Review: ONE JEWISH BOY at Theater J
In a stunning US premiere, Stephen Laughton’s beautifully moving 'One Jewish Boy' tells the heartbreaking story of a couple’s relationship, and examines the impact of trauma and the different ways we process it.
Washington, DC Theater Reviews
The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Washington, DC.
Review: RADIO GOLF at Round House Theatre
Golf is a metaphor for “the haves and have nots” in playwright August Wilson’s masterful final play Radio Golf.
Review: KUMANANA! AN AFRO-PERUVIAN MUSICAL REVUE at GALA Hispanic Theatre
The latest musical production from the GALA Hispanic Theatre highlights a specific but not widely known genre — that of Afro-Peruvian dance, music and poetry.
Review: THE ENIGMATIST at The Kennedy Center
Puzzles and patterns, stories and magic are artfully woven together by David Kwong in The Enigmatist at the Kennedy Center.
Review: NEW YORK BALLET: VISIONARY VOICES at the Kennedy Center
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Review: NEW YORK CITY BALLET PROGRAM A at Kennedy Center
Growing up with the New York City Ballet (NYCB)nearby during my high school and college years (as they had their summer residency at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs), I was thrilled to turn around many years later to see the Kennedy Center present an evening of some of the Ne
Review: Mosaic Theater Company's ONE IN TWO at The Atlas Performing Arts Center
Michael Kevin Darnall, Ryan Jammaal Swain, and Justin Weaks honor Love’s beautifully written play with their performances.
Review: HADESTOWN at National Theatre
When the cast of “Hadestown” emerge on stage at the National Theatre waving to the waiting audience, they’re received with cheers like old friends.
Review: INCENDIARY at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Let me tell you a bit about myself.
Review: THE HUMOURS OF BANDON at The Atlas Performing Arts Center
What did our critic think of THE HUMOURS OF BANDON at The Atlas Performing Arts Center?
Review: AUDREY, THE NEW MUSICAL at Creative Cauldron
A visually stunning and glamorous look back at the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Review: Essential Theatre's DISSONANCE An Essential Conversation About What Divides Us
The genius of “Dissonances” is the way that it reveals, and then gently dismantles, those walls we erect around ourselves, those unconscious fears that prevent us from really communicating and empathizing with people different from ourselves.
Review: GOOD GRIEF: SONGS OF THE MOON AND THE UNBROKEN CIRCLE at Kennedy Center
In Good Grief: Songs of the Moon and The Unbroken Circle creator Tariq Darrell O’Meally explores how we become more than what we’ve lost.
Review: THE CRUCIBLE at Eisenhower Theater
What did our critic think of THE CRUCIBLE at Eisenhower Theater? Choreographer Helen Pickett does in her ballet The Crucible just exactly what Arthur Miller attempted in his 1953 play, her source.
Review: SWEENEY TODD at Signature Theatre
What did our critic think of SWEENEY TODD at Signature Theatre? Set in the dark streets of London in 1785, we follow barber Sweeney Todd (Nathaniel Stampley) as he returns from wrongful imprisonment by the horrifying Judge Turpin (John Leslie Wolf).
Review: HURRICANE DIANE at Avant Bard Theatre
'Hurricane Diane' is a fun and thought-provoking production, though you’ll certainly have more fun if you don’t think too hard about the technicalities of the show itself.
Review: THE OREO COMPLEX at Nu Sass Productions
Lillian Brown shares so much in such a short span of time.
Review: EXCLUSION at Arena Stage
Exclusion, a thought-provoking and witty world premiere by Kenneth Lin at Arena Stage, explores the tug-of-war between what is true and what sells
Review: IN THE HEIGHTS at NextStop Theatre Company
A touching and engaging portrait of an immigrant community confronting the struggles of daily life.
Review: GOOD BONES at Studio Theatre
A solid, well-crafted, and thought-provoking play---Good Bones is about four individuals coping in various ways with issues of onrushing gentrification, loss of community, and reconnection.
Review: BEETLEJUICE at National Theatre
Whether you are a fan of the movie, have seen the musical on Broadway, or even listened to the amazing cast recording, you'll lose your head over Beetlejuice.
Review: MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT at Eisenhower Theatre At The Kennedy Center
This riotously funny production takes the beloved, hilarious Monty Python musical comedy to a whole new level.
Review: LA BOHÈME at Kennedy Center
The glorious music of Puccini remains the principal reason to see the Washington National Opera’s (WNO)current production of the beloved classic opera La bohème.
Review: HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES at Tectonic Theater Project at Shakespeare Theatre's Harman Hall
What did our critic think of HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES at Tectonic Theater Project @ Shakespeare Theatre's Harman Hall?
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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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Rockville Little Theatre presents "Lettice & Lovage" F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (1/29-2/07) |
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Hamilton (Angelica Company) National Theatre (12/15-2/07) |
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Hamlet Folger Shakespeare Library (3/02-4/11) |
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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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Come From Away Ford's Theatre (9/10-10/18) |
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The Comedy of Errors Folger Shakespeare Library (5/18-6/27) |