BWW Review: COME THROUGH at the Kennedy Center is a Contemporary Triumph
Monday night's production of Bon Iver and TU Dance's Come Through at the Kennedy Center is one of the most quintessentially contemporary performances on record.
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BWW Review: BILL T. JONES/ARNIE ZANE COMPANY ANALOGY TRILOGY: DORA: TRAMONTANE at The Kennedy Center
'Dora: Tramontane' may be the first of a trilogy, but it has the power to stand on its own as well as part of a set.
BWW Review: A BRONX TALE at the National Theatre is Disappointingly Disjointed
The first words sung in A Bronx Tale, the tonally uneven and musically disappointing touring show that opened at D.
BWW Review: RESOLVING HEDDA at Washington Stage Guild
Life in the theatre is hard enough without having a diva in your show.
BWW Review: LA PALOMA AT THE WALL at InSeries At GALA
The only wrong notes in La Paloma at the Wall, the current InSeries production at GALA, take place when the performers stop singing and try to act the clumsy script of this adaptation of the zarazuela, La Verbena de la Paloma (1894).
BWW Review: The Washington Chorus Gives a Joyous St. Patrick's Day Concert
Third on the list of identifying traits for St.
BWW Review: One-Man LOVE, BOMBS & APPLES at the Kennedy Center
Middle East conflict is normally not thought of a rich source of laughter, but Hassan Abdulrazzak's 'Love, Bombs & Apples' finds a way to be amusing as well as a thought-provoking way to reconsider the conflicts.
BWW Review: THE JEWISH QUEEN LEAR at Theater J
If the cultural and historical relevance weren't enough incentive, Theater J's production of 'The Jewish Queen Lear' will make you glad for the current revitalization of Yiddish theater.
BWW Review: Outstanding Acting Propels WSC Avant Bard's TOPDOG/UNDERDOG
For once, being conned is all it is cracked up to be.
BWW Review: INTO THE WOODS at Ford's Theatre
Peter Flynn tackles Sondheim's darkly imagined INTO THE WOODS at Ford's Theatre and the result is sensational.
BWW Review: Washington National Opera's FAUST is a Devilishly Good Time
Few works have inspired such a long-lasting legacy as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust.
BWW Review: FALLEN ANGELS at NextStop Theatre Company
Noel Coward's charming and witty Fallen Angels, first performed in 1925, had a bit of a sordid beginning.
BWW Review: Kennedy Center-Commissioned World Premiere THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM - 1963
A number of families packed the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theatre Friday for the world premiere of 'The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963.
BWW Review: THE LAST SUPPER at The Kennedy Center
The Last Supper, a Temple Independent Theater Company Performance, written and directed by Ahmed El Attar with music by Hassan Kahn premiered in the U.
BWW Review: JQA Brings Past to Present at Arena Stage
'JQA' is an ambitious, delightful work that not only makes for an enjoyable theater experience, but also leaves its audiences ruminating on the deeper philosophies it explores.
BWW Review: HANDS ON A HARDBODY is a Cult Classic at Keegan Theatre
While short-lived on Broadway, Keegan Theatre's regional premiere of Hands on a Hardbody, directed by Elena Velasco and Mark A.
BWW Review: WNO's Exquisite EUGENE ONEGIN at the Kennedy Center
Washington National Opera's (WNO) Eugene Onegin is exquisite! The entire evening soars like a dream with pitch-perfect performances led by the immaculate Anna Nechaeva as Tatiana.
BWW Reviews: OIL at Olney Theatre Center - It's an American Premiere
Let me start this review with a comment by Olney's Artistic Director, Jason Loewith's comment in the program.
BWW Review: MASTERPIECES OF THE ORAL AND INTANGIBLE HERITAGE OF HUMANITY at Signature Theatre
Sometimes a particular genre of theater isn't necessarily popular with a general audience.
BWW Review: QUEEN OF BASEL Makes a Powerful Statement at Studio Theatre
When you combine Bettis' exceptionally well-written and insightful script with some of the most powerful acting you're likely to see on a DC stage this season, and some excellent direction by Jose Zayas, you have a must-see theatrical production.
BWW Review: NEXT STOP: NORTH KOREA Offers a Journey Like No Other
This production is unique and deserves to be seen.
BWW Review: Spellbinding Multi-Sensory CONFECTION at Folger Theatre
Confection is a spellbinding multi-sensory dance and theater performance that contemplates decadent consumption and the high cost of feeding our appetites.
BWW Review: Cirkus Cirkör's LIMITS at the Kennedy Center
Those advocating a big border wall to keep out imagined hordes of asylum seekers are overlooking the abilities of one indefatigable group they would fail to keep out: circus performers.
BWW Review: SILENT at Solas Nua
There's "beauty in the dark" Tino McGoldrig tells us and in 'Silent' that darkness has many, many layers.
BWW Review: VANITY FAIR at Shakespeare Theatre Company
Mean Girls, Big Little Lies, Heathers, Broad City, Thelma and Louise, Parks and Recreation, Sex and the City…These are some of the better known vehicles for female friendship that inhabit our pop culture universe.
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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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Summer Concert Series: Uptown McLean Central Park Amphitheater (7/23-7/23) |
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Rockville Little Theatre presents "Lettice & Lovage" F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (1/29-2/07) |
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Grand Kyiv Ballet presents "The Swan Lake: Symphony of Lights F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (11/18-11/18) |
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Rockville Little Theatre presents "Fences" F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (4/30-5/09) |
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Rockville Musical Theatre presents "Caroline, or Change" F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (10/31-11/15) |
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The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show The Dinner Detective Washington DC (8/01-8/01) |