1,260 stories by "Joel Markowitz"
When it was announced that Randy Skinner was coming to Infinity Theatre Company this summer to helm a new production of Dames at Sea - I jumped at the chance to talk to Randy about dir…
We all remember 9/11 as an utter tragedy, but we frame that memory in a way that suits us. It is a tragedy that created heroes, that brought families closer, that birthed a new national s…
This is Part Three in a series of interviews with the very talented group of five young actors in the cast of Arena Stage’s production of The Music Man. Today – meet Heidi …
It's a fast-paced, funny love letter to the Fringe itself! It's the most fun you can have in an abandoned building this summer! It's the longest show title in the world! It's The Every Fring…
Howard Community College's Arts Collective:Â Improv Group Auditions " July 10 & 11 Â AUDITIONS:Â “What Improv Group?!?!” (W.I.G.):Â Tuesday July 10 and Wednesday J…
This summer you will only have 5 chances to take part in the journey of Souls, premiering at the 7th annual Capital Fringe Festival in July. Souls is a thoughtful and moving metaphysical …
It's a bird… it's a plane… it's a tabloid crotch shot… it's an unfortunate cocaine habit… it's an exclusive luxury inpatient facility… it's a song about the Higher Super Power̷…
Lady Luck is a Whore is my one-woman show about my real life experiences with marriage, friendships, guns and God. I’ve spent a lifetime watching everyone around me put on a show and n…
Kirsten Kelly, Big Love Director for The Hub Theatre, is writing a 4-part essay, Finding Big Love. Follow the journey to opening night, for the next four Fridays on DC Metro Theater Arts. Th…
What If Works Productions proudly presents Right to Remain…The Life and Mind of Tupac Shakur, an original play at the 7th Annual Capital Fringe Festival. Written by and starring, local …
A supernatural mist surrounds a small town grocery store, trapping local residents inside. A man, with his young son, has to decide if the danger is found with the monsters outside or the pe…
The Post Reality Show: TALK MEDIA! Hosted by Randall Packer The Post Reality Show: TALK MEDIA! broadcasts live from multimedia artist Randall Packer's underground studio bunker in Washington…
Vincent Kempski is wowing audiences in The Keegan Theatre’s critically acclaimed production of Spring Awakening. Here he talks about the challenges of playing a rebel and working wi…
In 1978, 100,000 women marched along Constitution Avenue demanding more time to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. Were you there? I, Ellouise Schoettler, was there. Hear that story and more…
This production is like a love letter to DC, a gift from my heart, and very precious as the first production in New Orleans was 8 years ago. I stumbled upon the story in a vintage costume sh…
Trapped in the intertwined web of seduction, these are the dreams that the entangled man saw in the arms of the Binding Lady. Jyorogumo=Binding Lady: Japanese spider species Nephila clavata.…
In a quiet rehearsal room in an empty building, with a simple set laid out of five black stools and five small purple bins for quick costume changes, five actors are rehearsing, moving about…
“When we say let’s put on a show,” we mean it. Once we drove through a snowstorm with a bed strapped to the roof of van to perform at the Kraine Theatre as part of the Frig…
The idea that a person might have sex with a robot came my way via the movie Westworld. Michael Crichton wrote that story about a theme park full of robots where you go to live your Wild Wes…
"It started with the search for a puppet who could really 'die,'" recalls mastermind, Zvi Sahar. Experiments with shaving sweet potatoes and tightrope-walking eggs over a frying pan ensue…
This is  Part Two in a series of interviews with the very talented group of five young actors in the cast of Arena Stage’s production of The Music Man. Today – meet Jami…
Ambitious Washington pundit Peter Peters is an expert on everything, even things he's never heard of. His slick media appearances put him on the fast track…until one of his interviews blow…
In 1948, Antonin Artaud, French poet, playwright, actor, dies of an overdose of chloral hydrate " only months after release from the insane asylum at Rodez " just weeks after French radio pu…
With the success of last year's Lombardi and the recent run of Bird/Magic on Broadway, actor and writer Paden Fallis started thinking the time was ripe to remount his one-man show, The Play …
Hockadoo! I was a little apprehensive about walking into The Opera House to see a new cast and production of a musical I have loved since I first saw it in NYC, but let me put the doubts to …