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There are surprisingly few one-actor musicals. Even rarer: solo musicals where the protagonist juggles razor-sharp daggers. Make your one-actor, dagger-juggling musical about a lesbian circu…
A choose-your-own-adventure review " pick one of the following: a) I have little or no idea what the Burning Man festival is; b) I know about Burning Man, but have never been; c) I am a Burn…
Mia Amado, producer and director of Echoes, brings this piece about love and mental illness to the Eastman Theatre at Gallaudet. Echoes is by no means an easy play, in terms of e…
This show is a comedy inspired by a tragedy, Greek playwright Euripides'Â The Bacchae. In case it has been a while since you last refreshed your memory on the theatrical offerings of Greec…
Satire is a noble pursuit, but it can also be used as an excuse. Regardless of what a would-be satirist puts onstage, if you dislike it, he can say that your negative reaction is the point. …
If you've ever picked up a roommate from an online ad, you know that living with strangers can be, well, strange. In a world premiere from outer space-oriented Nu Puppis collective, that str…
Though her name is no longer on the lips of an adoring public, during the height of silent film and then early talkies, Clara Bow was The It Girl, the very personification of the carefree fl…
Not the first, not the second, but the third Joe Charnitski is here from New York to share his story of three lives, two eulogies, and getting out of a small town. Witty, humble, and invitin…
Penny Sterling has seen a lot of hardship: abuse, addiction, assault, and fifty years spent trying to live as a man. Her perspective as a trans woman, a mother, and an alcoholic all build in…
An hour of music"wonderfully moody ballads, bluesy numbers, and almost twangy folk songs"is always an hour well spent. Even if that music largely focuses on supernatural themes. Monsters to …
At this point, there's an entire genre of books, TV shows, and films about bad bosses and the bizarre vagaries of corporate workplaces. One of the perhaps lesser-known but extremely effectiv…
Kukui Kikuyu Productions' Passing " A Stage Play is a fascinating psychological character study in which secrets revealed inevitably lead to a shockingly tragic end which deserves a lo…
What is truth? It's a big question to explore in 50 minutes, but Agora Dance's The Kind of Thing That Would Happen attempts to do exactly that. The result is a beautifully executed,…
Ask yourself: how much do you need to know about the inner workings of local government in Flemington, New Jersey? If the answer is "I'd rather know about Flemington, NJ than what's going on…
How far are we willing to go to seek happiness? That's the intriguing premise of Jona Tarlin's Lost Teeth, a world premiere production from New York City's Blowout Theatre Company whi…
By Debra Cope The timeless story of kind and courageous young heroine Sara Crewe comes to life on an Alexandria stage in A Little Princess, a new adaptation of the classic Frances Hodgson Bu…
By Guest Author Robin Lynch Now playing at the Kentland's Arts Barn, Dial 'M' For Murder by the Sandy Spring Theatre Group has a lot to offer those who enjoy a mystery-thriller. First of all…
The tagline for Larry E. Blossom's latest Capital Fringe offering, Just Like A Woman, is "Will Trans Trump Fear in These Troubled Times?" Unfortunately, neither the issues of transphobia …
Watching a great sex comedy provides some of the most fun you can have with your clothes on. Watching a bad sex comedy is painfully awkward and embarrassing. The creative team behind Mr. …
Magical realism meets morality play with a dash of sideshow in The Dream Dancer, an entrancing journey through time at this year's Fringe. If magic, hypnosis, and feminism tickle your fan…
An autobiographical one-man show about performing a different autobiographical one-man show? It sounds like the ultimate Fringe Festival cliché. But despite its conceit, David Kleinbe…
From the clear and driving melody of Shakespeare's action-packed hit, MacBheatha pulls out jazzy tangents to the point of what is for some cacophony and others ecstasy. As all good art…
8 Bit Circus Sh*t's two acts are almost as different as fire and ice. Both are video game-inspired displays of fire circus tricks, but vary greatly in excitement and accessibility. Act I …
Ah, to be thirteen again- the age full of equal parts hubris and insecurity. Such are the epic struggles of two teenage would-be rappers in this funny new piece by Emma Choi, herself a senio…
Divorced. Beheaded. Died. Divorced. Beheaded. Survived. What a clever mnemonic device to track the tragic lives of Henry VIII's many wives. And this play will not let you forget it. It has a…
