Interviews and Features

2023 Capital Fringe Preview: ‘Shut Up Martha’

A loud-mouthed political wife blows the whistle on the Watergate burglary, bringing down a president and (nearly) all his men.

2023 Capital Fringe Preview: Gilda: A Tribute to the Beloved Comedienne...

An homage to her hilarious characters and the story of a brave woman who used humor and laughter to get through the struggles of a life cut short.

2023 Capital Fringe Preview: ‘My Name Is Norma’

A solo show that explores the life of the controversial plaintiff in Roe vs. Wade.

2023 Capital Fringe Preview: ‘Mutu Sakata: My DC Story’

A fictional play based on the semi-real, fully imagined life of a Black Mississippi woman living in Washington, DC.

Julianne Brienza, prime mover of Capital Fringe, on making lemonade

In a series called 'The Companies We Keep,' DC Theater Arts spotlights the good work done by theater companies in the DC region. This month we focus on the Capital Fringe Festival and its visionary founding director.

2023 Capital Fringe Preview: ‘#Charlottesville,’ from Voices Festival Productions

A riveting solo drama capturing the human experience of what happened in Charlottesville in 2017, in firsthand narratives from people who lived through it.

2023 Capital Fringe Preview: ‘The Holy O’

An interactive solo show aiming to please audiences as it takes an honest, vulnerable look at women, sex, and spirituality. 

2023 Capital Fringe Preview: ‘Tender’ by David John Preece

Three literary legends — Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Zelda Fitzgerald — converge on an evening of emotional upheaval.

‘Will on the Hill’ returns a marvel at Shakespeare Theatre Company

Highlights from a night of magic with members of Congress and STC students.

Rorschach’s inventive ‘Dissonant City’ to culminate with ‘Angel Number Nine’

After months of boxes in the mail to be explored at one’s own pace, the story and audience will all converge to feel the music live and in person.

2023 Capital Fringe Preview: ‘Brunch with the Boys,’ a comic...

'Fast, loud, and funny has been our mantra for the show. We wanted a comic piece that features the grit of contemporary gay culture.'

‘Huge themes are the proper domain of theater’: a Q&A with...

The award-winning playwright and screenwriter on why he writes about life, death, and the soul.

Local producer Don Michael H. Mendoza goes Broadway with ‘Here Lies...

Signing on as a co-producer of the 'disco pop' musical fulfills the LA TI DO co-founder's dream in a very personal way.

‘Love and Vinyl’ to mix it up at KA-CHUNK!! Records in...

A music buff previews Bob Bartlett's new rom-com about browsing for records and romance, performed in a local neighborhood record store.

‘Come play with me. Come heal’: Sisi Reid on Black queer...

The author and solo performer of 'Rock Paper Scissors' — a Welders production — shares the personal and artistic history of the show.

Top Ten Memorable Moments from the 2023 Helen Hayes Awards

The ceremony showed that local audiences — and Helen Hayes voters — have an appetite for stories about people whose lives are different from their own.

How Sabrina Mandell met Mark Jaster and Happenstance Theater began

In a series called 'The Companies We Keep,' DC Theater Arts spotlights the good work done by theater companies in the DC region. This month we focus on two artists who by happenstance fell in love making inspired works for the stage.

Our ‘Naked Mole Rat’ is in the running for three Helen...

Meet the proud director and composer of this triple-nominated theater for young audiences, Kathryn Chase Bryer and Deborah Wicks La Puma.

The cast of ‘one in two’ at Mosaic Theater on why...

A conversation with Ryan Jamaal Swain, Justin Weaks, and Michael Kevin Darnall about a play whose title is a statistic about gay Black men and HIV.

Laley Lippard and Rupert Holmes on their theatrical resurrection of RBG

A candid chat with the director and playwright of 'All Things Equal: The Life & Trials of Ruth Bader Ginsburg,' coming to the Lincoln Theatre May 19.