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Review: BAD BOOKS at Round House Theatre
Experience a compelling take on censorship with Round House Theatre's Bad Books, exploring free speech's pitfalls during National Library Week....
Review: Mark Morris Dance Group's MOON
The Mark Morris Dance Group returned to the Kennedy Center this week for two nights of performances of Moon, a new work created for the Center’s Earth to Space festival which runs through April 20. ...
Review: LEONARDO! A WONDERFUL SHOW ABOUT A TERRIBLE MONSTER at The Kennedy Center
Leonardo! is a wonderful human machine full of texture, heart, and creativity....
Review: UNCLE VANYA at Shakespeare Theatre Company
Devotees of Downton Abbey may be be surprised when Hugh Bonneville pops up as title character in the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s first rate staging of Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya....
Review: SLEEPOVA at Olney Theatre Center
Grab your bunny slippers and pop some popcorn. SLEEPOVA is a coming-of-age story about the strong ties of female friendship amid the stresses and trials encountered on the road to adulthood. Like the teens themselves, the production at Olney Theatre Center is earnest, frank, funny … and a bit clun...
Review: PROFESSOR WOLAND'S BLACK MAGIC ROCK SHOW at Spooky Action Theater
Professor Woland’s Black Magic Rock Show continues through April 13 at Spooky Action Theatre, operating at the Universalist National Memorial Church. Check here for the review. ...
Review: TWYLA THARP DANCE DIAMOND JUBILEE at The Kennedy Center
What did our critic think of TWYLA THARP DANCE DIAMOND JUBILEE at The Kennedy Center?...
Review: AMERICAN FAST at Theater Alliance
What did our critic think of AMERICAN FAST at Theater Alliance?...
Review: NEW YORK CITY BALLET'S COPPÉLIA at Kennedy Center Opera House
What did our critic think of NEW YORK CITY BALLET'S COPPÉLIA at Kennedy Center Opera House?...
Review: #CHARLOTTESVILLE at Keegan Theatre
When I walked into the Keegan Theatre Saturday evening to see the galvanizing play #Charlottesville, I noticed two changes since I reviewed this play at the Capital Fringe Festival one year and eight months ago: this play is no longer about one portentous and isolated incident but, rather, this play...
Review: COMPLEXIONS CONTEMPORARY BALLET at The Kennedy Center Opera House
The elite performers of Complexions Contemporary Ballet took to the Opera House stage from March 20th to the 22nd for their first full company engagement at the Kennedy Center. In the same month that the Black Lives Matter Pavillion was being demolished and the executive branch began asserting contr...
Review: SISTER ACT at Ford's Theatre
What did our critic think of SISTER ACT at Ford's Theatre?...
Review: hang at 1st Stage
hang takes its time getting to what the play is actually about. The suspense doesn't really start to develop until the final half hour, and this is where the small ensemble cast of Marie, Greer, and Joy really shine....
Review: YOUR NAME MEANS DREAM at Theater J
What did our critic think of YOUR NAME MEANS DREAM at Theater J?...
Review: THE IMMIGRANT AT SYNETIC THEATRE
And it always is with Synetic. For those unfamiliar with the company, their craft is based on expression through physical movement and scenic snapshots. Sound is used as aural choreography, but words are rarely heard. With this innovative approach, they have tackled some of the classics of stage in ...
Review: CHICKEN & BISCUITS at NextStop Theatre
NextStop Theatre invites the DC-Metro area to church with Chicken & Biscuits, which runs through April 6th. The show focuses on a Black family, the Jenkins, gathering in a reunion of sorts for the patriarch of their family's funeral. ...
Review: Best Medicine Rep's BLAME IT ON BECKETT
Best Medicine Rep’s DC premiere of John Morogiello’s Blame it on Beckett is a hilarious reminder that sometimes, the real dramas play out in the back offices of our beloved regional theaters. ...
Review: 'RAIN: A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES' at The Music Center At Strathmore
A vibrant, kinetic bit of Beatles nostalgia....
Review: IT’S A MOTHERF**CKING PLEASURE At Woolly Mammoth
It’s a Motherf**cking Pleasure, directed by Josh Roche, goes rapidly back and forth between a play and commentary (as well as a little bit of audience interaction) that addresses ableism, and this makes the fictional play hard to follow....
Review: A ROOM IN THE CASTLE at Folger Theatre
A Room in the Castle, by Lauren M. Gunderson, premiering at the Folger Theatre, is a fresh look at a story we thought we knew – and demands that we reconsider the tale from other viewpoints. The well-paced story is engaging and infused with humor....
Review: THE MARGRIAD, OR, THE TRAGEDY OF QUEEN MARGARET at Avant Bard Theatre
With a stellar cast and a fantastic creative team, 'The Margriad' is a thoughtful exploration of power and those who are willing to give – and lose – everything in the pursuit of it....
Review: WOMBAT DROOL at Nu Sass Productions And Uncle Funsy Productions
What did our critic think of WOMBAT DROOL at Nu Sass Productions And Uncle Funsy Productions?...
Review: DRAGONS LOVE TACOS at Adventure Theatre MTC
What did our critic think of DRAGONS LOVE TACOS at Adventure Theatre MTC?...
Review: MULAN: A LEGEND REIMAGINED at Capital One Hall
Saturday evening’s performance of Mulan: A Legend Reimagined at Capital One Hall was a ninety-minute retelling of the classic Chinese folk story of the young woman who impersonates a soldier and ends up successfully defending her country. This dance-based version presented by Greater Washington Ch...
Review: RIVERDANCE 30: THE NEW GENERATION at The Kennedy Center Opera House
What did our critic think of RIVERDANCE 30: THE NEW GENERATION at The Kennedy Center Opera House?...
Videos
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Wendell Pierce in Othello Shakespeare Theatre Company (5/19-6/28) |
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The Motion Arena Stage (5/06-6/14) |
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Once NextStop Theatre (5/21-6/21) |
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OR Atlas Performing Arts Center (5/15-6/07) |
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A Festival of Favorites and Firsts Theater J (5/30-6/06) |
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Rockville Musical Theatre presents "Sister Act" F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (6/27-7/12) |
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Doja Cat at Capital One Arena Capital One Arena (11/11-12/11) |
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The Outsiders Kennedy Center Opera House (8/01-8/01) |
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Rockville Little Theatre presents "The Game's Afoot" F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (9/25-10/04) |
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The Roaring Girl Spooky Action Theater (6/05-6/27) |
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