Review: LETTERS TO KAMALA/DANDELION PEACE at Voices Festival Productions
What did our critic think of LETTERS TO KAMALA/DANDELION PEACE at Voices Festival Productions?
Washington, DC Theater Reviews
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Review: THE HATMAKER'S WIFE at Theater J
Theater J closes new Artistic Director Hayley Finn’s first season on an enchanting high note.
Review: POSTCARDS FROM IHATOV at 1st Stage
This is the premise for 1st Stage’s production of Postcards from Ihatov, adapted and directed by Natsu Onoda Power.
Review: BYE, BYE, BIRDIE at Kennedy Center
The latest entry into Kennedy Center’s Broadway Center Stage series is one that you don’t see produced professionally very often which is a good thing.
Review: ROSE: YOU ARE WHO YOU EAT at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Rose: You Are Who You Eat is an irreverent (yet, concurrently, affectionate) look at a performer/cabaret artist’s autobiographical impulse and gender identity questions/affirmations set against the metaphor of cannibalism as a “who gets devoured?”/”feasting/ingestion” metaphor ---that pl
Review: THE MIGRATION at Arena Stage
Step Afrika! brings paintings, and their history, to life in radically thrilling display.
Review: TOPDOG/UNDERDOG at Round House Theatre
At Round House Theatre, director Jamil Jude stages a brilliant, heightened and deeply emotional interpretation of the Suzan-Lori Parks’ work that is as raw and affecting now as it was when it earned Parks a Pulitzer Prize two decades ago.
Review: New York City Ballet at The Kennedy Center
New York City Ballet returns to the Kennedy Center with a thrilling production of George Balanchine’s Jewels, through Sunday, June 9.
Review: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM at Keegan Theatre
What did our critic think of THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM at Keegan Theatre?
Review: MI ESCOBA POR UN REINO/ GOD SAVE THE QUEEN at Teatro De La Luna
Things at Teatro de la Luan feel familiar, and from May 31 - June 9th, they are showing their one-woman show, Mi Escoba por un Reino, or God Save the Queen, starring Patricia Meneses, written by Kado Lostzer, with direction by Mario Marcel.
Review: WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE SEA at Signature Theatre
Signature Theatre’s production, Where The Mountain Meets the Sea, is a touching narrative that explores the complex dynamics between a father and son, set to the soulful sounds of mountain music.
Review: THE BUBBLY BLACK GIRL SHEDS HER CHAMELEON SKIN at Creative Cauldron
Creative Cauldron stages a positively effervescent musical, THE BUBBLY BLACK GIRL SHEDS HER CHAMELEON SKIN, a coming-of-age story that ably balances light humorous moments with pointed questions of growing up a Black woman in the latter part of the 20th century.
Review: LONG WAY DOWN at Olney Theatre Center
On May 25th, Olney Theatre Center unveiled the world premiere of the musical Long Way Down at the Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab.
Review: BEYOND BOUNDARIES, AN EVENING CURATED BY ANNABELLE LOPEZ OCHOA at The Kennedy Center
What did our critic think of THE WASHINGTON BALLET'S BEYOND BOUNDARIES, AN EVENING CURATED BY ANNABELLE LOPEZ OCHOA at Kennedy Center?
Review: THE MATCHBOX MAGIC FLUTE at Shakespeare Theatre/Klein Theatre
What did our critic think of THE MATCHBOX MAGIC FLUTE at Shakespeare Theatre/Klein Theatre?
Review: MEXODUS at Mosaic Theater Company
Brian Quijada and Nygel D.
Review: PATTI LUPONE: A LIFE IN NOTES at Kennedy Center
The triple -threat talent of the charismatic performer Patti LuPone was on full display at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall on Friday evening---and, oh! What a night it was! A capacity crowd of what was obviously a devoted (and almost fanatical fan base) tuned out to see a glorious two hours of songs
Review: ALONZO KING LINES BALLET: DEEP RIVER at Kennedy Center
The visionary eye of Choreographer Alonzo King creates such complex choreographic movement from his gifted ensemble of twelve contemporary ballet dancers, that you will miss a tantalizing moment if you avert your eyes for even a nano-second.
Review: EXPECTING at the Keegan Theatre
What did our critic think of EXPECTING at C21 Theatre Company/The Keegan Theatre?
Review: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at The National Theatre
Half a century on, SUPERSTAR shines brighter and louder than ever.
Review: CORTEO at EagleBank Arena
A whimsical procession on its way to the beyond.
Review: LITTLE WOMEN at Capital One Hall
There’s unfortunately little about the current tour of 'Little Women' that will bring this show new audiences.
Review: METAMORPHOSES at Folger Theatre
What did our critic think of METAMORPHOSES at Folger Theatre?
Review: MUMMY IN THE CLOSET: EVITA'S RETURN at GALA Hispanic Theatre
After the former First Lady of Argentina died in 1952 at 33, after a life that inspired plays, books, movies, musicals and dance productions, she was such a charged figure everybody knew that simple burial would not do.
Review: TURANDOT performed by Washington National Opera at Kennedy Center
Incredibly rich in detail --from staging to technical aspects-- and emboldened with Puccini’s soaring music and meticulous, intelligent direction by Francesca Zambello, Washington National Opera’s production of Turandot is a production for the ages.
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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) |