WASHINGTON, DC THEATER REVIEWS

World premiere musical by the Tony Award winning team of tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey features Idina Menzel....

If you're the parent of a child aged 10 or younger, chances are you've heard of the best-selling "Elephant and Piggie" books, by best-selling author and Emmy Award-winning writer Mo Willems. But you may not have heard of the musical "Elephant and Piggie's We Are in a Play," because the show just b...

"A Broadway Christmas Carol" proves to be an exception to the endless litany of Dickensian themed Christmas tradition. This production was not just a retelling of a timeless literary classic, but a highly entertaining show to help ring in the holiday season....

LYLE THE CROCODILE, based on the children's book series by Bernard Waber, is appearing at the Imagination Stage, in Bethesda, Maryland. Geared for children ages four through twelve, former kids will also appreciate the warm-hearted story and the exuberant dancing....

Many would hesitate at the thought of spending an entire day at the theater. Yet Studio Theatre's production of The Apple Family Plays leaves you begging for more at the end. The Apple Family Plays not only meets the standard of great theater, but exceeds it in every way with this not-to-be-missed ...

Bruce Randolph Nelson and Eric Berryman star in powerful play about artist Mark Rothko....

This twist on a classic holiday song, provides a fun-filled time for children....

When the legendary performer Lena Horne told Maurice Hines to 'Love them [the audience], make it real' you can tell he took that advice to heart when conceiving Tappin' Thru Life currently playing at Arena Stage. For Tappin' Thru Life seems determined not only to love the audience, but to entertain...

We are now well into the second wave of Vaclav Havel productions, where his work is being re-examined from a variety of perspectives-experiments which, in and of themselves, are a testament to his staying power. Ambassador Theater's current production of 'Protest' at the Mead Theater Lab marks the c...

Paolo Montalban and Eileen Ward are a dynamic duo in classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical....

Solid acting of an ultimately compelling script, with adequate direction from Hub's Artistic Director Helen Pafumi, and several nice design elements make this production worthy of some notice....

There are few shows I've been able to see from their early stages. In the Heights is one of them. I was happy to see the Pulitzer and Tony-winning musical in readings, workshops, off Broadway and then finally as a hit on the Great White Way. And then of course, the true test of time - the high schoo...

If your appetite for Shakespeare's history plays was whetted by PBS's recent series "The Hollow Crown," be of good cheer; King John is now receiving a solid production by the WSC Avant Bard. A rare gem, King John is a must for Shakespeare enthusiasts, not least because the play's complex plot rende...

Into Shakespeare Theatre's stately Lansburgh Theatre comes a performance so powerful, so unrestrained, so visceral as to rip the bloody roots of power from the earth and hold them dripping above our astonished heads....

The Keegan Theatre tries their own hand at The Woman in Black under the direction of Colin Smith and Mark A. Rhea. The show features two actors: Matthew Keenan and Robert Leembruggen who play the Actor and Mr. Kipps, respectively. Another character lurks around the set dressings and fixtures, withou...

Although Capital Fringe's FallFRINGE welcomes back several shows that proved popular with summer audiences, it also gives Fringegoers a chance to see some new selections. Two of these new selections, Keegan Cassady's The Immortal Jellyfish with direction by Kristen Pilgrim, and Sheldon Scott's solo ...

DC storyteller Joseph Price has created a brilliant data love story that should continue to be performed long after fallFRINGE has ended....

I'd venture to say that this is one of the strongest new plays I've seen at Woolly in recent memory....

Passion ignited at Strathmore this week....

Another world premiere musical by the talented pair of Matt Connor and Grace Barnes is directed by Eric Schaeffer....

World premiere play by Paul Downs Colaizzo deserves a shot at Broadway...

Inventing Van Gogh opened on Oct. 31, 2013, and will be running at the Undercroft Theater in the Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church through November 24, 2013....

It's all in good fun and it's pretty fantastic....

Despite a few bumps, H STREET HOUSEWIVES gives Fringe audiences a happy hour of escape into not only local theatre, but also the mental junk food that is reality TV....

This piece shows promise, but more work is required to make it something special....