Review: ICONIC WORKS at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
For her final production as Artistic Director of Washington, D.
Washington, DC Theater Reviews
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Review: HOW TO DIE IN JAPAN at District Fringe
If nothing else in this world, we all have one thing in common – everyone is born, and everyone will die.
Review: WHEN I WAS at District Fringe
Teenage years are no picnic for anyone.
Review: PLEASE CLAP! at District Fringe
What did our critic think of PLEASE CLAP! at District Fringe?
Review: SWALLOWING MY SHOUT at District Fringe
Theresa Cunningham chronicles her life story through poetry, prose, song, and dance.
Review: WHO DID IT? AN IMPROVISED MURDER MYSTERY at Phoenix Theatre of the UDC Theatre Of The Arts
WHO DID IT? AN IMPROVISED MURDER MYSTERY is a hilarious improv comedy show in which the audience plays a key role in setting up the murder scene, making each performance different and new.
Review: BEETLEJUICE at National Theatre
The current touring production of Beetlejuice, now playing at the National Theatre, is an odd theatrical piece –in that it is really more of an ostensible cult musical event for the generations in their twenties, thirties, and early forties.
Review: A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER at Olney Theatre Center
Love and Murder are served summer-stock style in A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER at Olney Theatre Center.
Review: RIVERDANCE at Wolf Trap
What did our critic think of RIVERDANCE at Wolf Trap?
Review: PETE THE CAT at Imagination Stage
This rock musical adaptation of the Pete the Cat book series by Kimberly and James Dean immediately captures the attention and hearts of all those in the audience and takes them into Pete’s world as he experiences his new life as a house cat!
Review: Scena Theatre's NO EXIT at Atlas Performing Arts Center
Scena Theatre’s Artistic Director, Robert McNamara, has returned to Sartre’s classic with renewed vigor, and the chess-like precision with which he directs his cast, coupled with his razor-sharp design team, remind us why Sartre’s vision haunts us years after his passing.
Review: SLEEPING BEAUTY: THE TIME TRAVELER at Adventure Theatre
Adventure Theatre MTC’s production of Sleeping Beauty: The Time Traveler captivates audiences with a modern day twist on a classic story of courage and friendship.
Review: CRAZYSEXYCOOL: THE TLC MUSICAL at Kreeger Theater
What did our critic think of CRAZYSEXYCOOL: THE TLC MUSICAL at Kreeger Theater?
Review: WHAT BECAME OF US at Signature Theatre
How does our memory distinguish the aspects of the life we live that make up our remembered life, our conscious legacy? Is the entirety of that remembered life truthful? How does it inform our relationships?What Became of Us at Signature Theatre doesn’t necessarily answer any of these questions, i
Review: HOW SHAKESPEARE SAVED MY LIFE at Folger Theatre
To quote the great bard himself, writer and actor Jacob Ming-Trent: “Congregation, that was a lot.
Review: BROADWAY AT THE PARK at Wolftrap National Park For The Performing Arts
“Broadway in the Park” a simple celebration of choice musical selections headlined by incandescent Broadway stars Heather Headley and Tituss Burgess.
Review: MOULIN ROUGE!: THE MUSICAL at The Kennedy Center
This dazzling production, a feast for the eyes and ears, runs through June 28 at the Kennedy Center.
Review: SUFFS at The National Theatre
The women’s suffrage movement in the United States spanned 72 years, finally concluding in 1920 when women gained the right to vote.
Review: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG at Keegan Theatre
The Play That Goes Wrong, now playing at the Keegan Theatre, amusingly subverts classic murder mystery tropes by merrily mixing the physical comedy of the Three Stooges with the verbal intricacy of the Marx Brothers.
Review: EVIL LIBRARIAN: A NEW MUSICAL at Landless Theatre Company
Many of us have less-than-fond memories of high school, and can relate to the idea that “high school is hell” – enough so that a musical about a high school literally at the mouth of hell, overrun by demons and evildoing feels fairly apropos.
Review: ONCE at NextStop Theatre
Once is a musical based on the acclaimed film of the same name.
Review: PLEASE UNDERESTIMATE ME at Olney Theatre Center
Carla Hall delivers her signature flavor in new, autobiographical, one-person play.
Review: FEELING AFRAID AS IF SOMETHING TERRIBLE IS GOING TO HAPPEN at Studio Theatre
What did our critic think of FEELING AFRAID AS IF SOMETHING TERRIBLE IS GOING TO HAPPEN at Studio Theatre?
Review: PRECARIOUS at Mosaic Theater Company
In its world premiere at Mosaic Theater Company, Precarious begins at a simmer and quickly works toward a boil.
Review: LOOT at Edge Of The Universe Theater
Billed by Edge of the Universe Theater as “Monty Python meets Oscar Wilde,” Loot is a quirky, satirical snapshot of 1960s Britain that shares images of 2020s America.
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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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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Ford's Theatre (3/12-5/15) |
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Special Event: ARTS By George!: Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra Center for the Arts (10/03-10/03) |
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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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Mamma Mia! National Theatre (10/27-11/15) |
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The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show The Dinner Detective Washington DC (9/26-9/26) |
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Little Shop of Horrors 40th Anniversary Tour with Ellen Greene (the Original Audrey) Lincoln Theatre (9/25-9/25) |
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Natural History Mosaic Theater Company (1/21-2/07) |