BWW Review: The Donny Hathaway Story TWISTED MELODIES at Mosaic Theater
There's a transcendent moment in 'Twisted Melodies,' the one-man Donny Hathaway show by Kelvin Roston Jr.
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BWW Review: PANTHEON at Happenstance Theater
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
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
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
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
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
Inspired by Common's 1994 'I Used to Love H.
BWW Review: ROCK OF AGES is Still Rockin' and Rollin' at Wolf Trap
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
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
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
Overall, FALSETTOS makes a strong impression at Kennedy Center and is most definitely worth the trip.
BWW Review: BYHALIA, MISSISSIPPI at The Kennedy Center
Playwright Evan Linder achieves a fascinating balance in the poignant 'Byhalia, Missississippi.
BWW Review: A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 at Round House Theatre
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
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
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
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
Certain shows are practically foolproof bets for audiences.
BWW Review: In Series' Ambitious THE TALE OF SERSE at Atlas
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 Center
In another edition of Ballet Across America, the Kennedy Center welcomed the Dance Theatre of Harlem and the Miami City Ballet to the Opera House stage at the iconic venue on the banks of the Potomac River for a week a classic and cutting edge dance.
BWW Review: Taffety Punk's Bracing ANTIGONICK and THE FRAGMENTS OF SAPPHO
Taffety Punk, the insurrectionist yet classically trained company now in its 15th year does what it does best in a pair of striking Greek adaptations by Anne Carson, presented in one invigorating sitting.
BWW Review: THE MIAMI CITY BALLET, BALLET ACROSS AMERICA at The Kennedy Center
The Miami City Ballet put on a varied and entertaining performance as part of the Kennedy Center's Ballet Across America on Saturday, June 1, 2019.
BWW Review: An Epic DESCRIBE THE NIGHT at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Notable for being the final selection of Woolly's incomparable Founding Artistic Director Howard Shalwitz, Rajiv Joseph's 'Describe the Night' is a must-see for any serious DC area theatergoer
BWW Review: KLYTEMNESTRA: AN EPIC SLAM POEM at Theater Alliance
There's several places to see Greek theatre in DC right now.
BWW Review: TWO COMPANIES DEDICATE A BALLET EVENING TO ARTHUR MITCHELL at Kennedy Center Opera House
The Miami City Ballet began its Friday Ballet across America evening with George Balanchine's Walpurgisnacht Ballet (1980), 'definitely the world according to Balanchine,' wrote Suzanne Farrell in her autobiography.
BWW Review: Dance Theatre Of Harlem Sets Tone For The Future Of Ballet
While ballet could spend another century beginning with Balanchine, the Dance Theatre of Harlem's latest commissions offer a different future, one where ballet is more daring and more perceptive than ever before.
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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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The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show The Dinner Detective Washington DC (9/12-9/12) |
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Freddie: a girl Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (8/27-9/19) |
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Mamma Mia! National Theatre (10/27-11/15) |
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Victorian Lyric Opera Company presents "Pirates of Penzance" F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (6/11-6/20) |
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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 (4/18-4/18) |
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Washington Stage Guild (9/24-10/18) |