Washington, DC Theater Reviews

BWW Reviews: GARFIELD: THE MUSICAL WITH CATTITUDE Celebrates a Timeless Cat at Adventure Theatre MTC

by Hannah Wing — June 29, 2015

Today is no ordinary day for Garfield, the lasagna loving tabby cat.

BWW Reviews: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET Evokes Nostalgia at Wolf Trap

by Jennifer Perry — June 27, 2015

Bottom line? If you have an opportunity to check out one of the four remaining performances at Wolf Trap this weekend, it is worthwhile to do so.

CANDIDE at Baltimore Symphony - It Truly Was The Best of All Possible Worlds!

by Charles Shubow — June 26, 2015

Maestra Marin Alsop conducts BSO accompanied by the Baltimore Choral Arts Society

BWW Reviews: Audra McDonald Enchants at Wolf Trap

by Emma Kouguell — June 24, 2015

An evening with - the only - six-time Tony Award recipient Audra McDonald is more than listening to her rich, versatile voice sing both older and more recent treasures.

BWW Reviews: 1st Stage's THE GOOD COUNSELOR is More Than Just Good

by Ellen Burns — June 23, 2015

There is some stellar acting happening over at McLean's1st Stage Theatre right now.

BWW Reviews: THE BOOK OF MORMON Enthralls Yet Again at Kennedy Center

by Jennifer Perry — June 22, 2015

It's an old-fashioned musical comedy - but not.

BWW Reviews: Source Festival's Spacey BLUE STRAGGLER

by Roger Catlin — June 19, 2015

DC Culture's Source Festival likely gets its name from its central place of operation, the Source Theatre on 14th St NW.

BWW Reviews: FLYING V FIGHTS: HEROES & MONSTERS - A Spirited Start to the Summer Season

by Andrew White — June 17, 2015

'Flying V Fights: Heroes & Monsters' marks a return to truly exciting form, performed by this year's Aniello Award-winning emerging theatre, a thrilling evening devoted to stage combat.

THE BROADWAY TENORS - What a Superb Evening of Entertainment

by Charles Shubow — June 15, 2015

Brent Barrett, John Cudia, and Kyle Dean Massey bring a little bit of Broadway to Baltimore for one night.

BWW Reviews: NYGASP's THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Delightfully Invades Wolf Trap

by Ellen Burns — June 15, 2015

The Pirates of Penzance, Gilbert and Sullivan's classic romp of an opera is pleasure enough; but the lovely open air setting of Wolf Trap Performing Arts Center on a pleasant summer's eve makes the frolics of tender-hearted pirates, not-so-naive maidens and a constabulary force who seem to have misp

BWW Reviews: Source Festival Finds Love in (A LOVE STORY)

by Keith Tittermary — June 15, 2015

"Can you fall in love if you don't know what love is?" That question is the central theme in the new play, (a love story), playing as part of the Source Festival.

BWW Reviews: The Royal Ballet Triumphs at the Kennedy Center with Carlos Acosta's Don Quixote

by Frances Steiner — June 15, 2015

Marius Petipa first staged Don Quixote for the Imperial Bolshoi Theater in 1869 to great acclaim, and it immediately entered the ballet canon.

BWW Reviews: NEWSIES at the National Theatre - WOW...Does It Deliver!

by Charles Shubow — June 12, 2015

Disney musical is full of energy and entertainment.

BWW Reviews: Source Festival Premiere of THE WORD AND THE WASTELAND Is Nothing If Not Ambitious

by Jennifer Perry — June 12, 2015

Every June, curious Washington, DC area theatregoers can experience the work of emerging local and national playwrights at the Source Festival, organized by CulturalDC.

BWW Reviews: MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT Saves the World in Style at Avant Bard

by Jeffrey Walker — June 12, 2015

Countess Aurelie and her fellow madwomen are back to save Chaillot, Paris and the world in a stylishly realized theatrical tour-de-force.

BWW Reviews: LOVE & BOTANY: SIX 10-MINUTE PLAYS at Source Festival

by Pamela Roberts — June 11, 2015

Summer in DC brings great opportunities to celebrate and discover new plays, the first of which is CulturalDC's Source Festival, which opened June 5 and runs through June 28 with varied offerings of full-length plays, 10-minute plays and artistic blind dates.

BWW Reviews: Brilliant TARTUFFE at Shakespeare Theatre Company

by Roger Catlin — June 10, 2015

It's surprising that in its 45 years, D.

BWW Reviews: Source Festival's Enthralling SCIENCE AND SOULMATES is Not to Be Missed

by Benjamin Tomchik — June 10, 2015

Science and Soulmates may sound like the subject of a Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode.

BWW Reviews: THE TALE OF THE ALLERGIST'S WIFE at Theatre J

by Jamie McGonnigal — June 10, 2015

?Washington DC's Theater J wraps up their 2014-2015 season with Charles Busch's THE TALE OF THE ALLERGIST'S WIFE.

BWW Reviews: Plenty of MISTAKES & MEDIA at Source

by Itai Yasur — June 9, 2015

MISTAKES & MEDIA perfectly resembles the culture it attempts to speak out against: it's loud, has a short attention span, is obsessed with pop culture and completely unable to step away from it's smartphone, even in the theater.

BWW Reviews: MARY-KATE IS IN LOVE Invades Studio 2ndStage

by Roger Catlin — June 8, 2015

BWW Reviews: A Mesmerizing, Memorable TRAP At Ambassador Theater

by Andrew White — June 8, 2015

Ambassador Theater, with their production of Polish poet Tadeusz Rózewicz's masterpiece The Trap, introduces Washington audiences to a theatrical genius of Samuel Beckett's stature.

BWW Reviews: SERIAL Goes Live at Wolf Trap

by Roger Catlin — June 7, 2015

How would they turn iTunes most downloaded podcast "Serial" into a stage show? "All Things Considered" or "60 Minutes" never went on the road quite like this.

BWW Reviews: MY WAY Brings Back Sinatra in a Tuneful Revue at Riverside Center

by Jeffrey Walker — June 3, 2015

Old Blue Eyes might not be back but if you are a fan of his catalog of songs, MY WAY: A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO FRANK SINATRA may give you high hopes and fly you to the moon with nearly 60 signature tunes.

BWW Reviews: Round House Delivers Strong American Premiere of NSFW

by Jennifer Perry — June 3, 2015

Featuring direction by Meredith McDonough, the Round House production brings out the best of Lucy Kirkwood's provocative play.