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Review: Broadway and TV Star Tituss Burgess Wows at Olney Theatre Center
It was an entertaining and charming night, and centered around a seasoned performer's talent and character. The music was engaging, and the outdoor venue was sumptuous....
Review: Sutton Foster and Kelli O’Hara with The National Symphony Orchestra at Wolf Trap
The word legend is tossed around quite a bit when talking about performers. Sometimes it’s true but many times it isn’t. This past Friday evening at Wolf Trap’s Filene Center two true modern day legends of musical theatre took the stage to pay homage to two all-time legends of entertainment....
Review: DISNEY 80S – 90S CELEBRATION IN CONCERT at Wolf Trap
Over the decades, Disney music has brought much joy to generations of fans. The 80s and 90s were a particularly important time for Disney as a company because it was that period when the company came back from a creative slump with powerhouse animated features such as The Little Mermaid and Beauty a...
Review: SAILING: YACHT ROCK at Signature
The Signature cabaret succeeds because it gets the irony. Even while they play up the captain’s hats, cold drinks and ocean sunsets that help frame the genre, they realize the era’s hits can be at once catchy and silly — a good mix for a summer night of entertainment....
Review: DUNGEONS & DRAGONS THE TWENTY SIDED TAVERN at The Kennedy Center
Dungeons & Dragons The Twenty-Sided Tavern is not just a play. It’s an active (albeit simplified) D&D campaign set in the Forgotten Realms. There is an expert Dungeon Master (Conner Marx) and a Tavern Keeper (Alex Stompoly) who serves as his partner in crime. The two of them manage live storytelli...
Review: SESAME STREET THE MUSICAL at Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater
DC, and frankly the Kennedy Center, could use some sunny days, and, judging by the giggles, squeals and enthusiastic applause, Sesame Street The Musical succeeded in bringing joy to its intended audience....
Review: DEAD INSIDE at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
'Dead Inside' is a beautifully crafted and deeply thoughtful production, but it’s also immensely funny – a balance Riki Lindhome seems to have mastered, and one that really lends itself to this difficult topic....
Review: ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND at District Fringe
What did our critic think of ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND at District Fringe?...
Review: DIALOGUES OF THE CARMELITES at The Barns At Wolf Trap
Wolf Trap Opera continues to breathe new life into the art form, and this weekend’s performance of Francis Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites was a special treat. ...
Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at Synetic Theater
In the hands of Synetic Theater, Shakespeare’s A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM becomes more than a whimsical tale of love and mischief—it transforms into a kinetic, visually arresting spectacle that dances between comedy and enchantment....
Review: PREY MOST DIFFICULT Offers a Modern Take on a Great Irish Legend
This year, the District Fringe Festival hosts a talented young performer, Erin Ellbogen, who takes us on a half-magical, half-film noir journey, in Corvin Kevlihan’s “Prey Most Difficult.” It is a solid effort at breathing new life into epic poetry the likes of which we think are long gone; ...
Review: HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD at National Theatre
The best-selling book series in history, which in turn became one of the highest-grossing franchises of filmdom would naturally spawn a big Broadway hit, the nationally touring version of which is playing D.C. at the National Theatre after four months each in Chicago and Los Angeles. ...
Review: MAGDALENE is a Moving Portrait of Christianity's Infancy
“Magdalene” is likely a play that will see numerous productions, given the times and the need for religious communities to break bread and try, in some way, to understand each other. You should definitely take time out this July to see this remarkable reflection on two of Christianity’s most...
Review: SIDE EFFECTS MAY INCLUDE... a Touching, Comedic Take on Mental Health
“Side Effects” is at heart a cautionary tale about what happens when we rely too much on the judgment of others, when professional knowledge pales in the face of simple human understanding. Loomer takes us on a whirlwind tour of therapists, nurses, and others, all of them ably embodied by a ...
Review: LOTUS: A QUARANTINE STORY at District Fringe
Two years of cancellations because of Covid helped lead to the dissolution of Capital Fringe in January after 20 years. To salvage the idea — and help the creators who had in some cases spent years on creating their own upcoming Fringe productions — a new, smaller District Fringe was established...
