59E59 Theaters Reveals Summer 2025 Season Lineup
by A.A. Cristi - May 6, 2025
59E59 Theaters has announced the lineup of its Summer 2025 season, featuring a robust collection of shows celebrating iconic love stories, a comedic peek into the life of government staffers, and exhilarating psychological dramas.
Review: THE MINUTES Exposes the Complicity of Silence
by Robert Encila-Celdran - Apr 29, 2025
At the heart of THE MINUTES lies the bitter debate over the town's origin—a controversy surrounding a long-commemorated event that reveals uncomfortable contradictions under closer scrutiny. What begins as a procedural discussion about a public monument gradually evolves into a broader struggle over whose version of history will prevail and at what cost.
2025 NEWPORT CLASSICAL MUSIC FESTIVAL Returns In July
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 26, 2025
From July 4-22, 2025, the Newport Classical Music Festival offers an unparalleled experience, combining 29 intimate concerts featuring over 100 artists with the grandeur and opulence of 11 iconic venues.
Review: PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC at Theater J
by Mary Lincer - Nov 5, 2024
In an elegant coincidence (or a charming conspiracy by the theatre gods), DC audiences will be able to see two absolutely engrossing plays about Jewish family life in 20th and 21st century Europe, back to back: Tom Stoppard's Tony award-winning Leopoldstadt next month at the Shakespeare Theatre and Joshua Harmon's Drama Desk award-winning Prayer for the French Republic through November 24 at Theater J.
PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC Comes to Theater J
by Stephi Wild - Oct 2, 2024
Beginning on Oct 30 and running through November 24, 2024, Theater J brings the timely and important Prayer for the French Republic to the stage. Written by the highly acclaimed playwright Joshua Harmon, the play was a Broadway hit, a Tony Award nominee and won the inaugural Trish Vradenburg Jewish Play Prize.
Review: POSTCARDS FROM IHATOV at 1st Stage
by Hannah R. Wing - Jun 14, 2024
This is the premise for 1st Stage’s production of Postcards from Ihatov, adapted and directed by Natsu Onoda Power. Postcards from Ihatov is a captivating exploration of Kenji Miyazawa’s works and life.
Review: THIS MUCH I KNOW at Theater J
by David Friscic - Feb 8, 2024
What an odd thing the human mind is! –for it can make false assumptions, construct facile rationalizations, and rely on preconceived notions---as the audience soon finds out through the alternately clever, character-driven, and coiling convolutions of Theater J’s east coast premiere of the play This Much I Know. This is a play that asks questions more than it supplies answers and in that the audience can find sufficient satisfaction.