Review: ROMEO AND JULIET at Folger Theatre
A modern spin on an evergreen tragedy, with mixed results.
Washington, DC Theater Reviews
The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Washington, DC.
Review: POTUS at NextStop Theatre Company
Aaron Sorkin's original concept for The West Wing was a show depicting the behind-the-scenes workings of the White House, focusing on the President's top advisors and staff, with the President playing a very minor, cameo role.
Review: SHE PERSISTED at Adventure Theatre MTC
She Persisted is a best-selling book by Chelsea Clinton, and the musical SHE PERSISTED at Adventure Theatre MTC completely does the book justice.
Review: SONDHEIM TRIBUTE REVUE at Creative Cauldron
Few American composers have been as influential as Stephen Sondheim, who passed away in 2021 at the age of 91.
Review: EISENHOWER: THIS PIECE OF GROUND at Olney Theatre Center
Solo theatrical pieces are probably among the hardest sells to an audience because there is only one performer keeping you interested in the subject.
Review: BABBITT at Shakespeare Theatre Company
Matthew Broderick stars in the Babbitt of BABBITTs at Shakespeare Theatre Company.
Review: MISTER LINCOLN at Ford's Theatre
Mister Lincoln is a pleasant and ruminative piece on the United States and its history.
Review: THE TRAGEDIE OF MACBETH at Taffety Punk
It figures that a Riot Grrrls version of “The Tragedie of Macbeth” at Taffety Punk would focus on the witches - or three wyrd sisters, as they’re called here
Review: HAMLET...THE REST IS SILENCE at Synetic Theater
What did our critic think of HAMLET.
Review: FAITHLESS at Washington Stage Guild
Faithless asks you to consider what you are committed to, what you believe in, and most of all, why? Faithless made its area debut this September 29th at Washington Stage Guild.
Review: WINNIE THE POOH at Imagination Stage
If you ever find yourself in Bethesda, Maryland, with children, you should also find your way to Imagination Stage.
Review: MARLENE at ExPats Theatre
What did our critic think of MARLENE at ExPats Theatre?
Review: CRACKING ZEUS at Spooky Action Theater
What did our critic think of CRACKING ZEUS at Spooky Action Theater?
Review: Sara Bareilles with the National Symphony Orchestra at Kennedy Center
The Four Seasons had a hit song many years ago with a lyric that went “Oh! What a Night!” That is how I can best describe watching singer/songwriter/actress Sara Bareilles with YOUR National Symphony Orchestra (NSO), under the always stellar direction of Maestro Steven Reineke in Kennedy Center�
Review: EXCEPTION TO THE RULE at Studio Theatre
But the new play by Dave Harris at Studio Theater is framed the same way: Six people marooned in an afterschool detention classroom on the Friday before Martin Luther King weekend, who bicker, flirt, nearly fight, and wonder if the presiding teacher will ever come to sign forms allowing them to go h
Review: SHREK THE MUSICAL at Capital One Hall
What did our critic think of SHREK THE MUSICAL at Capital One Hall?
Review: PRIMARY TRUST at Signature Theatre
Primary Trust is a touching, intimate, and deeply affecting work.
Review: ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD at Nu Sass Productions
What happens to the characters in a play when they’re not on stage? Do they continue to exist in a narrative limbo outside of time? Does the paradox of characters without stories parallel how we struggle to find meaning in life’s entrances and exits?
Review: CLUE at The Kennedy Center
CLUE: LIVE ON STAGE! at The Kennedy Center Opera House is a sharp and breezy murder-mystery farce right at home in DC says BWW's critic.
Review: DISTRICT CHOREOGRAPHER'S DANCE FESTIVAL 2024 at Dance Place
What did our critic think of DISTRICT CHOREOGRAPHER'S DANCE FESTIVAL 2024 at Dance Place?
Review: SOJOURNERS at Round House Theatre
Nigerian ancestry, and American ideals clash, merge, and play off each other in Sojourners by playwright Mfoniso Udofia -this deeply moving play is part of the epic nine-play Ufot Cycle which follows a Nigerian American family through many cycles of life and generations.
Review: Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming at Wolf Trap
Every once in a while, you see the billing for a concert and think to yourself “That’s an interesting combination”.
Review: THE COMEUPPANCE at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Themes of identity, bonding, loss, self-realization and especially death permeate the numerous layers of Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins’ thought-provoking play The Comeuppance.
Review: COMEDY OF ERRORS at Shakespeare Theatre Comany
The Shakespeare Theatre Company has opened its 2024-2025 season with a fun, frothy, beautifully rendered Comedy of Errors by the theatre’s “resident playwright” William Shakespeare and directed by the company’s artistic director, Simon Godwin.
Review: ECHOES OF AMERICA at Kennedy Center
The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) began their classical season this past Saturday evening in a very satisfying manner.
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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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Grand Kyiv Ballet presents "The Swan Lake: Symphony of Lights F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (11/18-11/18) |
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The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show The Dinner Detective Washington DC (10/24-10/24) |
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Dracula's Midnight Masquerade George C. Marshall's Dodona Manor (10/16-11/01) PHOTOS VIDEOS |
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BAD KREYÒL Mosaic Theater Company (5/20-6/13) |
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7th Street Echo Mosaic Theater Company (3/25-4/18) |
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Josh Johnson DAR Constitution Hall (10/02-10/02) |