The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Washington, DC.
There is certainly a dramatic story to be told behind the highly successful '60s folk-rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, from their brief high school success that got them on 'American Bandstand' to their later 1960s stardom, their love/hate relationship and mutual artistic dependence.
The city lights of Washington may typically obscure the night sky, but a portal to the cosmos has opened in downtown DC.
The traveling ballet works that tend to fill the Kennedy Center Opera House are usually the big, brand name costumed works - 'The Nutcracker,' 'Swan Lake' (a version of which played last week; another is coming in April) and 'The Sleeping Beauty,' which in fact the National Ballet of Canada is doing
Spring Awakening is the classic teen coming of age story, plus death, group mastrubation, nudity, and a failed abortion.
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Recent Tragic Events, now being staged some 18 years after its premiere, is a piece that has matured beyond its original context.
A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS at Arena Stage is a breathtaking production that will stay with you long after curtain call.
An emphasis on immigrants and how well they integrate (or not) in this country is nothing new.
Sir Matthew Bourne's 'Swan Lake' has a reputation as a beloved, fascinating, and powerful ballet.
One of the biggest challenges in producing Shakespeare, is making it appealing and fresh to audiences of all ages.
In PIPELINE, playwright and educator Dominique Morisseau's refuses to relegate the Black experience to the realm of impersonal statistics.
'A Measure of Cruelty' is a deep, intimate portrait of what happens when social norms and expectations drive people to act in ways that are more damaging than fulfilling, more harmful than helpful, and how to break the cycles of violence and anger we think need to define us, especially men.
Jim Thompson, an Army Ranger and POW of the Viet Namese for 9 years, deserves to have his story widely known.
There are some topics in which you hope plays conquer correctly.
In NextStop Theatre's production of The Mountaintop, directed by Kevin McAllister, McNeil and Simmons are talented actors, but the play itself still needs to be polished.
There are certain artists whose names immediately fall in the 'legend' category and Diana Ross is one of them.
IN Series' 'Le Cabaret de Carmen' is a haunting, beautiful spin on the popular tragedy.
Some of Aretha Franklin's greatest performances happened at the Kennedy Center - chief of which may have been a 2015 performance of '(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman' at the Kennedy Center Honors that made Barack Obama shed a tear in the Presidential box.
Jersey Boys, directed by Des McAnuff, is a typical, fast paced jukebox musical full of popular songs, but the storyline doesn't hit the right notes.
Keegan Theatre's production of 'An Irish Carol' by Matthew J.
A great deal is packed into The Magical Piñata.
As a reviewer you hear lots of advance hype about a particular show or performer before having your own experience.
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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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Somewhere over the Border Mosaic Theater Company (9/10-10/04) |
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The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show The Dinner Detective Washington DC (9/12-9/12) |
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Dupont Investigations: Flight of the Fallen Nocturne Hall (9/01-11/11) |
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Hamilton (Angelica Company) National Theatre (12/15-2/07) |
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Jitta's Atonement Washington Stage Guild (4/08-5/02) |
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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Round House Theatre (9/09-10/11) |
