Gidion's Knot by Johnna Adams is one of those show…
A southern take on Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew in Jonelle Walker's TAME. is being presented by Blind Pug Arts Collective as part of this year's Capital Fringe festival. Good script, ac…
In the theatre the life of an understudy is a hard one. You never know if you are going to get a chance to go on after spending weeks learning a particular role. It's enough to make you turn…
Solo shows need a few elements to make them successful. First the solo performer needs to engage you as an artist. Kate Robards is attractive to look at and has lots of energy onstage so thi…
Jennie Bergman Eng's play Bethesda starts off promising enough. Barry (James Whalen) is a Foreign Service officer who has been sent back to his home in Bethesda, MD with his family fr…
There is something wonderful about certain kinds of cabaret acts. In the case of Signature Theatre veteran performers Tracy Lynn Olivera and Bobby Smith's show, there was plenty of great mus…
This past theatre season has been a banner year for actress Erin Driscoll. She started the season out in a supporting role in Miss Saigon at Signature Theatre and then graduated big time to …
The names Janis Joplin, Amy Winehouse, Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Brian Jones and Jim Morrison are synonymous with classic Rock 'n' Roll. They unfortunately all have something else in common…
One of the nice things about theatre festivals in general is that there is something for everyone. In the case of this year's Capital Fringe Festival, there is a Tony Award winning play as o…
La Petite Famillie is a theatre company based out of Souillac in the south of France. Their performers are all between the ages of 15 and 22. The company's entry into this year's Capital Fri…
You have to applaud anyone who is willing to get up onstage alone and tell his or her story. David Kleinberg's story is one that is compelling and sometimes moving. In his current solo piece…
Rebecca Ende has just completed a very ambitious season that featured something like 224 performances, 16 readings and 86 discussions, all at one theatre company. The company I speak of i…
In the past few years many Broadway shows have tried their hand out in Las Vegas. Musicals such as Hairspray, Spamalot and Avenue Q that were hits in NY did not fare as well in the desert co…
Haely Jardas is preparing to play the role of Catherine in Blind Pug Arts Collective’s production of TAME. at Capital Fringe. Haely graduated from American University with two BA…
Barbara Walsh is currently in rehearsals at Studio Theatre for Carrie the Musical in the role of Margaret. The show begins performances on July 9th as part of  Studio Theatre’s 2…
Some Broadway musicals fail because of a bad score, book or dreadful physical design. The 1997 musical Side Show had all three of these elements going for it when it opened at the Richard Ro…
If you are a fan of those old detective movies or if you just want to have a fun night out, then Signature Theatre's latest world premiere musical Cloak & Dagger is for you. Here is a sh…
Frank Britton has just completed playing Pontius Pilate in Forum Theatre’s production of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. Frank has been getting  lots of attention these days becaus…
Do we ever know the whole story when it comes to the military? Why do officials that should know better always get away with horrific things? These are the questions posed in a new opera cal…
The effects of war are usually a subject that you see in the movies more so than onstage. Arena Stage's world premiere last offering of its 2013/2014 season is going to change that. Healing …
On May 26th 2014 four lowlife thugs beat up actor Frank Britton on his way home from the opening night party of Forum Theatre’s The Last Days of Judas Iscariot as he hailed a cab in…
William Yanesh can currently be seen and heard playing the piano at Round House Theatre as the musical director for Ordianry Days. Some recent area credits as either musical director/…