BWW Review: Laura and Linda Benanti Return to Kennedy Center in THE STORY GOES ON
The show, aptly titled 'The Story Goes On,' featured an eclectic set list, but there was one common thread - each song was exceptionally well sung.
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BWW Review: The Klunch Presents Wildly Funny ADULT ENTERTAINMENT
The premise is promising: when a group of porn stars decides to make a "real movie", hilarity ensues.
BWW Review: Taylor Mac's A 24-DECADE HISTORY OF POPULAR MUSIC: ABRIDGED at the Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center kicked off its multidisciplinary contemporary cultural assault Tuesday with something thought to embody the approach, Taylor Macs 'A 24-Decade History of Popular Music (1776-2016).
BWW Review: GODSPELL Gets Updated
Godspell is one of those shows that is reinvented with each production.
BWW Review: WNO's Passionate DON CARLO
Giuseppe Verdi's epic opera is being staged for the first time in two decades at WNO and features a sterling cast in a grand production.
BWW Review: HOLD THESE TRUTHS at Arena Stage
This production is worthy of an audience based on the story alone.
BWW Review: Authenticity Reigns Supreme in MOM BABY GOD at Taffety Punk Theatre Company
Madeline Joey Rose's solid research and attention to detail set her solo play apart from the myriad of others that have tried to introduce typical theatergoers to cultures (especially religious ones) that might be less familiar to them.
BWW Review: Avant Bard's Timely Revival of THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS
What if gospel music was taken out of church? What if its structure, soul and power were applied to some other ancient stories, such as, for example, Sophocles, where actors talk about gods plural?
BWW Review: HOBSON'S CHOICE at Quotidian Theatre Company
Last season on Broadway there was a play called Time and the Conways presented at Roundabout Theatre Company.
BWW Review: MARIA DI ROHAN at Washington Concert Opera
While not entirely rare for a single family to possess multiple musical talents, it's certainly unusual to see two people from the same family as leads in the same performance.
BWW Review: Powerful History in Theater Alliance's THE RAID
There is something to be said about being present in historical plays.
BWW Review: Become Empowered at PEEPSHOW
'We believe in the power collaboration, between artists and with the audience' - These words are the mantra of dog & pony dc, and do they deliver.
BWW Review: ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY at Adventure Theatre
We all have bad days; it's inevitable.
BWW Review: Vibrant Adaptation of THE LATHE OF HEAVEN at Spooky Action
Of her dozens of books over a long career, just one title by the esteemed science fiction and fantasy writer Ursula K.
BWW Review: LAURA OSNES DELIGHTS at AMP Strathmore
At the AMP Strathmore, Laura Osnes delights in her intimate cabaret.
BWW Review: The Origin Of Television Takes Center Stage in THE FARNSWORTH INVENTION at 1st Stage
As directed by Alex Levy, THE FARNSWORTH INVENTION is theatrically inventive and mostly compelling recounting of of Farnsworth and Sarnoff's parallel stories.
BWW Review: Poignant World Premiere Musical LIGHT YEARS at Signature Theatre
LIGHT YEARS, a world premiere musical at Signature Theatre, is a moving performance with a beautiful score and an introduction to touching and endearing characters.
BWW Review: NOURA at Shakespeare Theatre Company
Heather Raffo's play is challenging, but ultimately rewarding.
BWW Review: The Lady Has Her Day at Creative Cauldron's LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR AND GRILL
It is wrong to keep a lady waiting, and in this case, a mistake to miss her altogether.
BWW Review: FAMILIAR at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is a Must-See
It's a powerful work and one of the strongest offerings to date in the ongoing Women's Voices Theater Festival.
BWW Review: HANDBAGGED at Round House Theatre Offers a Masterclass in Acting
While the script is not the most engaging, the acting work is exceptionally strong.
BWW Review: The Princess & the Pauper is a Delightful Bollywood Tale at Imagination Stage
Imagination Stage's The Princess & the Pauper, written by Anu Yadav and directed by Janet Stanford, successfully captures the ambience and energy of Bollywood in a show which is excellent for both kids and adults alike.
BWW Review: LBJ Completes His Term in Arena Stage's THE GREAT SOCIETY
It will take biographer Robert Caro five volumes to complete his portrait of Lyndon B.
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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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Brontë Sister House Party Van Ness Main Street (8/14-9/12) |
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The OATH: One Dream. One Nation. One Horizon. UDC Theater of the Arts, Washington, D.C. (7/25-7/25) |
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Hook in Concert Wolf Trap (9/05-9/05) |
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Penny's Dreadful Parlour: The Séance of Edgar Allan Poe The Ghost Museum (7/16-7/25) VIDEOS |
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Mamma Mia! National Theatre (10/27-11/15) |
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Rockville Musical Theatre presents "Caroline, or Change" F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (10/31-11/15) |