Review: A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE at Olney Theatre Center
Love and Murder are served summer-stock style in A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE at Olney Theatre Center.
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Review: RIVERDANCE at Wolf Trap
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Review: PETE THE CAT at Imagination Stage
This rock musical adaptation of the Pete the Cat book series by Kimberly and James Dean immediately captures the attention and hearts of all those in the audience and takes them into Pete’s world as he experiences his new life as a house cat!
Review: Scena Theatre's NO EXIT at Atlas Performing Arts Center
Scena Theatre’s Artistic Director, Robert McNamara, has returned to Sartre’s classic with renewed vigor, and the chess-like precision with which he directs his cast, coupled with his razor-sharp design team, remind us why Sartre’s vision haunts us years after his passing.
Review: SLEEPING BEAUTY: THE TIME TRAVELER at Adventure Theatre
Adventure Theatre MTC’s production of Sleeping Beauty: The Time Traveler captivates audiences with a modern day twist on a classic story of courage and friendship.
Review: CRAZYSEXYCOOL: THE TLC MUSICAL at Kreeger Theater
What did our critic think of CRAZYSEXYCOOL: THE TLC MUSICAL at Kreeger Theater?
Review: WHAT BECAME OF US at Signature Theatre
How does our memory distinguish the aspects of the life we live that make up our remembered life, our conscious legacy? Is the entirety of that remembered life truthful? How does it inform our relationships?What Became of Us at Signature Theatre doesn’t necessarily answer any of these questions, i
Review: HOW SHAKESPEARE SAVED MY LIFE at Folger Theatre
To quote the great bard himself, writer and actor Jacob Ming-Trent: “Congregation, that was a lot.
Review: BROADWAY AT THE PARK at Wolftrap National Park For The Performing Arts
“Broadway in the Park” a simple celebration of choice musical selections headlined by incandescent Broadway stars Heather Headley and Tituss Burgess.
Review: MOULIN ROUGE!: THE MUSICAL at The Kennedy Center
This dazzling production, a feast for the eyes and ears, runs through June 28 at the Kennedy Center.
Review: SUFFS at The National Theatre
The women’s suffrage movement in the United States spanned 72 years, finally concluding in 1920 when women gained the right to vote.
Review: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG at Keegan Theatre
The Play That Goes Wrong, now playing at the Keegan Theatre, amusingly subverts classic murder mystery tropes by merrily mixing the physical comedy of the Three Stooges with the verbal intricacy of the Marx Brothers.
Review: EVIL LIBRARIAN: A NEW MUSICAL at Landless Theatre Company
Many of us have less-than-fond memories of high school, and can relate to the idea that “high school is hell” – enough so that a musical about a high school literally at the mouth of hell, overrun by demons and evildoing feels fairly apropos.
Review: ONCE at NextStop Theatre
Once is a musical based on the acclaimed film of the same name.
Review: PLEASE UNDERESTIMATE ME at Olney Theatre Center
Carla Hall delivers her signature flavor in new, autobiographical, one-person play.
Review: FEELING AFRAID AS IF SOMETHING TERRIBLE IS GOING TO HAPPEN at Studio Theatre
What did our critic think of FEELING AFRAID AS IF SOMETHING TERRIBLE IS GOING TO HAPPEN at Studio Theatre?
Review: PRECARIOUS at Mosaic Theater Company
In its world premiere at Mosaic Theater Company, Precarious begins at a simmer and quickly works toward a boil.
Review: LOOT at Edge Of The Universe Theater
Billed by Edge of the Universe Theater as “Monty Python meets Oscar Wilde,” Loot is a quirky, satirical snapshot of 1960s Britain that shares images of 2020s America.
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: INDECENT at 1st Stage
What did our critic think of INDECENT at 1st Stage?
Review: SALLY & TOM at Round House Theatre
The historical and still-ongoing revelations about the children that Thomas Jefferson had with his slave woman Sally Hemmings has justifiably created a reevaluation of Thomas Jeferson’s image and reputation---as one can discover in Suzan-Lori Parks’ probing play Sally & Tom currently playing at
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: THE MUSIC MAN at Capital One Hall
National Tour is tighter and cleans up some of the grittier sensibilities while employing Broadway level talent.
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.
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CrazySexyCool – The TLC Musical Arena Stage (6/12-8/09) |
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Macbeth - Academy Summer Repertory Shakespeare Theatre Company (7/16-7/25) |
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Pete the Cat: A Live Rock Musical Imagination Stage (6/17-7/26) |
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Twelfth Night - Academy Summer Repertory Shakespeare Theatre Company (7/15-7/25) |
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in Concert Wolf Trap (8/27-8/27) |
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Pippin Signature Theatre (5/12-7/26) |
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Tosca Wolf Trap (8/07-8/07) |
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BAD KREYÒL Mosaic Theater Company (5/20-6/13) |
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Rockville Little Theatre presents "Fences" F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (4/30-5/09) |
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One and the Same District Fringe (7/12-7/23) |