Review: STILL/HERE at Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Thirty years on, 'Still/Here' refuses easy categorization or comfortable distance.
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Review: DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS at Atlas Performing Arts Center
What did our critic think of DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS AT CONSTELLATION THEATRE COMPANY at Atlas Performing Arts Center?
Review: KINKY BOOTS at Capital One Hall
“Get your freak/kink on” and show your tolerance for all---seems to be the message of the eternally popular musical plea for acceptance and inclusivity that constitutes the musical Kinky Boots.
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Review: DROWNER [RENWORD] at NextStop Theatre Company
NextStop Theatre Company, in Herndon, is one of NoVa’s delightful strip mall theaters - an unexpected, small but packed black box sandwiched between an Ethiopian restaurant and a motorcycle dealership.
Review: STORIES FROM THE BRINK! at Theater J
It was a harrowing winter storm that blocked streets, closed schools and generally paralyzed the city for days.
Review: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER at Warner Theatre
What did our critic think of ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER at Warner Theatre?
Review: PARANORMAL ACTIVITY at Shakespeare Theatre Company
Ghosts are not infrequent in Shakespeare’s work, from the spirits of Hamlet’s father to Banquo in “Macbeth.
Review: CLUE Mystifies Audiences at National Theatre
The new 'Clue' stage adaptation is written by Sandy Rustin, and based on writer-director Jonathan Lynn's screenplay for the cult classic 1985 film version of 'Clue,' featuring Tim Curry, Martin Mull, Michael McKean, Lesley-Ann Warren and others.
Review: SWAN LAKE at Strathmore
Classical Arts Entertainment is on their annual North American tour and stopped by Strathmore on January 17th for a glitzy, glamorous rendition of Swan Lake, where the set pieces, principal dancers, and costumes shone like snow in moonlight.
Review: OCTET at Studio Theatre
Multi-talented composer, book writer, and vocal arranger Dave Malloy has created a musically eclectic, thematically relevant, and vocally complex work in his audacious and highly relevant work Octet.
Review: STOMP at National Theatre
The urban, castaway feel of the show--a touch of “Rent” and a splash of street theatre.
Review: BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD at Best Medicine Rep
What are the odds of two cartoonists submitting to the New Yorker both living in Cleveland? Or that one was hired to be the caretaker of the other?
Review: ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA at Synetic Theater
The winter offering of Synetic Theater is a grand story chronicled by Roman historians and subsequently immortalized by Shakespeare.
Review: SHEN YUN 2026 at The Kennedy Center
What did our critic think of SHEN YUN 2026 at The Kennedy Center?
Review: DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! THE MUSICAL at National Theatre
What did our critic think of the national touring company production of DR.
Review: MEREDITH WILLSON'S MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET: THE MUSICAL at Capital One Hall
What did our critic think of MEREDITH WILLSON'S MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET: THE MUSICAL at Capital One Hall?
Review: IN CLAY at Signature Theatre
IN CLAY is an affecting, engaging, and utterly unique theatrical experience — unlike anything on stage now.
Review: MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT at Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theater
This diverting if uneven revival of the 2004-5 Broadway hit is an amusing distraction from the tense politics playing out at the venue.
Review: NOEL: JESUS IS BORN! at Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center has never presented a Christmas spectacular in house before.
Review: CHANUKKAH IN THE DARK at Theater J
Theater J’s Chanukah in the Dark, directed by Tyler Herman, is a play with music (by Adam Wernick), and it is a wonderful, family-friendly celebration of Hanukkah.
Review: THE LITTLE PRINCE Presented by Washington National Opera At Kennedy Center
Traditionally when you think of what an opera is, visions of four hour long extravaganzas with beautiful singing but with stilted or no acting at all come to mind.
Review: A HOLIDAY POPS! with Melinda Doolittle and the National Symphony Orchestra, Steven Reineke Conductor at Kennedy Center
At this festive time of year, everyone has a favorite tradition.
Review: THE OTHER SIDE STORY at GALA Hispanic Theatre
Most know the musical “West Side Story,” where Puerto Rican and white gangs rumble on the Upper West Side 1950s New York in the manner of the Montagues and Capulets.
Review: AN IRISH CAROL at The Keegan Theatre
DC holiday theatre isn’t complete without The Keegan Theatre’s AN IRISH CAROL- an uproarious, colorfully-phrased ode to Christmas.
Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL: A GHOST STORY OF CHRISTMAS at Olney Theatre
What did our critic think of A CHRISTMAS CAROL: A GHOST STORY OF CHRISTMAS at Olney Theatre? Olney Theatre continues its lovely tradition of its annual rendering of Paul Morella’s one-person adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas.
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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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The OATH: One Dream. One Nation. One Horizon. UDC Theater of the Arts, Washington, D.C. (7/25-7/25) |
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Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen Studio Theatre (6/04-7/12) |
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Body Language The Allan Lefcowitz Theater at The Writer's Center (9/25-9/27) PHOTOS |
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Josh Johnson DAR Constitution Hall (10/02-10/02) |
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Factory of Fear Scare Actor Information Session ARTfactory (7/21-7/21) |
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Somewhere over the Border Mosaic Theater Company (9/10-10/04) |