Jul 27, 2012
Capital Fringe 2012: Making Love Legal
While Making Love Last starts promisingly enough in telling a love story complicated by religion and Middle Eastern politics, its rides off of the tracks as it plods towards its conclusion.
Jul 27, 2012
Capital Fringe 2012: A Final Look
The Capital Fringe Festival is coming to a close, but there’s still time to see a last show or two. Here are some of our recommendations.
Jul 26, 2012
Capital Fringe 2012: My Princess Bride
My Princess Bride, currently running at the Capital Fringe Festival, is a charming telling of a classic tale.
Whether you’re looking for a play bordering on pornographic or one that brilliantly pokes fun at the very festival it’s a part of, In the Company of De Sade and The Every Fringe Show You Want to See in One Fringe Show Fringe Show are for you.
Onalea Gilbertson’s tribute to her grandmother, combining narrative flashbacks with original songs, is polished, strong, sensual and transporting.
Jul 24, 2012
Capital Fringe 2012: Aaaaaagh! Murder!
If you liked Clue, you’ll like Aaaaaagh! Murder!, which takes the twists and turns of a murder mystery to new and ridiculous heights.
Jul 23, 2012
Capital Fringe 2012: A Year of Giving
Based on an experiment in which a blogger gave a stranger $10 every day for a year, A Year of Giving succeeds in telling a tale about individual human stories about human kindness.
Jul 23, 2012
Capital Fringe 2012: D.C. Trash
In a wonderfully entertaining performance, Ron Litman sees D.C.’s dramatic changes through unlikely eyes—those of a trash hauler.
As part of our continuing Capital Fringe Festival coverage, we review a trio of sultry performances: Cabaret XXX, Wild Night and Cupcake Cabaret.
Jul 19, 2012
Capital Fringe 2012: DADA Returns!
DADA Returns! raises questions about the line between theater and reality, truth and lies—in its own whimsical, nonsensical way.