BWW Review: MYSTERY SCHOOL at The Edge of the Universe Players 2
The pint size dynamo known as Nora Achrati is one of the area's most dynamic actresses so a show where it's just her and the audience should make for a great night of theatre.
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BWW Review: Hysterical Hit BOOK OF MORMON Says 'Hello!' At The Kennedy Center
Long-time hit THE BOOK OF MORMON uses absurdity, irony, and pop culture allusions to stir up some laughs and gasps at The Kennedy Center.
BWW Review: DOCTOR FAUSTUS is Devilishly Good at the Lab Studio Theatre
Doctor Faustus transforms into a production about how a woman is manipulated by the world around her.
BWW Review: Pinky Swear's SAFE AS HOUSES Plays It Too Safe
Pinky Swear's production of Natalie Ann Piegari's new play SAFE AS HOUSES boasts an excellent cast, a well-designed set, and a gripping concept: what would you do if your husband, who vanished ten years ago, suddenly showed up at your house as if no time had passed at all? But the intriguing idea ne
BWW Review: NextStop Hits the Mark with ASSASSINS
Part history lesson, party fantasy, all-around study of when the American dream goes disastrously wrong, NextStop Theatre's aim is ambitious with Assassins and they not only hit the target, they nail the bullseye.
BWW Review: The Welders' HELLO, MY NAME IS Immerses Audiences in Intimate Adoptee Stories
Upon arriving at Rhizome DC, the homelike site of the Welders' theatrical event HELLO, MY NAME IS.
BWW Review: Synetic Theatre's PETER PAN is a Joyous but Mature Celebration of Neverland
Given that it's the time of year when Synetic brings out ghoulish Halloween fare, the choice of a children's favorite like Peter Pan may come as a bit of a surprise.
BWW Review: SERGIO MENDES at Strathmore
For 57 years Sergio Mendes has been a driving force in the world of popular music.
BWW Review: WSC Avant Bard's EMILIE: LA MARQUISE DU CHATELET DEFEDS HER LIFE TONIGHT a Heady, Brilliant Evening
As effervescent and fun as it is filled with the world of ideas (and equations), 'Emilie: La Marquise du Chatelet Defends Her Life Tonight' is a heady evening, bringing a great women back to brilliant life both onstage and in our collective memory.
BWW Review: THE SMARTEST GIRL IN THE WORLD at Imagination Stage
Sometimes playwrights don't know when to quit and there's a situation where an incidental plot point becomes a major one because it's unnecessarily brought to the forefront again and again.
BWW Review: The Mariinsky Ballet Stages LA BAYADERE
What do you do, when you find yourself with a ballet artist who can seemingly levitate at will? A lithe male body that floats and leaps with such an airy insouciance it seems almost unfair he has to come back to earth? Answer: you seek out an equally lithe, supple prima ballerina whose talents match
BWW Review: SHINING BROW at Urban Arias
Composer Daron Hagen and librettist Paul Muldoon's opera is a musical homage to architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
Half Dozen Micro-Plays in DIGITAL EYE at Blind Whino
Two days was an exceedingly short time to take in the innovative collaboration project this week titled 'Digital Eye.
BWW Review: Close Up ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA at Folger Theatre
A condensed 'Antony and Cleopatra' at the Folger Theatre still has time for a couple of ensemble dance numbers straight out of 'Solid Gold,' a battle scene that's almost as well choreographed and a whole lot of kissing.
BWW Review: AN ACT OF GOD at Signature Theatre
An Act of God is an irreverent black comedy that manages to retain mass appeal.
BWW Review: SOTTO VOCE at Theatre J
The current worldwide refugee crisis is the right time to recall the tragedy of the U.
BWW Review: THE RED SHOES at The Kennedy Center
The Red Shoes is almost more big-budget Broadway musical than ballet.
BWW Review: Bold I'LL GET YOU BACK AGAIN at the Round House Theatre
With its emphasis on both 1960s psychedelic rock music and the Three Stooges, it would seem the latest offering at the Round House Theatre was tailored precisely for my taste.
BWW Review: THE MISTRESS CYCLE at Creative Cauldron
Creative Cauldron in Falls Church, VA is dedicating their season to women and their unique stories.
BWW Review: ASSASSINS at Pallas Theatre Collective
Any musical theatre geek knows that Stephen Sondheim's central subjects for musicals are rarely light and fluffy individuals.
BWW Review: THE EFFECT is an Intense, Riveting Experiment at Studio Theatre
Studio Theatre's production of The Effect explores love and mental health with heart-racing, gut-wrenching gusto.
BWW Review: Langston Hughes' Poetry Comes Alive at Metrostage
Politics can be the graveyard of the poet.
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