Hip Shot: ‘The Golden Apple of Eternal Desire’
One act of arch satirical commentary on the thrill of the chase; two acts of improvised comedy about low impulses among high-powered people.
One act of arch satirical commentary on the thrill of the chase; two acts of improvised comedy about low impulses among high-powered people.
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 . . [...]
So here we have Billy the Kid: A First Exhumation, a storytelling experiment that delves into the fight-or-flight mentality. Intertwined with the stream of consciousness re-enactment of Billy’s life are modern tales of revenge and revenge fantasies. Threats punctuate dream sequences while a tense Western gunfight-strum plays in the background. The characters are there only to mock and threaten each other. It’s a satisfying theater of cruelty.
Wow. So this is still going on, and I’d just like to say: I want some of what he’s smoking.
That is all.
UPDATE, 11:45 p.m. – So just to revisit: I’m not going to write a full review, because I’m not sure quite where to start.
This was one of the most out-there things I’ve [...]
Black Jew Dialogues
Warehouse – Main Stage
Remaining Performances:
Thursday, July 17 @ 5:00 PM; Friday, July 18 @ MIDNIGHT
Saturday, July 19 @ 9:30 PM; Sunday, July 20 @ 2:30 PM
They say: “Who knew that rednecks, slavery, bar mitzvahs, and chicken livers were so funny! Hilarious multimedia romp of sketches, improv, theatre, and video, which reveal the absurdity [...]
City Folk
The Universe and Source
Remaining Performances:
Sunday, July 13 @ 6:00 PM (The Universe)
Friday, July 18 @ 6:00 PM (Source)
Thursday, July 24 @ 8:00 PM (Source)
They say: “City Folk, a new improvised sitcom about the people you know, but don’t really want to. Over five nights audience members will drive the plot to create a pilot, [...]