Washington, DC Theater Reviews

BWW Review: ANNIE JUMP AND THE LIBRARY OF HEAVEN at Rorschach Theatre

by Jack Read — April 24, 2019

You'll know the second you hear the title if Reina Hardy's Annie Jump and the Library of Heaven is your kind of play.

BWW Review: BLACK PEARL SINGS! Returns to D.C.

by Roger Catlin — April 22, 2019

Funny how a few years can change a play, not because of the play itself, but because of social shifts around it.

BWW Review: The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Celebrates 50 Years with Jason Robert Brown, Lindsay Mendez, and More

by Jennifer Perry — April 20, 2019

The future of musical theater is looking pretty bright.

BWW Review: Literary Giants Spar in Mosaic World Premiere LES DEUX NOIRS

by Roger Catlin — April 17, 2019

It would have been interesting to hear the 1953 conversation between author Richard Wright and the upstart man of letters James Baldwin at the ex-pat literary nexus of Les Deux Magots in Paris.

BWW Review: JUNK at Arena Stage

by Rachael F. Goldberg — April 14, 2019

Arena Stage's production of 'Junk' marks the Washington, DC area premiere of the critically acclaimed play, and, happily, Arena's production is more than up to the task of living up to the show's reputation.

BWW Review: THE COLOR PURPLE at Riverside Center For The Performing Arts

by Jeremy Bustin — April 14, 2019

Alice Walker's Pulitzer-winning The Color Purple is one of the greatest stories of the last 50 years, and its musical adaptation is one of the most magical Broadway experiences of the last 20 years.

BWW Review: BECKETT TRIO, PART 2 at Scena Theatre

by Sarah Murphy — April 12, 2019

In Scena Theatre's Beckett Trio, Part 2 identity and story are up for debate.

BWW Review: GRAND HOTEL at Signature Theatre

by Elliot Lanes — April 11, 2019

There are certain things that really bother me in theater.

BWW Review: MARIINSKY BALLET: LE CORSAIRE at The Kennedy Center

by Rachael Goldberg — April 11, 2019

Despite its dated premise and overstuffed ensemble, Mariinsky Ballet's 'Le Corsaire' provides a delightful evening with some truly inspiring dance.

BWW Review: Scena Theatre's PINTER REP Returns to the Great Dissident Poet with Three Classics & an American Premiere

by Andrew White — April 10, 2019

Scena Theatre's artistic director, Robert McNamara, offers us a fresh look at some of Pinter's sparsely-written, tightly-plotted dramas-- and the American stage premiere of the postumous 'The Pres and the Officer,' which anticipates (sadly) the misrule of our current Commander in Chief.

BWW Review: KRISTIN CHENOWETH at Strathmore

by Elliot Lanes — April 9, 2019

Sometimes a singer just needs a microphone and a killer accompanist to create a fine evening of music.

BWW Review: P.Y.G. OR THE MIS-EDUMACATION OF DORIAN BELLE at Studio Theatre

by Sarah Murphy — April 10, 2019

Even if you're not familiar with George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, you're most likely familiar with Lerner and Loewe's adaption, My Fair Lady.

BWW Review: WINNIE THE POOH at Adventure Theatre

by Elliot Lanes — April 8, 2019

Oh bother! Adventure Theatre is currently presenting a hunny of a show with Le Clanché du Rand's delightful stage adaptation of A.

BWW Review: THE PECULIAR PATRIOT at Woolly Mammoth

by Brandon Horwin — April 8, 2019

The first words that come to mind when thinking about The Peculiar Patriot at Woolly Mammoth Theatre are: riveting, eye-opening, and deeply personal.

BWW Review: Quotidian Theatre Company's GHOST-WRITER at the Bethesda Writer's Center

by Hannah Wing — April 7, 2019

Under all the pressure of finishing the novel, Myra finds herself having to explain her circumstances to an inquisitive visitor.

BWW Review: CLOTHES FOR A SUMMER HOTEL at RAINBOW THEATRE PROJECT

by Mary Lincer — April 7, 2019

BWW Review: AS YOU LIKE IT at Brave Spirits Theatre

by Jack Read — April 7, 2019

'I like this place, and willingly could waste my time in it.

BWW Review: Washington Performing Arts Serves Up a Swinging Gala

by Sam Abney — April 7, 2019

All of the cultural offerings in Washington, D.

BWW Review: Phantom Limb Company's FALLING OUT at Kennedy Center

by Roger Catlin — April 6, 2019

Puppetry is one of the realms of the New York's Phantom Limb Company, so their latest environmental opus 'Falling Out' begins with some rough human-figures that look more like mannequins being slowly swept or carried across the stage like detritus from the ocean's edge.

BWW Review: New York City Ballet Surprises and Impresses at The Kennedy Center

by Sam Abney — April 6, 2019

Sometimes ballet can be tricky.

BWW Review: NATIVE SON at Mosaic Theater Company

by Rachael Goldberg — April 4, 2019

'Native Son' is a heavy drama with an important story to tell.

BWW Review: NEW YORK CITY BALLET Relies on Strengths at Kennedy Center

by Roger Catlin — April 3, 2019

The new artistic director and co-director of the New York City Ballet looked a little nervous Tuesday as they awkwardly welcomed the Kennedy Center audience to their annual week-long residency.

BWW Review: Topical and Significant COLUMBINUS at 1st Stage

by Pamela Roberts — April 2, 2019

To mark the 20th anniversary of the deadly shooting at Columbine High School, 1st Stage brings us a columbinus that, tragically, is as frightening, significant, and topical today as ever before.

BWW Review: DAMIAN WOETZEL'S DEMO: NOW Defies Expectation

by Lora Strum — April 2, 2019

Demo: Now, a complex seven-part showcase of dance, music and spoken word, defies expectations by never allowing the audience to set them in the first place.

BWW Dance Review: ANALOGY/TRILOGY at Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center

by Mary Lincer — March 30, 2019

The second section of Bill T.