BWW Review: Capital Fringe's LANCER AND LACE Asks What If?
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.
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BWW Review: THE LARAMIE PROJECT presented by The Wandering Theatre Company at Capital Fringe
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
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
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
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
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
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
LiveArtDC is unpredictable; grassroots theatre at its best.
BWW Review: LOVE AND OTHER LURES by Dr. Dour & Peach At Capital Fringe Festival
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
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'
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
WOWEE WOW WOW!! Junie B.
BWW Review: WHEN WE WERE YOUNG AND UNAFRAID Ignites Conversation at The Keegan Theatre
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
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
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
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
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
The cast and the rocking band pour every ounce of energy into everything they do.
BWW Review: National Tour of THE SOUND OF MUSIC Dazzles and Delights at Kennedy Center
Is this a rave? You bet your favorite things it is! Refreshing, revived, and ridiculously entertaining, THE SOUND OF MUSIC, now playing at the Kennedy Center through July 16 is a dream come true.
BWW Review: HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH Rocks the Kennedy Center
Simply put, get thee to the Kennedy Center to experience it for yourself.
BWW Review: Tense, Engrossing THE RETURN from Mosaic Theater
The Mosaic Theaatre Company closes its second season with a perfectly realized and humane play about real life in the Middle East precisely 50 years after the Israeli occupation of the West Bank.
BWW Review: Round House Theatre's HOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED a Brilliant Celebration of August Wilson
How I Learned What I Learned was originally intended as a way for August Wilson to share the many colorful, real-life characters that informed his work.
BWW Review: Creative Cauldron Soars Down Yellow Brick Road for Magical WIZARD OF OZ in Falls Church
The beloved children's classic and vintage film musical THE WIZARD OF OZ has been enthralling audiences for decades.
BWW Review: Riverside Center Presents Tuneful SOME ENCHANTED EVENING of Rodgers and Hammerstein Favorites
A starry night, with a huge moon looking down, is the perfect setting for an evening of songs that have become part of musical theatre history.
BWW Review: Experimental STILL LIFE WITH ROCKET at Theater Alliance
At its core, Mollye Maxner's 'Still Life with Rocket' is one of those complex, emotional theatrical dramas that grow out of an uneasy reunion, where cracks in the family unit become increasingly and tragically clear.
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GARBO: EL ACTOR QUE SAVÓ AL MUNDO (Garbo: The Actor Who Saved The World) GALA Hispanic Theatre (9/03-9/27) |
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Coming to America: An Immigrant Cabaret ExPats Theatre (9/30-10/18) |
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Misery Aldie Mill Historic Park (8/20-8/30) |
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Stonewall's Bust The Writers Center (10/09-10/25) |
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Rockville Little Theatre presents "Lettice & Lovage" F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (1/29-2/07) |
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Freddie: a girl Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (8/27-9/19) |
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Hamlet Folger Shakespeare Library (3/02-4/11) |
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Hamilton (Angelica Company) National Theatre (12/15-2/07) |
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Rockville Little Theatre presents "Fences" F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (4/30-5/09) |
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The Comedy of Errors Folger Shakespeare Library (5/18-6/27) |