It is difficult to overstate the impact that Disney's 2006 original movie, High School Musical had on the drama geeks of the day. As a fourteen year old theatre kid, the tale of an entire sc…
A Gothic horror story that's dense with symbolism, light on plot, and written in 1839 may not seem like ideal source material for a contemporary musical. But then again, few people saw Carri…
I was first introduced to Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd's psychedelic masterpiece, some three decades after the album's initial release. But the passage of time has done nothing to dimin…
I started out with the cream of crab soup, and moved on to a buttermilk fried chicken sandwich, with a side of French Farce; it is difficult to say which of the two was more delicious… Suc…
As one of Shakespeare's "problem plays" which is neither comedy nor tragedy, Measure for Measure is populated by morally ambiguous characters and includes a story that ends well… for some?…
There is nothing more wickedly fun than biting the hand that feeds. Prince William Little Theatre does just this in their crowd-pleasing production of The Musical Of Musicals (The Musical!).…
There's no question: puberty can be a bitch. Or, more to the point, a beast… It is the latter metaphor that is explored extensively in The Hub Theatre's intriguing new play, Abominable.…
After a week of cramped and un air conditioned Fringey-ness, it was a pleasure to step into the cavernous Filene Center at Wolf Trap last night. The massive open air space, illuminated by st…
There are countless plays (and movies, songs, paintings, stories….) about people falling in love with other people. But what about loving yourself? If you can't love yourself, are you even…
Before the show even begins, four dancers in full-body spandex suits float and twirl across the stage of the Lang Theatre. Vast and sparse, the set (designed by Thomas Carter II) for Mary St…
With their tight jeans, high heeled boots, and well endowed means of transport, cowboys have always been pretty gay. But the homo western vibe is taken to new and outrageous heights in LaGoD…
(Best of the Capital Fringe) Fringe is well known for exposing audiences to exciting new works, but the festival can be equally exciting when it presents a fresh take on a theatre classic. S…
Were Betty Friedan and H.P. Lovecraft to have a baby, Pallas Theatre Collective's new musical, might be their demented offspring. The show (with music by Sarah Taylor Ellis, book and lyrics …
Pat Benatar never could have seen this coming. That her signature hit from yesteryear, "Love is a Battlefield" would be utilized so forcefully and literally in Flying V Theatre's wonderful d…
There is a ton of great theatre to see at this year's Source Festival. But amidst the three full length and 18 ten minute plays running through this weekend, make time to see Facebook in Mem…
The madness and subsequent suicide of Ophelia is one of the most famous scenes from one of the most famous Shakespearean tragedies. It is this aspect of Hamlet that Taffety Punk Theatre Comp…
An American, Italian, and German stewardess walk into an apartment in Paris… sound like a classic joke? Well, almost " in fact, it's the basis for No Rules Theatre Company's spectacularly …
In Washington, D.C., there is probably no more sensitive and emotionally laden topic than gentrification. So it is refreshingly relevant that the new company Nameless chose to premiere the f…
Since Judy Garland first went over the technicolor rainbow in 1939, audiences across America have been captivated by the story of Dorothy, Munchinland, and the Wicked Witch of the West. The …
Prince George's Little Theatre Delivers the Laughs in The Fox on the Fairway A country club golf tournament would seem to be the perfect setting for a modern day farce. There are snobby memb…