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BWW Review: Have the Time of Your Life at Wolf Trap with MAMMA MIA!

by Benjamin Tomchik — July 19, 2017

If you are in need of a pick-me-up or a fun night out, pack a picnic and head to Wolf Trap for a trip down the aisle you'll never forget.

BWW Review: WIG OUT! at Studio Theatre

by Jenny Minich — July 19, 2017

Director Kent Gash charges the space with electricity and ardent, sincere emotion.

BWW Review: Happenstance Theater's BON VOYAGE! A HAPPENSTANCE ESCAPADE a Perfect Summer Confection

by Andrew White — July 19, 2017

Happenstance's ensemble is chock full of talents, and when combined in a show like this it is impossible not to smile the whole way through.

BWW Review: Capital Fringe's LANCER AND LACE Asks What If?

by Benjamin Tomchik — July 18, 2017

What could have been a thoughtful examination of what a Kennedy Presidency could have looked like instead comes off like a cheap political thriller and soap opera.

BWW Review: THE LARAMIE PROJECT presented by The Wandering Theatre Company at Capital Fringe

by Elliot Lanes — July 17, 2017

Anytime a company presents something I don't expect to see in a festival setting, it generally peaks my interest.

BWW Review: Unexpected Stage's OBLIVION a Spirited, Thought-Provoking Meditation on Modern Life

by Andrew White — July 17, 2017

Oblivion is about the emptiness that plagues modern life, and the desperate attempts we make to fill that emptiness with something, anything, regardless of how illusory.

BWW Review: Capital Fringe's COMEDIAN ELECTED TO TOWN COUNCIL IN NEW JERSEY Has Heart

by Benjamin Tomchik — July 17, 2017

Comedian Elected to Town Council in New Jersey has heart, reminding us that public service can still be fun and honorable.

BWW Review: NIGHT SEASONS Embraces the Charmingly Quotidian at Quotidian Theatre Company

by Evann Normandin — July 16, 2017

Horton Foote's NIGHT SEASONS, directed by Jack Sbarbori at the Quotidian Theatre Company, examines the nature of a life defined by money and greed, and the notion that perhaps living is the greatest punishment of all.

BWW Review: Come to the CABARET at Kennedy Center

by Jennifer Perry — July 15, 2017

The current national tour, based on the recent Broadway revival at Roundabout Theatre Company's Studio 54 and taking up residence at the Kennedy Center through August 6, does just that - explore and provide a unique take.

BWW Review: THE ORIGINALIST Provokes at Arena Stage

by Pamela Roberts — July 14, 2017

THE ORIGINALIST at Arena Stage introduces Antonin Scalia as "the most polarizing figure in American civic life.

BWW Review: CLARA BOW: BECOMING 'IT' BY LIVEARTDC at Capital Fringe

by Jenny Minich — July 11, 2017

LiveArtDC is unpredictable; grassroots theatre at its best.

BWW Review: LOVE AND OTHER LURES by Dr. Dour & Peach At Capital Fringe Festival

by Jenny Minich — July 10, 2017

Love and Other Lures is a truly original, DC-based (there's good monster-watching here) comedic enterprise with the capacity to just keep giving to anyone who craves an alternate reality in which love with a monster is possible, if deadly.

BWW Review: I'M MARGARET THATCHER, I IS! by AnyStage Theater Company At Capital Fringe

by Jenny Minich — July 9, 2017

I'm Margaret Thatcher, I Is! is a tongue-in-cheek celebration of comedy for the comedian's sake.

BWW Review: MY FAIR LADY at Olney Theatre Center is Just Plain 'Loverly'

by Charles Shubow — July 6, 2017

I recall with reverence the illustrated cover of the original cast album of MY FAIR LADY by the acclaimed caricaturist, the late Al Hirschfeld (who has a Broadway theater named in his honor).

BWW Review: JUNIE B. JONES IS NOT A CROOK at Adventure Theatre

by Elliot Lanes — July 3, 2017

WOWEE WOW WOW!! Junie B.

BWW Review: WHEN WE WERE YOUNG AND UNAFRAID Ignites Conversation at The Keegan Theatre

by Evann Normandin — June 30, 2017

The DC premiere of WHEN WE WERE YOUNG AND UNAFRAID directed by Marie Byrd Sproul in her Keegan Theatre directing debut is nothing if not timely.

BWW Review: Disney's THE LITTLE MERMAID Goes Under The Sea at Wolf Trap

by Keith Tittermary — June 30, 2017

Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman made their mark with the early Disney musicals, and always included a sense of "home" and "belonging".

BWW Review: THE SECOND CITY'S ALMOST ACCURATE GUIDE TO AMERICA DIVIDED WE STAND at The Kennedy Center

by Jenny Minich — June 27, 2017

Unlike in your real life, there is someone onstage able to give voice to your concerns and make you laugh when you feel like you want to cry.

BWW Review: WONDERLAND Rocks at Imagination Stage

by Hannah Wing — June 26, 2017

Imagination Stage's production, directed by Kathryn Chase Bryer) takes elements of Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and adds a bit of his poem, 'The Jabberwocky' to create a musical filled with catchy rock and roll tunes.

BWW Review: Theater J's Impactful BROKEN GLASS

by Benjamin Tomchik — June 22, 2017

How do we identify ourselves? What role does fear play in shaping our lives? Do we ever confuse what we see in the news with what is actually happening in our daily comings and goings? In an era when news, be it real or fake, is omnipresent, Theater J's timely, well-acted production of Broken Glass

BWW Review: RENT Returns to the National Theatre

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Washington, DC SHOWS

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	Macbeth - Academy Summer Repertory Shakespeare Theatre Company (7/16-7/25)
	Pete the Cat: A Live Rock Musical Imagination Stage (6/17-7/26)
	Twelfth Night - Academy Summer Repertory Shakespeare Theatre Company (7/15-7/25)
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	Rockville Civic Ballet presents "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" and "Dracula" F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (7/25-7/26)
	Summer Concert Series: Uptown McLean Central Park Amphitheater (7/30-7/30)
	BAD KREYÒL Mosaic Theater Company (5/20-6/13)
	The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show The Dinner Detective Washington DC (8/01-8/01)
	Grand Kyiv Ballet presents "The Swan Lake: Symphony of Lights F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (11/18-11/18)
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