Review: EUREKA DAY at Theater J
by Doug Poms - Mar 23, 2026
Eureka Day, the Tony Award winning play (for best Revival in 2025) by Jonathan Spector, is getting a top-notch production at Theater J directed by Hayley Finn. The play is a timely one, centered around the 5-person parent-principal executive committee at Eureka Day School, a private day school located in an affluent suburb in Northern California.
Review: THE WORLD TO COME at Woolly Mammoth
by Pamela Roberts - Feb 15, 2026
Friendship as Resistance in a Powerful World Premiere - The World to Come, a world-premiere co-production by Woolly Mammoth and Theater J, delivers powerful, honest performances and an intriguing story in an extraordinary, deeply touching production that shouldn’t be missed.
Review: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at Signature Theatre
by David Friscic - Nov 14, 2025
Specific events in the intimate world of Anatevka, Russia are presented in a manner that propels universal understanding of the relevant themes of family, forgiveness, acceptance, and tolerance in the highly immersive and interactive staging of the renowned classic Fiddler on the Roof, now at the Signature Theatre. The engaging ensemble assembled here under the ingenious direction of Joe Calarco, shows why this landmark 1964 musical has spawned so many stage revivals through the decades as well as a magnificent 1971 film. (Based on the Sholem Aleichem stories by special permission of Arnold Perl).
Review: MOTHER RUSSIA at The Seattle Rep
by Jay Irwin - Mar 13, 2025
If you’re at all familiar with the plays of Lauren Yee, Dear Readers, then you know of her delightfully odd situations, rich characters and scintillating dialog. People are still talking about last season’s “Cambodian Rock Band” but my favorite was her “King of the Yees”. Her work brings out the good and the bad in relationships and leaves you smiling or even giggling while tragedy strikes. And her latest, “Mother Russia”, with its World Premiere at the Seattle Rep, falls right in line with those other gems.
Review: THE OTHER CHILDREN OF THE SUN at The Kennedy Center
by Tavish Young - Feb 24, 2025
Just weeks after Trump deposed much of The Kennedy Center's board of trustees and replaced them with his supporters (who subsequently elected him as the board's chair) and off the heels of the White House's statement that 'The Kennedy Center learned the hard way that if you go woke,' The Other Children of the Sun had its world premiere in the Family Theater to a warm and young audience.
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.
Review: THE ART OF CARE at Mosaic Theater Company
by Morgan Musselman - Nov 5, 2024
Those looking for a break from election discourse this month may find welcome reprieve in Mosaic Theater Company's deeply compassionate production, THE ART OF CARE, on stage now through November 24.
Review: MISTER LINCOLN at Ford's Theatre
by Tavish Young - Oct 3, 2024
Mister Lincoln is a pleasant and ruminative piece on the United States and its history. It's humorous, informative, and for American history buffs, surely spellbinding. Read our critic's take.