Sunday, June 10, 2012
Medieval Story Land at Fringe: Elves, Wizards, Knights Clash in Fantasy Parody I was sick of the poop and fart jokes. I was sick of veiled sexual innuendo. I was sick of unveiled sexual i…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:30AM[SHARE]Saturday, June 9, 2012
Thomas Choinacky has been obsessed with the Titanic disaster since he was a child. Watching the A&E special every spring, once his family got cable, in honor of the anniversary of the si…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:38AM[SHARE]Guilty or not guilty? That is the question. The Puppet Co. in Glen Echo Park is bringing back the popular fairy tale, Goldilocks, with an updated version by moving between the original setti…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:19AM[SHARE]Friday, June 8, 2012
The Goddess Diaries began as an experiment. Several women were asked to write about a specific milestone in their life as part of a Winter Solstice performance at a local church. …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM[SHARE]I was not expecting to direct Next to Normal now or any time soon when I was told about the opportunity with Taking Flight Theatre Company (TFT). Bobby McCoy, our Music Director, and I inter…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:15AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 7, 2012
This begins 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 Mia Alessandra Good…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:25PM[SHARE]In her Iconic red trench coat and fedora, Carmen Sandiego has been the subject of a computer game, a cartoon, and a children's game show. She steals famous artifacts from across the globe an…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:18AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 6, 2012
The first time I directed sketch comedy material was during my New Playwrights' Theatre days on Church Street, and Yeardley Smith was in the cast. (She was 18 at the time " her first paying …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 5, 2012
IMPROV WORKSHOP: 4 DAYS: Tuesday & Thursday June 26, 28 and July 3, 5, 7:00pm-10pm In HCC's HVPA 115/ Dance Studio - (Directions, Map – click here!) The Arts Collective (AC) …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:15AM[SHARE]Paul Gonsalves on the Road will be performed at the Capital Fringe Festival from July 21st through the 29th. As any jazz listener or follower of the Duke Ellington Orchestra knows, Paul Gons…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM[SHARE]Monday, June 4, 2012
Larry Blossom gives a first-person account of the creative wellsprings of his latest production. “I have always wanted to write. Even as a boy, growing up in the small town of Pueblo, …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:45PM[SHARE]America in 1970 seemed like the worst of times. Halfway around the world, the problems of a country only slightly larger than the state of Montana, killed almost 40,000 US citizens between 1…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, June 2, 2012
DADA Returns (20th Anniversary Edition) is a piece well worth revisiting. In its crazy maze of poetry and comedy, this gem from 1924 is a true mirror of today’s socioeconomic, geopo…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:47AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 31, 2012
"Beef Encounter is the only thing ever to have been conceived on a walking holiday," maintains Claire Carroll. British actress and playwright, Claire, had wanted to go on a cruise to the Nor…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:48AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Take advantage of these great half-price theatre ticket deals on GOLDSTAR. __ Metamorphoses at Constellation Tonight and Tomorrow night. Only $12.50. __ The Illusion at Forum Theatre at R…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:15AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Ahh, tech: the time in every actor's life where everything else seems to stop. Dishes go undone, dirty laundry overflows in my hamper, and even this article gets written several days behind …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:30AM[SHARE]This coming Saturday, June 2nd at 2 and 8 PM, Broadway legend Tommy Tune returns to The Music Center at Strathmore with Steps in Time: A Broadway Biography in Song and Dance. I spoke with…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:43AM[SHARE]Friday, May 25, 2012
Charlie Brady is playing the not-too-bright but energetic Sonny Malone in Signature Theatre’s production of Xanadu. I asked Charlie to talk about playing Sonny. Joel: How did you get i…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 24, 2012
I heard a two women at intermission at Xanadu last Saturday night at intermission blurt out, “Is that really Erin Weaver?” What audiences and critics are finding out is that Erin…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Cirque du Soleil returns to Washington with TOTEM from August 15 – September 16, 2012 under the blue and yellow Big Top at the Plateau at National Harbor. Cirque du Soleil is offeri…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM[SHARE]Friday, May 18, 2012
As we finish up our fourth week in the rehearsal room and head into tech, I'm feeling cool, calm, and collected. I'm so eager to share this play with Washington, DC and NRTC audiences. As Br…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:00AM[SHARE]I saw The 39 Steps last week and laughed so hard my jaw was hurting. Most of these guffaws came from watching Jason Lott and Evan Casey wear so many ‘hats’ and watching them r…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM[SHARE]Tired of all those revivals and multiple productions of classics all around town? Then hop into your Hummer and drive over to Theater Alliance at Atlas Performing Arts Center and see the wor…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:02AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 17, 2012
In 2011, Spooky Action Theater became the recipient of a $1,600,000 bequest in the form of art works, antique furniture, vintage automobiles, and high fashion clothing and accessories. In be…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:15AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 15, 2012
St. Mark’s Players deserves the highest praise for their beautifully directed and performed production of The Secret Garden, which has a lush score by Lucy Simon and lyrics and book by…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:15AM[SHARE]Monday, May 14, 2012
Madeline Botteri is a bundle of energy as Monica P. Miller in Kensington Arts Theatre’s production of Rooms: A Rock Romance. With her  powerful voice Madeline sings the heck out of …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:10AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 13, 2012
The Playwrights Collaborative, a group of area playwrights, will be holding two staged readings of plays written by several members. Both will be held at The Writer’s Center located at…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM[SHARE]Friday, May 11, 2012
This is Part 2 of Co-Artistic Directors Brian Sutow taking us behind the scenes of No Rules Theatre Company’s production of Suicide, Incorporated: We are now almost half way thro…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:32AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 10, 2012
Spotlighters Theatre offers a Mother’s Day Discount for Hello, Dolly! Order your tickets at www.spotlighters.org and use DISCOUNT CODE:  5-DOLLY to get $5 off your…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:37PM[SHARE]In conjunction with CenterArts at The DCCenter, the DC Queer Theatre Festival will be presenting two nights of queer plays by playwrights in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. The first annual fest…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:38PM[SHARE]The Kennedy Center presents the Mansaku-no-Kai Kyogen Company production of three traditional Kyogen works in the Terrace Theater from May 17-19, 2012. Last seen at the Kennedy Center …
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