Roger Catlin
Review: THE ROARING GIRL at Theatre Prometheus
Theatre Prometheus, a company devoted to queer and feminist art, celebrates Pride Month 2026 with a production that’s more than 400 years old.
Review: A FINE MADNESS at Woolly Mammoth
“It’s not a play,” Justin Weaks declares fairly early in his one-man “A Fine Madness” presented by the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company.
Review: OTHELLO at Shakespeare Theatre Company
The Shakespeare Theatre Company has had a rich history of stars lured to its stage — not just to sell tickets through big names.
Review: AMERICAN OPERA INITIATIVE: THREE 20-MINUTE OPERAS at Washington National Opera
The separation of the Washington National Opera from the overrun-and-soon-to-close Kennedy Center has meant next season’s eight planned productions, including five full length operas, will occur on five different stages in the D.
Review: GET DOWN TONIGHT: CLASSIC FUNK at Signature Theatre
The current production ,“Get Down Tonight: Classic Funk,” is a engaging array of familiar songs from the 60s and 70s that didn’t have any trouble getting people to clap along, and a few to eventually get up and groove.
Review: AGUARDIENTE: WHERE MAGIC TRANSCENDS BORDERS at GALA Hispanic Theatre
Aguardiente is the name of a firey drink from Colombia that’s sugary and strong.
Review: DRAGON PLAY at Rorschach Theatre
Dragons are fire-breathing their way back into the culture, from the animated series “How to Train Your Dragon” to the fierce special effect triumphs in “Game of Thrones.
Review: HAMNET at Shakespeare Theatre Company
It’s a little surprising that in 40 years, that a production from the Royal Shakespeare Company has never before visited Washington’s Shakespeare Theatre Company (though the opposite is true — a Shakespeare Theater Company production of “Love’s Labor’s Lost” played Stratford-upon-Avon
Review: INHERIT THE WIND at Arena Stage
The sign of a good play is that it can ring out its truth through different eras and still seem utterly relevant to the moment.
Review: CAKE EATERS at The Welders
The title of Rebecca Dzida’s play “Cake Eaters” of course borrows from the “Let them eat cake” phrase that originates from before the French Revolution and was often attributed to Marie Antoinette.
Review: STORIES FROM THE BRINK! at Theater J
It was a harrowing winter storm that blocked streets, closed schools and generally paralyzed the city for days.
Review: PARANORMAL ACTIVITY at Shakespeare Theatre Company
Ghosts are not infrequent in Shakespeare’s work, from the spirits of Hamlet’s father to Banquo in “Macbeth.
Review: BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD at Best Medicine Rep
What are the odds of two cartoonists submitting to the New Yorker both living in Cleveland? Or that one was hired to be the caretaker of the other?
Review: DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! THE MUSICAL at National Theatre
What did our critic think of the national touring company production of DR.
Review: THE OTHER SIDE STORY at GALA Hispanic Theatre
Most know the musical “West Side Story,” where Puerto Rican and white gangs rumble on the Upper West Side 1950s New York in the manner of the Montagues and Capulets.
Review: HO HO HO HA HA HA HA at Woolly Mammoth
Julia Masli was a hit when she first came to the Woolly Mammoth Theatre for her 2024 one-woman performance piece “Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha,” soliciting problems from the audience and conjuring community, whimsy and sometimes magic on the way to solving them.
Review: THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO at Kennedy Center
There are terrible things going on in the world and specifically at the Kennedy Center, where the staff’s been decimated, attendance is way down, booked engagements have withdrawn, and others have been cancelled in a few weeks to make way for activities related to the World Cup or maybe eventual
Review: FURLOUGH'S PARADISE at Theater Alliance
What did our critic think of FURLOUGH'S PARADISE at Theater Alliance.
Review: FIFTH DATE at Nu Sass Theatre
Dating is a whole different beast these days, fueled by phone apps, texts, Google checks, reality shows and who knows what else.
Review: THE WILD DUCK at Shakespeare Theatre Company
The attention to detail in the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s terrific production of “The Wild Duck” extends to preshow atmospherics, with a distinct chill not attributable to the cooling autumn temperatures outside.
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