Review: KEVIN KLING: UNRAVELED; a Master Storyteller at the Peak of his Powers
To be in the presence of Kevin Kling is to be in the presence of a consummate storyteller at the peak of his powers. “Unraveled” is about as life-affirming as it gets, and coming as it does from someone who bears his challenges with such grace and disarming honesty, perhaps one of the enduring t...
Review: HAPPY FALL: A QUEER STUNT SPECTACULAR an Exhilarating, Sensuous Performance
“Happy Fall” is a celebration of the art of stage combat and stunt work on film. Audiences owe a huge debt to the men and women who put their bodies on the line so that our beloved stars (who truth be known aren’t allowed to do a fraction of the stuff we see on screen) can live to shoot anot...
Review: DID MY GRANDFATHER KILL MY GRANDFATHER? Features Masterful Storytelling
Peggy McKowen, Artistic Director of the Contemporary American Theater Festival, knows there are some amazing stories to be told by West Virginians themselves, and for this year’s festival our attention is richly rewarded by an evening spent with native son Cody LeRoy Wilson and his one-man show, �...
Review: THE H TWINS at District Fringe
The H Twins is a welcome debut at the District Fringe (as well as worldwide). This compelling piece is alternately intriguing, dramatically involving, suffused with touches of bittersweet dark comedy, and continually surprising in its narrative development.
There is no listed director but the autho...
Review: OUT OF MY WHEELHOUSE at District Fringe
An air of breezy improvisation (spurred on by challenges from the audience –wordplay, free association and audience interaction are all involved) is on-hand in the District Fringe offering entitled Out of My Wheelhouse. Director and producer Nora Dell states that “this show pushes the boundaries...
Review: APROPOS OF NOTHING at Keegan Theatre
Inappropriate crushes are best left to oneself, especially when it involves a married person — a lesson never learned by Owen (Ryan Sellers), the lead character in Greg Kalleres’ comedy “Apropos of Nothing” making its DC premiere at the Keegan Theatre....
Review: GO at District Fringe
Homesick for Charlot and Marcel Marceau? Fringe has a show for that--go to Go and watch an hour of nearly word-free 'teatro' by Rodin Alcerro and Pablo Guillén, two drifters, off to see the world....
Review: CHRIS GRACE: AS SCARLETT JOHANSSON at Kennedy Center Family Theater
'Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson' runs only slightly over an hour, but one leaves with a greater appreciation for our common humanity, regardless of race and gender...and isn't that, after all, the very mission of theatre?...
Review: A GUIDE TO MODERN POSSESSION at District Fringe
What did our critic think of A GUIDE TO MODERN POSSESSION at District Fringe? Dial or text 988 if you or someone you know are having suicidal thoughts. Act One of A Guide to Modern Possession by Caro Dubberly concludes with a suicide attempt. Inaugurating a new Fringe in an un-airconditioned 'space'...
Review: DUEL REALITY at the Shakespeare Theatre Company
Woe to Whoa to Wow! DUEL REALITY is an adrenaline-fueled retelling of Romeo & Juliet
At the Shakespeare Theatre Company through July 20....
Videos
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The Motion Arena Stage (5/06-6/14) |
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Wendell Pierce in Othello Shakespeare Theatre Company (5/19-6/28) |
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A Festival of Favorites and Firsts Theater J (5/30-6/06) |
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Once NextStop Theatre (5/21-6/21) |
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OR Atlas Performing Arts Center (5/15-6/07) |
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An Evening of Cabaret with Lina Koutrakos and Gregory Toroian Palisades Hub (5/29-5/29) PHOTOS |
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Nickelodeon's The SpongeBob Musical Three Notch Theatre (7/10-8/02) |
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HYPER_OBJECT Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center Theater (6/04-6/04) |
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Victorian Lyric Opera Company presents "Patience" F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (6/05-6/14) |
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Commedia Christmas Carol (2024) Streaming Traveling Players Ensemble (12/23-12/23) |
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