
Alexander C. Kafka
Alexander C. Kafka is a journalist and photographer. He has written about books and the arts for The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, D.C. Theatre Scene, and many other publications.
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It's a tie between 'Chicago' with Charlotte d'Amboise and the revival of 'West Side Story' directed by Arthur LaurentsFavorite Stories
- Review: CENDRILLON at Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center - I enjoyed the challenge of conveying a highly unorthodox dance-theater production.
- Review: HOLIDAY at Arena Stage - I had reviewed a different production of the same play decades before and it was enlightening to return to the work having had more life, artistic, and critical experience.
- BWW Review: REMEMBER THIS: THE LESSON OF JAN KARSKI, at the Michael R. Klein Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company - It was an opportunity to see the incredibly accomplished David Strathairn in a particularly ambitious, difficult work. He did not disappoint.
- BWW Review: NORM LEWIS AND THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA at Wolf Trap's Filene Center - It was among the first live performances I reviewed or attended after the Covid-19 lockdown, and it gave me an opportunity to think about the production but also about the beautiful and poignant rituals and routines surrounding any production.
- BWW Review: AMERICA'S REQUIEM: A KNEE ON THE NECK and Mozart's REQUIEM at Strathmore Music Center - It's not every day that a critic gets to review the world premiere of a bold, thoughtful, timely American opus. Its coupling with Mozart was a study in context and contrast.
Most Popular Articles

Review: MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT at Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theater
December 19, 2025
This diverting if uneven revival of the 2004-5 Broadway hit is an amusing distraction from the tense politics playing out at the venue.

Review: AIDA at the Kennedy Center's Opera House
October 25, 2025
With this marvelous Aida, WNO kicks off its 70th-anniversary season in grand style.

Review: AIN'T TOO PROUD: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS at National Theatre
June 18, 2025
The tale sometimes tilts toward melodrama but is deeply moving all the same.

Review: AN IRISH CAROL at The Keegan Theatre
December 16, 2022
This contemporary Dublin-pub take on a Dickensian tale is affecting as far as it goes.

Review: WICKED at Kennedy Center Opera House
December 15, 2022
Though musically uneven, this touring production of the Stephen Schwartz blockbuster is a treat.

Review: CENDRILLON at Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center
November 19, 2022
Think you know the story of Cinderella? Think again.

Review: HOLIDAY at Arena Stage
October 14, 2022
Philip Barry's 1928 classic is a romantic comedy, as advertised, but its layers of bittersweet emotional valence come through in this handsome production, directed by Anita Maynard-Losh.

Review: DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM at Sidney Harman Hall
October 8, 2022
Dance Theatre of Harlem presents the world premiere of 'Sounds of Hazel,' a celebration of Hazel Scott, at Sidney Harman Hall.

Review: LEONARD BERNSTEIN'S 'MASS' at the Kennedy Center
September 16, 2022
Bernstein's hugely ambitious ecclesiastical fever dream is a beautiful mess well worth experiencing.

Review: NO PLACE TO GO at Signature Theatre
September 9, 2022
The cabaret act turned full-production evening is well executed, but the script and songs are thin and in the Covid era the premise seems like a historical artifact.

BWW Review: AMERICA'S REQUIEM: A KNEE ON THE NECK and Mozart's REQUIEM at Strathmore Music Center
March 27, 2022
Hailstork and Martin’s requiem is a grand, troubling, rich, and worthy work for an America still struggling to rise from its sometimes sordid history and violent predilections toward its lofty goals and promise.

BWW Review: THE NUTCRACKER at Kennedy Center Opera House
November 26, 2021
The company hasn't visited The Kennedy Center for more than a decade.

BWW Review: XENOS at Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center
November 19, 2021
War is hell, but what, exactly, is served by a hellish choreographic critique of it -- alternatingly assaultive and monotonous -- in Akram Khan's final solo performance project?

BWW Review: THE GREAT LEAP at Round House Theatre
November 16, 2021
At Round House Theatre, an alluring production of Lauren Yee's somewhat contrived 'The Great Leap,' a 'socio-political fable' about sports and Sino-American politics

BWW Review: WAITRESS at Capital One Hall
October 30, 2021
The show still has a winning recipe, but this touring production doesn't measure up to its 2018 D.

BWW Review: REMEMBER THIS: THE LESSON OF JAN KARSKI, at the Michael R. Klein Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company
October 9, 2021
David Strathairn amazes in this tour-de-force one-man play, at Shakespeare Theatre Company through October 17.

BWW Review: GOOD PEOPLE at Keegan Theatre
September 12, 2021
The mouthie from Southie was knocked up in high school and her now-grown daughter, Joyce, is disabled.

BWW Review: NORM LEWIS AND THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA at Wolf Trap's Filene Center
July 31, 2021
A selection of Broadway standards by this accomplished singer and actor is a welcome summer treat.

BWW Review: IN THE MOMENT: A DRAWING DANCE at The Kennedy Center's Digital Stage
June 8, 2021
'In the MOment: A Drawing Dance' will inspire its intended audience of 4-and-ups with its delightfully sleek, bouncy, playful universe of human movement and green-screen geometric exploration.
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