Washington, DC Theater Reviews
The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Washington, DC.
BWW Review: COME FROM AWAY Makes Triumphant Return to DC at Kennedy Center
All told, Come From Away, provides a powerfully inviting experience and is perfect for this holiday season.
BWW Review: TAYLOR MAC'S HOLIDAY SAUCE at The Kennedy Center
Presented by the Kennedy Center Taylor Mac tests out a new take on the holidays.
BWW Review: EUREKA DAY at Mosaic Theater Company
'Eureka Day' is still a fun show with a solid cast and production team.
BWW Review: An Exuberant FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at the National Theatre
This holiday season; skip the presents under the tree.
BWW Review: THE INFINITE TALES at 4615 Theatre Company
There's a lot of energy and creativity onstage during 4615 Theatre Company's world premiere of The Infinite Tales -- and they come not only from the actors.
BWW Review: Synetic Theater's THE SNOW QUEEN Pays Homage to Other Works
Synetic Theater's The Snow Queen feels like a prolonged fever dream brought on by repeated viewings of Disney's Frozen, or its earlier work, Fantasia.
BWW Review: LOVE, FACTUALLY at Kennedy Center
The 2003 romantic comedy 'Love Actually' airs every year, so why not the parody of it as well?
BWW Review: SHE THE PEOPLE: THE RESISTANCE CONTINUES! at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
The Second City's 'She the People' is back at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company.
BWW Review: THE WOMAN IN BLACK at Shakespeare Theatre Company
Stephen Mallatratt's stage adaptation of Susan Hill's 1983 horror novel 'The Woman in Black' has become somewhat of a legendary production.
BWW Review: IN Series' L'ENFANCE DU CHRIST a TImely, In-Depth Experience of Berlioz' Brilliance
Directors Steven Scott Mazzola and Timothy Nelson have created a deeply moving, broadly staged version of a piece that was originally designed for the concert hall.
BWW Review: Fall in Love with DEAR JACK, DEAR LOUISE at Arena Stage
'Dear Jack, Dear Louise' is a moving, funny, and heartbreaking show with a sweetly earnest cast and a formidable production team.
BWW Review: British Players' ALICE IN WONDERLAND: A TRADITIONAL BRITISH PANTO a Hilarious Family Treat
If the holiday cheer seems beyond your grasp, the British Players have just the ticket; this year's 'Alice in Wonderland: A Traditional British Panto,' comes complete with a fractured take on a beloved tale, cross-dressing actors, and opportunities galore to participate in the action.
BWW Review: A MOTOWN CHRISTMAS at Signature Theatre
Because Christmas is mandatory on entertainment stages all month, it's no surprise that a cabaret at Signature Theatre is again devoted to the Yuletide songbook.
BWW Review: THE ILLUSIONISTS: MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAYS at National Theatre
The Illusionists: Magic of the Holidays had me instantly intrigued just by the title.
BWW Review: THE NUTCRACKER presented by Atlanta Ballet at Kennedy Center
Tis the season for Santa Claus, holiday lights, people lining up at three am to get a deal on a 76 inch TV set, and of the course the perennial holiday ballet favorite by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky known as The Nutcracker.
BWW Review: DON'T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS (THE MUSICAL!) at Kennedy Center
The giggles and guffaws zoom along at top speed, even as the bus breaks down in this genuinely riotous adaptation of Mo Willems' 2003 Caldecott-awarded picture book, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
BWW Review: THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME at Round House Theatre
'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time' at Bethesda's Round House Theatre, tells the story of Christopher, a 15-year-old boy with Aspergers syndrome, whose neighbor's dog is murdered with a pitchfork.
BWW Review: THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE at Imagination Stage
Imagination Stage has revived their Helen Hayes Award-winning 2012 production of 'The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe' for the 2019 holiday season.
BWW Review: At the Kennedy Center, Chandrika Tandon's SHIVOHAM--THE QUEST a Fascinating Musical, Spiritual Oratorio
Chandrika Tandon's song-cycle, Shivoyam-The Quest, which recently touched down at the Eisenhower Theater at the Kennedy Center, is part oratorio, part jam session, part spectacle, and organized around the many steps to enlightenment she experienced.
BWW Review: LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS at The National
John Leguizamo, as I learned, is modern theatre's most prolific latinx playwright.
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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) |