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.
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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.
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.
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.
Review: SISTER ACT at Ford's Theatre
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Review: hang at 1st Stage
hang takes its time getting to what the play is actually about.
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.
Review: CHICKEN & BISCUITS at NextStop Theatre
NextStop Theatre invites the DC-Metro area to church with Chicken & Biscuits, which runs through April 6th.
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.
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.
Review: RIVERDANCE 30: THE NEW GENERATION at The Kennedy Center Opera House
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