Review: A ROOM IN THE CASTLE at Folger Theatre
A Room in the Castle, by Lauren M.
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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
What did our critic think of RIVERDANCE 30: THE NEW GENERATION at The Kennedy Center Opera House?
Review: THE AGE OF INNOCENCE at Arena Stage
Edith Wharton's novel The Age of Innocence was published about a week before she was able to vote for the first time in 1920.
Review: THE SCENARIOS at Studio Theatre
The play The Scenarios successfully proves the fact that it is impossible to fit the messiness and vagaries of life into the role-playing scenarios (that are well-intentioned) that society often employs to help with remediation and beneficial effects.
Review: DANA TAI SOON BURGESS DANCE COMPANY at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Contemporary dance choreographer and company founder Dana Tai Soon Burgess produced the dance concert “An Asian American Dance Journey” for a three-day run at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company.
Review: PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY at Kennedy Center
What did our critic think of PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY at Kennedy Center?
Review: Joe's Emporium Moves and Informs with OUT OF THE VINEYARD
Working from a series of oral history recordings, playwright Psalmayene 24 has assembled a truly moving piece of theatre that brings the many voices of Prince Georges’ past and present to bear witness, and bring to light struggles that we (or I, at least) knew nothing about.
Review: SHUCKED at The National Theatre
A real treat, and going soon, Shucked is a conventional but still fresh musical riding into town from Broadway on a tractor.
Review: DREW AND ELLIE HOLCOMB: MEMORY BANK TOUR at Lincoln Theatre
I first came to know the talents of Ellie Holcomb when my wife and I were on vacation in Nashville and saw her blow a hole in the roof at Ryman Auditorium.
Review: THE OTHER CHILDREN OF THE SUN at The Kennedy Center
Just weeks after Trump deposed much of The Kennedy Center's board of trustees and replaced them with his supporters (who subsequently elected him as the board's chair) and off the heels of the White House's statement that 'The Kennedy Center learned the hard way that if you go woke,' The Other Child
Review: KUNENE AND THE KING at Shakespeare Theatre Company
'Kunene and the King' is a captivating and moving examination of character and society.
Review: Washington Ballet's TRANSCENDANCE at The Kennedy Center
What did our critic think of THE WASHINGTON BALLET'S TRANSCENDANCE at Kennedy Center?
Review: STEEL MAGNOLIAS Now Playing at Creative Cauldron
What did BroadwayWorld's critic think of STEEL MAGNOLIAS at Creative Cauldron? Learn more about the production here, and read the review.
Review: IN THE HEIGHTS at Signature Theatre
In Washington Heights, Usnavi (Ángel Lozada) sings to us about life in the neighborhood while carrying out his day-to-day activities involved in operating his bodega (“In the Heights”).
Review: THE FIGS at Rorschach Theatre
Theater-goers searching for something off the beaten path may find their curiosity satiated at Rorschach Theatre’s production of The Figs, on stage now through March 16.
Review: WAITRESS at Olney Theatre Center
From the moment MALINDA appears on stage as Jenna in Waitress at Olney Theatre Center, it's clear that this is a role she was born to play.
Review: THE BEDWETTER at Arena Stage
Based on comedian Sarah Silverman’s memoir, The Bedwetter uses brazen humor to explore themes of broken family bonds, depression, and being different.
Review: ABT'S CRIME AND PUNISHMENT at Kennedy Center
American Ballet Theatre (ABT) regularly brings new story ballets to DC for their Kennedy Center performances and this year was no different.
Review: CONSTELLATIONS at Constellation Theatre
The title is not a typo.
Review: FUENTEOVEJUNA at GALA Hispanic Theatre
Written in 1613 by Lope de Vega, Fuenteovejuna is widely considered a masterpiece by the most influential playwright from Spain’s golden age.
Review: HAND TO GOD at Keegan Theatre
The audacious and lively play Hand to God is a daring and yet, an oddly compelling and textured meditation, on society’s hypocrisies set within a more intimate framework of five characters whose minds are tortured with clashes between reason and fiery lust -driven passions.
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GARBO: EL ACTOR QUE SAVÓ AL MUNDO (Garbo: The Actor Who Saved The World) GALA Hispanic Theatre (9/03-9/27) |
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Coming to America: An Immigrant Cabaret ExPats Theatre (9/30-10/18) |
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Misery Aldie Mill Historic Park (8/20-8/30) |
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Stonewall's Bust The Writers Center (10/09-10/25) |
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Body Language The Allan Lefcowitz Theater at The Writer's Center (9/25-9/27) PHOTOS |
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Grand Kyiv Ballet presents "The Swan Lake: Symphony of Lights F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (11/18-11/18) |
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Victorian Lyric Opera Company presents "The Merry Widow" F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (2/26-3/07) |
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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Round House Theatre (9/09-10/11) |
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Dracula The Washington County Playhouse (9/12-11/01) |
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Dupont Investigations: Flight of the Fallen Nocturne Hall (9/01-11/11) |