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Hip Shot: ‘Engaged’

Engaged
Venue: The Mountain, Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church
Remaining Performances:
Friday, July 23, 8 p.m.
Saturday, July 24, 3 p.m.
They say: “Gilbert’s precursor to Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Ernest, an entanglement of engagements, inheritance stipulations, and Scottish/English class dichotomy. This farcical comedy follows the shameless flirtations of a cad, and the train wrecks that both [...]

Hip Shot: ‘(Snap)shots on a Greyhound Headed Home’

Neither evocative enough to engage nor well-crafted enough to impress, (Snap)shots, lands somewhere in the “still under construction” category, leaving us with a half an hour of less-than-impactful imagery trying very hard (sometimes very, very hard) to find its footing.

Hip Shot: ‘Cookin’ Up Numbers’

Cookin’ Up Numbers
Venue: The Mountain – at Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church
Remaining Performances:
Tuesday, July 20th 8 p.m.
Friday, July 23rd 6 p.m.
They say: “Think numbers are only useful to balance your checkbook? Join Becca, a junior baker facing a dreaded math test, on a musical and visual romp through history, nature and art, during [...]

Hip Shot: ‘The Squeaky Wheel SQUEAKS!’

The Squeaky Wheel SQUEAKS!
Venue:  Goethe Institute- Mainstage
812 7th Street NW
Remaining Performance: 
July 17, 2010, 5 p.m.
They say:  “What if someone walked into surgery and awoke paralyzed-never having been warned of this risk? What if someone not only survived but also endured the horrors of disability with hope and humor? What if that someone traveled, worked, entertained, [...]

Hip Shot: ‘Shirley Dreaming’

American musical tradition meets Michel Gondry light.

Hip Shot: ‘Galactica in Irrelevant Acts of Entertainment’

Galactica and her Boys not only take the shame out of lip synching, they elevate it to a thrilling art form. The Boys put the flame in Flamenco, but they don’t hold a candle to Galactica’s flair.

Hip Shot: ‘The Water Plays’

The Water Plays
The Shop at Fort Fringe, 607 New York Ave. NW
Remaining Performances:
Sunday, July 11, at 1:30 p.m.
Thursday, July 15, at 8:15 p.m.
Tuesday, July 20, at 6 p.m.
Saturday, July 24 at 1:30 p.m.
They Say: “What makes the ocean special is it can kill you at any time. Three plays: A man sinks with his feet [...]

Hip Shot: ‘Cavers’

The Mountain, 900 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Remaining Performances:
Saturday, July 10, at 10:30 p.m.
Sunday, July 11, at 6:15 p.m.
Thursday, July 15, at 10 p.m.
Wednesday, July 21, at 7:45 p.m.
Saturday, July 24, at 9:30 p.m.

They say: “A collapsing farmhouse sits atop a wondrous cave with the potential to make the American Dream reality. Unfortunately, it’s filled [...]

Hip Shot: ‘iSchool Musical’

iSchool Musical
Source
1835 14th St., NW
Remaining Performances:
Saturday July 10 @ 8:00 pm
Friday July 16 @ 8:00 pm
Saturday July 17 @ 8:00 pm
Friday July 23 @ 8:00 pm
Saturday July 24 @ 2:00 pm
Saturday July 24 @ 8:00 pm
They Say: WIT’s hit show iMusical creates and performs and instant musical inspired by Glee, High School Musical . . [...]

Hip Shot: ‘Duets’

Duets
The Clinic, 1006 6th St. NW
Remaining Performances:
Friday July 9 @ 10:30 pm
Saturday, July 17 @ 5:30 pm
Tuesday, July 20 @ 10 pm
Sunday, July 25 @ Noon
They Say: A classic musical follows an AWOL soldier hoping to convince a friend that he is the one. A humorous indie-rock story about a guy rekindling an old flame. [...]