Review: BEATRICE LIKES THE DARK at Adventure Theatre MTC
Adventure Theatre MTC begins it’s 75th anniversary season in rare form with the World Premiere of Beatrice Likes The Dark.
Washington, DC Theater Reviews
The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Washington, DC.
Review: MAYBE HAPPY ENDING at National Theatre
Bittersweet poignancy permeates underneath and amidst the charismatic and subversive musical that is Maybe Happy Ending ---now playing at the National Theatre.
Review: CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM: THE MUSICAL at Imagination Stage
What did our critic think of CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM: THE MUSICAL at Imagination Stage?
Review: HAKAWATIS: WOMEN OF THE ARABIAN NIGHTS at Spooky Action Theater
This inventive and stirring play by Hannah Khalil about the power of storytelling to change and save lives is playing at Spooky Action Theater’s residence at Universalist National Memorial Church in Washington DC through October 18.
Review: An Intimate Evening with David Foster and Katherine McPhee at The Music Center At Strathmore
Anytime I attend a theatrical presentation there is a chance that I won’t know what to expect going in.
Review: COMING TO AMERICA: AN IMMIGRANT CABARET at Atlas Performing Arts Center
It may be the case that any theatrical work dealing with political or social themes gains an added level of immediacy and urgency by virtue of being staged in or near Washington, DC.
Review: DIRTY DANCING at The National Theatre
In August of 1963, sheltered Jewish teenager Frances 'Baby' Houseman (Annalese Starzec) arrives at the Catskills resort Kellerman's with her father Jake (Bryan Fenkart), a successful doctor, mother Marjorie (Gina Lamparella) and her more worldly older sister Lisa (Lily Kren).
Review: THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW at Washington Stage Guild
While perhaps falling short of the wit and sophistication of the Stage Guild’s usual productions, Sleepy Hollow promises an entertaining seasonal treat for all ages.
Review: WISH YOU WERE HERE at Studio Theatre
This funny and moving play by Sanaz Toossi about the friendship of five young women in Iran during the late twentieth century revolution, plays through November 1 at Studio Theatre and is a poignant reminder of our universal humanity.
Review: MEASURE FOR MEASURE at Folger Theatre
Of the many fine elements in Folger Theatre's Measure for Measure, directed by Psalmayene 24, the A number one greatest absolute top is Renea S.
Review: BODY LANGUAGE at The Writer's Center
The world premiere of Body Language (the one-person show presented at The Writer’s Center by Proud of You Productions) is transformative and therapeutic theatre at its best.
Review: NOT EXACTLY A NUN at Story District (at Woolly Mammoth)
When 5 year old Yasmin Elhady arrived in America around 1990 with her Libyan and Egyptian Muslim parents, a Catholic charity staffed by nuns helped the family settle in.
Review: DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM'S FIREBIRD at The National Theatre
Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH) returned to DC this weekend for a three-performance engagement co-presented by Washington Performing Arts at The National Theatre.
Review: SOME LIKE IT HOT at Olney Theatre Center
What did our critic think of SOME LIKE IT HOT at Olney Theatre Center? Traditionally, I would start with some kind of introduction that would quickly preview Olney Theatre Center’s regional premiere of SOME LIKE IT HOT.
Review: THE SECOND BEST SCHOOL SHOOTING at NextStop Theatre
The Second Best School Shooting at NextStop Theatre asks a brutal question: what happens to grief when the next tragedy comes along and steals the focus? The show is riveting, thought-provoking and not to be missed.
Review: COME FROM AWAY at Ford's Theatre
Come From Away at Ford’s Theatre recounts one such echo on that fateful day in Newfoundland, Canada – the northeast tip of North America.
Review: THE SCORE at Sidney Harman Hall
Excellent performances elevate an uneven script.
Review: MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM at Round House Theatre
Amid August Wilson’s ambitious and towering 10-play American Century Cycle, each one representing a different decade in the Black experience, “Ma Rainey’s Black Botton,” set in 1920s blues recording studio, is perhaps most dynamic.
BWW Reviews: SOMEWHERE OVER THE BORDER at Mosaic Theater Company
The immigrant story meets Wizard of Oz in DC premiere of new musical.
Review: VENUS at Woolly Mammoth
Written by Steve Yockey (HBO’s The Flight Attendant and Netflix’s Dead Boy Detectives) and directed by Reggie D.
Review: SOMETHING WONDERFUL: BROADWAY'S LEADING LADIES at Signature Theatre
Cabarets are always a bit of a crap shoot depending on the performer’s theme and choice of material.
Review: Step Afrika!’s THE FRUITS OF OUR LABOR at Arena Stage
What did our critic think of THE FRUITS OF OUR LABOR at Arena Stage?
Review: A BEAUTIFUL BLUE MORNING SKY at The Keegan Theatre
Besides the massive geopolitics of it all, the terror attacks also jolted individual emotions , almost to a person.
Review: PHILADELPHIA BALLET at Wolf Trap
What did our critic think of PHILADELPHIA BALLET at Wolf Trap?
Review: GARBO: THE ACTOR WHO SAVED THE WORLD at GALA Hispanic Theatre
The world premiere production kicking off the 51st season at GALA Hispanic Theatre, “GARBO: The Actor Who Saved the World,” is not, it turns out, about Greta at all.
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Frida...A Self Portrait Shakespeare Theatre Company Klein Theatre (10/08-11/08) |
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Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center (10/09-10/18) |
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The Score Shakespeare Theatre Company (9/11-10/25) |
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The Second-Best School Shooting NextStop Theatre (9/17-10/11) |
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Coming to America: An Immigrant Cabaret ExPats Theatre (9/30-10/18) |
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Monsters of the Villa Diodati Creative Cauldron (10/08-11/01) |
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Some Like It Hot Bernard Family Theatre, Olney Theatre Center (9/18-11/08) |
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Stonewall's Bust The Writers Center (10/09-10/25) |
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Moxie Events presents "The Fleetwood Mac Experience" F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (10/23-10/23) |
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Dupont Investigations: Flight of the Fallen Nocturne Hall (9/01-11/11) |
