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.
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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specifically at the Kennedy Center, where the staff’s been decimated, attendance is way down, booked engagements have withdrawn, and others have been cancelled in a few weeks to make way for activities related to the World Cup or maybe eventual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.
Review: MRS. DOUBTFIRE at Capital One Hall
When a husband is as hyper, irresponsible and over-the-top as the one in the movie “Mrs.
Review: SO LATE INTO THE NIGHT at Rorschach Theatre
It was a rainy summer in Cologny, Switzerland in 1812, where the gathered literati — including Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John William Polidori, Mary Shelley and her stepsister Claire Clairmont -- tried to amuse themselves in the gloom by creating their own ghost stories.
Review: THE ONE GOOD THING - OR 'ARE YA PATRICK SWAYZE?' at Washington Stage Guild
In a small coastal town in Ireland, a pair of brothers greet each other one glorious morning on the Emerald Isle.
Review: FIRE WORK at Theater Alliance
It’s an odd thing to consider, especially in a week that began with Labor Day.
Review: SAILING: YACHT ROCK at Signature
The Signature cabaret succeeds because it gets the irony.
Review: HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD at National Theatre
The best-selling book series in history, which in turn became one of the highest-grossing franchises of filmdom would naturally spawn a big Broadway hit, the nationally touring version of which is playing D.
Review: LOTUS: A QUARANTINE STORY at District Fringe
Two years of cancellations because of Covid helped lead to the dissolution of Capital Fringe in January after 20 years.
Review: APROPOS OF NOTHING at Keegan Theatre
Inappropriate crushes are best left to oneself, especially when it involves a married person — a lesson never learned by Owen (Ryan Sellers), the lead character in Greg Kalleres’ comedy “Apropos of Nothing” making its DC premiere at the Keegan Theatre.
Review: WIPEOUT at Studio Theatre
The final play of the season at Studio Theatre comes with some environmental warnings.
Review: TWELFTH NIGHT at Folger Shakespeare Theater
When it came to gender fluid plays, William Shakespeare was way ahead of the curve even 400 years ago.
Review: CHOKE at GALA Hispanic Theatre
Among its other achievements, the world premiere of the Spanish language “Choke” at GALA Hispanic Theatre should also be noted as perhaps the first play to incorporate the collapse of Baltimore’s Key Bridge.
Review: THE (R)EVOLUTION OF STEVE JOBS at Kennedy Center
It’s not so strange, really, that there’s a serious opera about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
Review: HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH at Signature
After “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” first premiered on Broadway in 1998, Signature Theatre became one of the first regional theaters to stage the brash hit in its own very successful production in 2002.
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