WASHINGTON, DC THEATER REVIEWS

With its consistent sense of humor, dazzling costumes, and powerhouse voices, this touring company of SISTER ACT delivers a delightfully sassy night of musical theatre....

Constellation Theatre has mounted a breathtakingly beautiful production of Naomi Iizuka's labyrinthine play, 36 VIEWS. The play draws inspiration from legendary Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai's renowned series of woodblock prints, "36 Views of Mt. Fuji," created between 1826 and 1833. The narr...

The Quotidian Theatre Company of Bethesda, MD, open their sixteenth season with a show of whisky-drenched realism in Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh....

Stellar acting is one reason to see the show even if the overall script is problematic....

Arena Stage's world premiere production offers something a little bit different. Despite some fundamental challenges, the play shows considerable promise....

With its engaging performances and effective staging, Kensington Arts Theatre provides an emotionally capturing night of theatre in its latest production of PARADE....

Woe unto the society that undervalues its teenage girls. From the Pakistani Malala Yousafzai's of today to the Joan of Arcs, Ruby Bridges, and Anne Franks of history, young womanhood's quest for self-determination challenges our social mores as few other phenomena do. In Folger Theatre's ROMEO AND J...

Pops Conductor Jack Everly helms entertaining evening of great music...

Top notch cast delivers a knock-out punch in play by Obie-winning playwright Melissa James Gibson....

This is a play that deserves to be seen and Molotov certainly does it justice and then some. Incidentally, as my first experience with a Molotov Theatre Group production, I can't wait to see what the company does next....

The Washington Rogues and Cultural DC production of In the Forest, She Grew Fangs-written by Stephen Spotswood and directed by Ryan S. Taylor-tries very hard produce a Little Red Riding Hood story with a bloody, murderous twist....

Can a play marked by ambiguity be successfully told? Are memory and imagination two opposing or complimentary forces? Both are questions which inhabit and seek to be answered in Spooky Action Theater's riveting production of Tennessee Williams' The Two-Character Play....

This timeless presentation is definitely one that needs to be seen. At just $15 a ticket, Taffety makes Shakespeare accessible to everyone and, to my mind, is among the most successful in the city at doing justice to the material - regardless of ticket price....

Fresh this month at Imagination Stage comes Lulu and the Brontosaurus, an adaptation of the children's book by Judith Viorst. The story centers around a young girl, Lulu (Casie Platt) who is an unlikely heroine- a spunky little kid who is as lovable as she is a total pain....

Unflinchingly raw, this show is one to see....

Center Stage open house includes a Q and A with the cast of ANIMAL CRACKERS cast and a sneak preview of the next play DANCE OF THE HOLY GHOSTS....

Is this the most sexual Shakespeare play ever written?...

Red Speedo shows promise despite its flaws....

With 'Unplugged,' the youthful Flying V company helps us to commune with our long-lost idols, and offers us an often-amusing and touching version of their possible afterlives. Jason Schlafstein has assembled yet another multi-talented talented cast, who provide us with the music as well as the dram...

On December 4, 1956, four young musicians gathered at Sun Records in Memphis for what has been called one of the greatest jam sessions ever. The national tour of the Tony Award winning MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, running now through October 6 at Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center, brings that legendar...

Benanti proves why she has one of Broadway's best voices with a benefit performance at George Mason University....

Though there are challenges, even a less than perfect Synetic show is always a pleasure to behold to see the masterful artistry at work....

The histrionics of the amazing Marx Brothers are brought back to life with Bruce Randolph Nelson playing Groucho....

Director Michael Kahn and leading man Brandon Urbanowitz breathe new life into Harvey Fierstein's magnum opus of three one-act plays. Torch Song Trilogy still offers universal truths about love and relationships that go beyond straight or gay points of view. The play continues through October 13 in ...

Director Patrick A'Hearn's production of "Les Miz" is worthy of any stage, with superb performers....