The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Washington, DC.
Elliot Lanes
Abby Korb
Aidan O'Connor
Andrew White
Audrey Cahak
Brian Bochicchio
David Friscic
Doug Poms
Jackson Malmgren
Jake Bridges
Laurie Sara Oliver
Lora Strum
Mary Lincer
Pamela Roberts
Rachael F. Goldberg
Roger Catlin
Fashioned from the real words and personal experiences of DC-area asylum seekers, Theatre Prometheus’s new work, The Cassette Shop, explores the magical sensory connection of music to link us with others and transport us through time.
The message of Each Kindness should be shared to people everywhere, and the music of Rootstock Republic should be enjoyed by all.
ExPats Theatre’s production of The Body of a Woman as a Battlefield, directed by Karin Rosnizeck, features two great actors, but stumbles with low production quality and a script which doesn’t do its characters justice.
What did our critic think of OPEN at Nu Sass?
Make tracks to Olney Theatre Center and catch The World Goes 'Round!
A ghost is already sitting on stage - in sheet and eyeholes - as the audience files in for 'La Valentía' at GALA Hispanic Theatre.
What did our critic think of ON YOUR FEET! AT CAPITAL ONE HALL at Capital One Hall?
I certainly enjoyed the national tour of Aladdin and hope that you get the opportunity to see it as well.
THE WILTING POINT, an ambitious and expansive new play about climate change, personal responsibility, and community, urges audiences to act.
What did our critic think of FINDING NEIL PATRICK HARRIS at Nu Sass? Whether or not Edmund Gwenn (he played Santa in Miracle on 34th St.
I highly recommend getting tickets to see Les Misérables before they sell out.
When elders pass, surviving family members often learn more than they knew about the departed by clearing out their home and going through papers left behind.
What did our critic think of JENNIFER WHO IS LEAVING at Round House Theatre? Jennifer Who Is Leaving, written and directed by Morgan Gould, is a snapshot into the lives of four vastly contrasting characters while all stuck in a Dunkin' Donuts on the side of a snow-ridden Massachusetts highway.
The musical revival of My Fair Lady, that came to the National Theatre this past holiday weekend, proves that this classic musical with lyrics and book by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe is an indestructible warhorse of a show that never grows stale.
How do you fit an 800-page Russian classic into a night's ballet? Throw a lot of ballroom dances.
There are several things I can always depend on at this time of year in DC.
'Unseen' is a heartfelt and heartrending production that covers difficult topics, but somehow manages to leave the audience feeling hopeful.
A seismic theatrical jolt shot through the theatre world this past Thursday evening when a startling, radically deconstructed production of Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches opened at the Arena Stage; this interpretation grabs you like a “fever-dream” of the mind.
Honoring someone as monumental as Hal Prince is no easy task, but every single performer on stage proved that it can be done, and the results can be amazing.
The Jungle focuses on the experiences of a community of migrants in a real encampment in Calais and was inspired by the playwrights’ work at the actual camp.
Learning to question what you believe to be morally right and wrong is something I think we all need a little bit of.
The art of Flamenco dance has been around since the 15th century.
Acclaimed Tenor Lawrence Brownlee treated his audience, at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater, with an afternoon of engaging, sensitive vocal interpretations of some of the world’s most talented African American composers.
What did our critic think of URINETOWN AT WORKHOUSE ARTS CENTER at Workhouse Arts Center? There is something I learned about Greg Kotis and Mark Hollman's 2001 hit satire URINETOWN: THE MUSICAL after seeing the production this weekend at Workhouse Arts Center.
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CrazySexyCool – The TLC Musical Arena Stage (6/12-8/09) |
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Macbeth - Academy Summer Repertory Shakespeare Theatre Company (7/16-7/25) |
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Pete the Cat: A Live Rock Musical Imagination Stage (6/17-7/26) |
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Twelfth Night - Academy Summer Repertory Shakespeare Theatre Company (7/15-7/25) |
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Mamma Mia! National Theatre (10/27-11/15) |
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Beyond Therapy by Christopher Durang ARTfactory (7/24-8/02) |
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No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre ARTfactory (9/11-9/20) |
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Define "Black" District Fringe (7/12-7/17) |
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The Jersey Four A Tribute to Frankie Valli and The 4 Seasons, featuring original member Gerry Polci F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (9/13-9/13) |
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Factory of Fear Scare Actor Information Session ARTfactory (7/21-7/21) |
