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Friday, August 2, 2013

Magic Time: 'The Third Breast' by John Stoltenberg by John Stoltenberg

The Third Breast is a gritty play, produced by a gutsy company. The three actors are arresting; the music and visuals, appealing. But for some interesting reasons, the challenging script by …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:39PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Magic Time!: 'Holy Joseph Smith! Lessons Learned From The Book of Mormon' by John Stoltenberg by John Stoltenberg

The Book of Mormon… CONTAINS HERESY. That's not a preshow advisory you'll find posted at The Kennedy Center where The Book of Mormon is playing to standing-room houses. No,…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:11PM[SHARE]
Sunday, July 28, 2013

Magic Time! 'One Night in New York!' by John Stoltenberg by John Stoltenberg

The term "gay musical theater" is almost redundant, especially for countless closeted teens who found they could forget their troubles and get happy when they happened upon the uniquely Amer…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:55PM[SHARE]
Friday, July 26, 2013

Magic Time: Oscar Wilde's Salomé at Scena Theatre by John Stoltenberg by John Stoltenberg

There's some wondrous strange stuff in the Bible, but for out and out bizarro it's hard to top the tale of the king Herod's pervy thing for his stepdaughter (Salomé) and his macabre beheadi…

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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Magic Time: ' We Happy Few Productions' 'Romeo and Juliet' at Capital Fringe by John Stoltenberg by John Stoltenberg

Cross-gender casting of the classics can be sometimes a silly stunt, sometimes an earnest bemusement, and sometimes"as in Romeo and Juliet as staged for Capital Fringe by We Happy Few Produc…

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Sunday, July 21, 2013

Magic Time!: 5 Reasons Capital Fringe is a DC Treasure by John Stoltenberg by John Stoltenberg

More than 100,000 people have no earthly need for what follows, and you know who you are: You're this year's happy horde of audience members in DC's most vibrant, creative, and unconventiona…

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Friday, July 19, 2013

Capital Fringe Review: 'RFK' by John Stoltenberg by John Stoltenberg

RFK is a triumph. A Capital Fringe production from Philadelphia's New City Stage, it's a powerfully moving flashback for anyone who remembers Robert F. Kennedy's life and times, …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:55PM[SHARE]

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