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BWW Review: PANTHEON at Happenstance Theater

by Jack Read — June 26, 2019

There's one thing I find comforting about theatre that I take care to remember: we will always find new ways to tell old stories.

BWW Review: THE SECOND CITY'S AMERICA; IT'S COMPLICATED! at The Kennedy Center

by Rachael Goldberg — June 23, 2019

The Second City, known for both its poignant comedy and its incredible alumni list, knows it's difficult to wrap your mind around the world we live in today, let alone navigate it.

BWW Review: EVERY BRILLIANT THING at Studio Theatre

by Evann Normandin — June 21, 2019

EVERY BRILLIANT THING at Studio Theatre takes an audience of individuals and transforms them, in 65 short minutes, into a collective.

BWW Revew: Keegan Theatre's Witty RIPCORD

by Roger Catlin — June 21, 2019

Elderly assisted living can be a shared room prison, so the set for David Lindsay-Abaire play 'Ripcord' at the Keegan Theatre has the tidy room explode a coupe of times into some unexpected scenes, from a haunted house to the blue skies that give the comic play its title.

BWW Review: GWEN AND IDA: THE OBJECT IS OF NO IMPORTANCE at Nu Sass At Caos On F

by Mary Lincer — June 21, 2019

GWEN AND IDA is a work of fiction, a fantasy.

BWW Review: FRESHH Inc.'s HERSTORY: LOVE FOREVER, HIP HOP at KENNEDY CENTER HIP HOP CULTURE

by Sarah Murphy — June 20, 2019

Inspired by Common's 1994 'I Used to Love H.

BWW Review: ROCK OF AGES is Still Rockin' and Rollin' at Wolf Trap

by Hannah Wing — June 19, 2019

Rock of Ages, directed by Martha Banta and choreographed by Janet Rothermel, is still as Poison coons 'nothin' but a good time.

BWW Review: THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI at Scena Theatre

by Rachael Goldberg — June 18, 2019

Perhaps it's the lofty, Shakespearean-style introduction, the outsized musical selection ("Flight of the Valkyrie" is used more than once), or the references to one of the most devastating dictatorships in modern history, but 'The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui' sets impossibly high expectations for i

BWW Review: FOREST TREÁS at Pointless Theatre Company

by Jack Read — June 18, 2019

Forest Treas (pronounced 'Triage'), the season closer for Pointless Theatre Company, is a new work by Navid Azeez inspired by the October 2002 sniper attacks that looks at the effects of the media - specifically, omniscient cameras - on a community facing ongoing tragedy.

BWW Review: FALSETTOS Tugs at the Heartstrings at Kennedy Center

by Jennifer Perry — June 15, 2019

Overall, FALSETTOS makes a strong impression at Kennedy Center and is most definitely worth the trip.

BWW Review: BYHALIA, MISSISSIPPI at The Kennedy Center

by Rachael Goldberg — June 15, 2019

Playwright Evan Linder achieves a fascinating balance in the poignant 'Byhalia, Missississippi.

BWW Review: A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 at Round House Theatre

by Benjamin Tomchik — June 13, 2019

In a city where seemingly everyone is from somewhere else, A Doll's House Part 2 is about something all of us have had to do at some point or another, return home to face our past.

BWW Review: THE OLDEST BOY at Spooky Action Theater

by Jack Read — June 12, 2019

The central performance in Sarah Ruhl's The Oldest Boy, now playing at Spooky Action Theater through June 30, belongs to the ensemble as a whole.

BWW Review: WSC Avant Bard's A MISANTHROPE a Classic Farce

by Andrew White — June 12, 2019

Director Megan Behm has embraced the world of old French farce, and crafted a contemporary satire that is as frenetic and slap-stick as it is wickedly witty.

BWW Review: HELLO, DOLLY! At Kennedy Center

by Elliot Lanes — June 10, 2019

Throughout theatrical history many great ladies of the theatre have tackled the role of Thornton Wilder's famous matchmaker Dolly Gallagher Levi in the musical Hello, Dolly! In 2017 a brand new revival of the show hit Broadway starring Bette Midler (with Donna Murphy alternating in) and later on in

BWW Review: SINGIN' IN THE RAIN at NextStop Theatre Company

by Jack Read — June 4, 2019

Certain shows are practically foolproof bets for audiences.

BWW Review: In Series' Ambitious THE TALE OF SERSE at Atlas

by Roger Catlin — June 4, 2019

Rare as it is to hear Handel's opera 'Serse' at all - it was scarcely performed at all for 200 years following its 1738 debut - it's even more unusual to hear it melded to the poetry of Rumi, the Sufi mystic who predated the composer by half a millennium.

Exclusive Photos: Miami City Ballet Performs In BALLET ACROSS AMERICA at Kennedy Cent

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Washington, DC SHOWS

	CrazySexyCool – The TLC Musical Arena Stage (6/12-8/09)
	Macbeth - Academy Summer Repertory Shakespeare Theatre Company (7/16-7/25)
	Pete the Cat: A Live Rock Musical Imagination Stage (6/17-7/26)
	Twelfth Night - Academy Summer Repertory Shakespeare Theatre Company (7/15-7/25)
	King Lear Kimball Theare (7/29-7/29)
	Hairspray Hylton Performing Arts Center (9/18-9/27)
	Rockville Musical Theatre presents "Caroline, or Change" F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (10/31-11/15)
	Paula Atherton comes to Blues Alley - July 23rd and 24th, 2 shows a night, 7 PM and 9:30 PM Blues Alley Club (7/23-7/24)
	Summer Concert Series: EU (Experience Unlimited) McLean Central Park Amphitheater (7/16-7/16)
	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in Concert Wolf Trap (8/27-8/27)
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