Stage
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Mad for Medieval in Alexandria
Touted as an out-of-the-ordinary experience, Alexandria’s Medieval Madness blends the fields of art and history — and not simply by way of historical reenactment, though...
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Curtain up: The Richmond Triangle Players present Pageant
The Richmond Triangle Players brings back a new production of one of its most-requested shows, Pageant, the drag-queen musical with book and lyrics by Side...
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Studio’s “Carrie: The Musical” is frightfully bland
“You were right, Mama. They all laughed at me!” If only Carrie White were talking about the audience at Carrie: The Musical (-1/2), now at...
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The Queer Fringe: A roundup of LGBT-related shows at Capital Fringe
Over the next few weeks, the 600 block of New York Avenue NW will be teeming with people. And there are sure to be plenty...
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Christopher Henley and Jay Hardee juggle their twin roles in theater and at home
Christopher Henley and Jay Hardee juggle their twin roles in theater and at home.
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The Capital Fringe readies its 9th annual festival
A decade ago Julianne Brienza saw great untapped potential in D.C.’s strong theater scene. “We have many high-end, expensive theater experiences in the District of...
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”Side Show” and ”Disney’s The Lion King” provide two worthwhile theatrical experiences at Kennedy Center
“Come Look at the Freaks,” goes the grand opening number in the musical Side Show. And it’s quite possible such a exploitative, sensationalistic call might...
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Colman Domingo’s proud career as actor and budding playwright
Colman Domingo's proud career as actor and budding playwright
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Unhappy Days: Scena stages Beckett’s absurdist classic
Happy Days at Scena Theatre and Cloak and Dagger at Signature Theatre
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“Private Lives,” “The Totalitarians” feature strong female protagonists, but leave unanswered questions
Separated by time and genre, you wouldn’t expect Noel Coward’s 1930s ever-so-British rom-com Private Lives to have much in common with Peter Sinn Nachtrieb’s The...
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Quirky QFest: Baltimore serves up LGBT film festival
Baltimore serves up an LGBT film festival
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Cock Fight: Studio Theatre’s provocative look at the battle for love
To use a British colloquialism, Mike Bartlett likes to “cock about” with words and concepts. Last year Studio Theatre presented the provocative playwright’s Contractions, a...
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Extraordinary Ordinary Days at Round House
Ordinary Days is the rare musical that ends before you're ready to part with it
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Smokey Memories
Why mess with success, right? Arena Stage touts in a press release that Smokey Joe’s Café, which debuted nearly two decades ago, became Broadway’s longest-running...
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Some Serious Drag
Bea Arthur played the role of Lucy Brown in the 1954 off-Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera. “If Bea Arthur could do it, then I figured...
