The Music Center at Strathmore was filled to the brim Friday night as four-time Grammy Award winning singer Olivia Newton-John, seemingly timeless in looks, personality, and talent, took the stage to the welcoming cheers of her fans and friends. Dressed … Continue reading
Medieval Story Land’ – the fun sendup of adventure stories is plain fun. We begin our journey with the “hero,” a young elf named Todd (played joyfully by Forrest Rilling). Todd is an idiot and he knows it. He is endearing … Continue reading
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 West fantasies. You … Continue reading
I scarcely know where to begin. Hemispheric Dysfunctionalism & the Cortical Titanic moves through the treacherous waters of involved philosophical musings like the Titanic maneuvered through the north Atlantic (this thought is not going where you think it is {wait for … Continue reading
Well, that was quite a Fringe! The revelry (drunkeness), the pageantry (drunkeness), and the ecstasy (there were several moments where I could have used some)!! I can’t wait for next year! I was truly surprised at the caliber of shows … Continue reading
Preview Changes Theatermania.com announced this year’s Capital Fringe Audience Awards tonight. Here are this year’s winners: (1) Comedy: R.U.X. (Rockwell’s Universal seXbots) (2) Drama: We Tiresias (3) Musical Theatre & Opera: Superhero Celebrity Rehab: The Musical (4) Dance & Physical Theatre: Flight … Continue reading
As we await the announcement of the ‘Audience Awards’ by Theatermania at 8 PM tomorrow night at ‘The Tent,’ here are the shows (in alphabetical order) that were named ‘Best of the Capital Fringe’ when they received the highest rating … Continue reading
Last night DC Metro Theater Arts completed its goal of reviewing all 134 shows in The Capital Fringe Festival. It is a major accomplishment for our site and it coincided with the 5th month anniversary of the launch of DCMTA. I’d … Continue reading
MashUp Contemporary Dance Company presented an energy-filled Inanimate Thoughts tonight at Gala Hispanic Theatre – the perfect venue to showcase the beautiful and breathtaking talents of its group of dancers: Noel Arreola, Katie Baines, Emily Brown, Sara Carter, Kristen Kelker, Lindley Mayer, … Continue reading
“Often times, I’ve observed that organizations feel forced to prioritize art, audience, and artist. O Starsf the three, the artists are, more often than not, left to their own devices,” JR Russ, Vision Director of A Way of Life (AWoL) … Continue reading
Delusions of Grandeur is a fun romp through many things clown and a few things Shakespeare (though the only actual monologue comes from Matthew Pauli {and is beautiful}). There is a clownish heist, song, physical comedy, puns, and even a … Continue reading
Ok…this one is a bit different. Start with one of the best curtain speeches (designed to get everyone to turn off their cell phones) I’ve ever seen, delivered by Karen Beriss who is telling her mom on the phone that … Continue reading