The Skinny

Reason #116 to love temping: No one tells you that it’s dress down day. So you show up in an annoying dry-clean only skirt when the rest of the building is wearing jeans. And you know if you are still there next week? You still can’t wear jeans. Because no one told you it was okay. And you can’t do it unless someone explicitly tells you too.

The press for CRUMBLE has been blissfully good—both in terms of overall coverage and as far as positive reviews. I’m thrilled and hoping that we get full, responsive houses for the rest of the run, everyone deserves it. The Post review was great particularly for the fact that Celia managed to mention every designer AND our choreographer in the write-up, which doesn’t always happen, even when an artistic team totally deserves mention. As is the case here.

The reviews that are out so far are:

The Washington Post

DCTheatreScene

Potomac Stages

It’s a slightly bittersweet experience getting such positive notices for this show. Because, and I know I will never be completely clear-eyed about HANDS because I loved the show so much, but it’s kind of hard not to think--how can they all like this one so much after having ripped HANDS apart? Maybe it was the language thing, maybe that was just too distracting/confusing or—maybe we just didn’t quite *get it*. Nevertheless, I will go down advocating for that show and production. It is an entirely different line up of reviewers, and generally women critics tend to get my stuff better than men do, so maybe that has something to do with it.

But so be it.

Get tickets if you want to see it. Many of you know CHAW is a very small space, so as sales pick up the theater will start filling up and we can’t do anything to fit you in if it does sell out, nor can we help you if you are late. All evening shows are 7:30 pm. And all tickets, $10, all the time.