BWW Review: LIFE IS A DREAM (LA VIDA ES SUEÑO) at GALA Hispanic Theatre
'Life is a Dream' sounds as if it would be a carefree, happy-go-lucky kind of story.
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BWW Review: Broadway Comes to Kennedy Center with WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME
It's common for the Kennedy Center to be a stop for national tours of current or recently closed Broadway shows, but it's a bit of a rarity for it to be a stop for a show that's truly a?oedirect from Broadway.
BWW Review: SURFACING: AN INVENTORY OF HELPLESSNESS at ExPats Theatre
Although it's an intense play, Surfacing is also incredibly thoughtful.
BWW Review: LOVE SICK at Theater J
In Theater J's fall opening, we are asked to consider: what really happens when love makes you sick? And yet, despite a strong cast and well-executed technical elements, 'Love Sick' suffers from a slight disconnect.
BWW Review: 1 HENRY IV at Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger's 2019 Season opener deftly tells the tale of king's reign and the rebellion he faces, a prince burdened by expectations, and the struggles of family, honor, and duty.
BWW Review: BUTTERFLY at InSeries At Source
Soprano Amanda Palmeiro, now performing the title role at English language performances of Butterfly for the InSeries, deserves an opera career as sensational as her voice.
BWW Review: THE SMUGGLER at Solas Nua At The Eaton DC
Pull up a bar stool.
BWW Review: DOUBT at Studio Theatre is Gripping
Doubt: A Parable, a fitting title if ever there was one.
BWW Review: FABULATION, OR, THE RE-EDUCATION OF UNDINE at Mosaic Theater
At the outset of Mosaic Theatre's fifth season opener, 'Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine,' the biggest problem facing its central character is the lack of a celebrity for a big Manhattan benefit she's throwing.
BWW Review: ASSASSINS at Signature Theatre
Signature Theatre and Stephen Sondheim have been a winning combination in the DC theatre scene since 1991when the company presented Sweeney Todd at Gunston.
BWW Review: BETRAYAL at 4615 THEATRE COMPANY
Because infidelity and adultery have been so frequently deconstructed in theatre, film, television, and literature during the four decades since Nobel Prize and Tony Award winner Harold Pinter wrote Betrayal, the play's novelty has rather worn off.
BWW Review: 4615 Theatre Company's ENRON at Dance Loft on 14
4615 Theatre Company's Enron, directed by Jordan Friend, is an entertaining, satirical glimpse into a whirlwind scandal.
BWW Review: DEAR EVAN HANSEN Reminds Us We Are Not Alone at The John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts
The phenomenon that got its start in DC at the Arena Stage in 2015 has come home to DC for a five week, sold out run at the Kennedy Center.
BWW Review: Theatre Prometheus' OR, gives audiences a touch of Aphra Behn in her prime
Theatre Prometheus has taken over the Capital Hill Arts Workshop space for a couple weeks, and has done Adams proud.
BWW Review: LEGALLY BLONDE at The Keegan Theatre
Few characters become so embedded in the fabric of pop culture that merely the mention of a color can elicit their memory.
BWW Review: EARTHRISE at Kennedy Center
We are now at the midpoint of summer and you are most likely looking for something a little bit different to do with your kids before sending them back to school.
BWW Review: Tituss Burgess in Concert at The Kennedy Center
It's rare to see a show that feels like it could only happen in one place, at one time.
An Evening with Lola Montez
Richard Byrne's latest effort, An Evening With Lola Montez, is as intricately-constructed a play and persona as you can possibly imagine, and actor Mary Murphy personifies to perfection the low-born Irish divorcée who became a sensation through little more than grit, and a determination to rise abo
BWW Review: 52 PICKUP at Capital Fringe
In order to pull off a successful solo show there are a few things you absolutely need to have.
BWW Review: THANKSGIVING AT MACBETH'S at Capital Fringe
The pitch for Thanksgiving at Macbeth's is about what you'd expect from a show called Thanksgiving at Macbeth's.
BWW Review: DREAMER/SEEKER at Capital Fringe
Dreamer/Seeker, written by Devan Andrews and directed by Rocky Nunzio, is one of this year's several Capital Fringe offerings that use one of Shakespeare's plays as inspiration.
BWW Review: TREASURE ISLAND at Synetic Theater
Synetic Theater brings its unique spin to the high seas with an inclusive and immersive adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island.
BWW Review: STARCROSSED: THE TRAGEDY OF MERCUTIO AND TYBALT at Capital Fringe
Is there a more over-done piece than Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet? Enter author Rachel Garnet.
BWW Review: IF THESE BALLS COULD TALK! at Capital Fringe Festival
With a little raunch and a lot of heart, If These Balls Could Talk! gives you a glimpse of the performer's life in the big city; it's a whirlwind tour, and well worth the ride.
BWW Review: ALADDIN Flies Into the Kennedy Center
Some questionable casting choices and a book by Chad Beguelin that's filled with a little too many eyeroll worthy anachronistic jokes, aside, the touring production has a few elements that make a trip to the Kennedy Center worth it.
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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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Rockville Little Theatre presents "Lettice & Lovage" F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (1/29-2/07) |
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Factory of Fear Scare Actor Information Session ARTfactory (7/21-7/21) |
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Tarzan The Washington County Playhouse (6/26-8/16) |
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Pippin Signature Theatre (5/12-7/26) |
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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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Summer Concert Series: Uptown McLean Central Park Amphitheater (7/23-7/23) |