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Review: GROUNDED at Kennedy Center
The beautiful blue skies that Jess, an F-16 fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force, soars through from the mighty heights above soon become mottled with dismal greys ---as she plummets into mental despair and confusion after being Grounded. In the paradigm-changing opera which is a World Premiere by th...
Review: KILL THE RIPPER at Capitol Hill Arts Worskshop
An intriguing venture into oft-visited territory....
Review: THE WIZ at National Theatre
In 1975 a revolutionary approach to L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz opened on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre. The Wiz was a musical that no one thought would get past its opening night. The show proved everyone wrong. It won eight Tony Awards including Best Musical and ran for 1,672 p...
Review: BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL at The Music Center at Strathmore
A dazzling evening of pure vocal, instrumental, and theatrical bliss occurred on the evening of October 21,2023 when the renowned Broadway veteran and entertainer Brian Stokes Mitchell wowed the crowd at the Music Center at Strathmore. This two -time Tony Award winning talent showcased versatility...
Review: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at Capital One Hall
I had the privilege of being able to watch this production on opening night, and it was truly spectacular. From the beginning with the powerful orchestra, to the end with an impactful lesson on the consequences of your actions. ...
Review: POTUS: OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE at Arena Stage
What did our critic think of POTUS: OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE at Arena Stage?...
Review: ORLANDO at Constellation Theatre Company
Virginia Woolf was onto something when she wrote her novel “Orlando: A Biography” 95 years ago — a tall tale of aristocracy and adventure for a poet who also happens to change gender. It rings true, too, in its adaptation by Sarah Ruhl, the clever and popular contemporary playwright whose ver...
Review: PICASSO at GALA Hispanic Theatre
What did our critic think of PICASSO at GALA Hispanic Theatre? GALA Hispanic Theatre’s PICASSO is art in all senses of the word. The creative blending of music, painting, dance, and performance makes for a production steeped in wonderment....
Review: THE CHAMELEON at Theater J
Superheroes are larger than life, and so is the family at the heart of Jenny Rachel Weiner’s new play, The Chameleon. The story revolves around a series of wrenching decisions for actor Riz, as she’s poised to start filming her breakout role at age 39 in a new superhero franchise....
Review: MACBETH IN STRIDE at Shakespeare Theatre Company
They aren’t actually that in Whitney White’s concert cum critique “Macbeth in Stride” at the Shakespeare Theatre Company. But they do backup singing, some choreographed dance moves (by Raja Feather Kelly), reply and advise the lead and never quite leave the stage, itself dressed up like a sp...
Review: DOROTHY'S DICTIONARY at Washington Stage Guild
What did our critic think of DOROTHY'S DICTIONARY at Washington Stage Guild? During the course of E. M. Lewis' 75 minute play, librarian Dorothy Ross and high school student Zan Hardt get to know each other. ...
Review: MRS. DOUBTFIRE at Broadway at the National in DC
What did our critic think of MRS. DOUBTFIRE at National? Rob McClure did not win a Tony for his star turn on Broadway as Mrs. Doubtfire (he was nominated), but he will win your heart through October 15 at the National....
Review: THE BROTHERS PARANORMAL at Olney Theatre Center
This ghost will flat out scare the bejeebers out of you!...
Review: LA SALPÊTRIÈRE at Taffety Punk
What did our critic think of LA SALPÊTRIÈRE at Taffety Punk?...
Review: THE CHOSEN at 1st Stage
THE CHOSEN at 1st Stage is a fascinating coming-of-age story of two boys and their fathers, and their extraordinarily different Jewish communities located just “five blocks and a world apart.”...
Review: THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR SHOW at Imagination Stage
Seeing the caterpillar made my son's jaw literally drop open! Now playing at Imagination Stage in Bethesda, Maryland, the ravenous insect is the headliner with opening acts of three other Eric Carle stories....
Review: THE CARETAKER at Edge Of The Universe Theater
The Writer’s Center is just the right place to stage a reverent version of one of Harold Pinter’s best known plays....
Review: THE TELL-TALE HEART at Synetic Theater
If you are looking for a spooky production to watch during the month of October, you don’t want to miss out on The Tell-Tale Heart, directed by Paata Tsikurishvili. ...
Review: MULAN at Opera House/Kennedy Center
What did our critic think of MULAN at Opera House/Kennedy Center?...
Review: SOMETHING MOVING: A MEDITATION ON MAYNARD at Ford's Theatre
There may be no better town for political drama than Washington, and no theater more historically consequential than Ford’s Theatre, where Lincoln was assassinated 158 years ago....
Review: SCORCHED at Atlas Performing Arts Center's ExPats Theatre
On stage now through October 15 at ExPats Theatre is Wajdi Mouawad’s Scorched, a renowned play inspired by the life of Soha Bechara and events in the Lebanese Civil War....
Review: GET HAPPY! MICHAEL FEINSTEIN CELEBRATES THE JUDY GARLAND CENTENNIAL at Music Center at Strathmore
The brilliant and undying talent of the legendary entertainer Judy Garland was celebrated at the Music Center at Strathmore in the memory-laden production Get Happy! Michael Feinstein Celebrates the Judy Garland Centennial. Produced with the approval of daughter Liza Minnelli, this memorable show di...
Review: KING OF THE YEES at Signature Theatre
A delightfully funny and poignant homage to all things Asian, set in San Francisco's iconic Chinatown....
Review: YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN at Adventure Theatre
What did our critic think of YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN at Adventure Stage?...
Review: ESPEJOS: CLEAN at Studio Theatre
The all-woman production is top-notch, from the vibrant cast to the sharp direction of Elena Araoz. ...
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Wendell Pierce in Othello Shakespeare Theatre Company (5/19-6/28) |
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A Festival of Favorites and Firsts Theater J (5/30-6/06) |
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Once NextStop Theatre (5/21-6/21) |
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The Motion Arena Stage (5/06-6/14) |
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OR Atlas Performing Arts Center (5/15-6/07) |
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Loot Gunston Arts Center (6/05-6/28) |
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Soul Divas Lincoln Theatre (6/06-6/07) |
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Natural History Mosaic Theater Company (1/21-2/07) |
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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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Boogie Down Broadway: A Singalong Dance Party Elevation 27 (6/05-6/05) |
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