BWW Review: Mosaic Theater's A HUMAN BEING DIED THAT NIGHT
The riveting, ready-made drama of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings animate a new production at the Mosaic Theater Company of DC.
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BWW Review: Pointless Theatre's .d0t:: A ROTOPLASTIC BALLET Brings Futurism to Life
If you've ever dreamed of seeing Lin-Manuel Miranda collaborate with Daft Punk, Pointless Theatre's .
BWW Review: ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP at Adventure Theatre
Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA) companies have it more difficult than companies that present theatre for adults in some respects.
BWW Review: Coming of Age with Heart and Humor in BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS at Theater J
Featuring a cast of seasoned veteran actors working beside some of the DC-area's most gifted young performers, Theater J offers a sublime take on Neil Simon's semi-autobiographical look at growing up poor and horny in Depression era Brooklyn.
BWW Review: University of Maryland Explores the Underworld in THE ORPHEUS ADVENTURE
The Maryland Opera Studio at the University of Maryland's School of Music is a two-year program for graduate students in Opera Performance.
BWW Review: Arena's A RAISIN IN THE SUN Shines
Lorraine Hansberry's groundbreaking play A Raisin in the Sun is making Arena Stage its home for the next five weeks and it should not be missed.
BWW Review: CHICAGO at Kennedy Center
John Kander and Fred Ebb's murderess musical Chicago is back in town at the Kennedy Center's Opera House.
BWW Review: BOEING BOEING at NextStop Theatre Company
Just outside the hustle and bustle of Washington, DC, high quality theater is found at the NextStop Theatre Company in Herndon.
BWW Review: DOUBT: A PARABLE at Quotidian Theatre Company
Director Stevie Zimmerman's Doubt is a somber, fast-moving production.
BWW Review: Urban Bush Women's WALKING WITH 'TRANE a Brilliant Celebration of Dance as Jazz
There is be nothing on the stage more exhilarating, exasperating and joyful than the sight of an entire company completely committed, all on the edge-dancing literally on the edge of success, on the edge of failure.
BWW Review: BLOOD KNOT at Mosaic Theater Company
BLOOD KNOT is an apartheid-era Cain and Abel tale of half-brothers, Morris and Zachariah, who share a mother and a history, but have been separated by color and opportunity.
BWW Review: 'TIS A PITY SHE'S A WHORE Brings Love, Gore and Incest
A dark, tragic, comedy creates a surprsing mix
BWW Review: Brave Spirits Theatre Presents A KING AND NO KING
In keeping with Brave Spirits Theatre's commitment to producing overlooked works from Shakespeare's contemporaries, the company's staging of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher's A KING AND NO KING marks a DC metro area professional premiere.
BWW Review: Masterful PIKE ST. at Woolly Mammoth
Nilaja Sun sits in the chair, absorbed in herself as the audience at Woolly Mammoth takes its seats for her electrifying one-woman 'Pike St.
BWW Review: THE LITTLE MERMAID at Kennedy Center
Most of us know the story of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid from the Disney animated feature and subsequent stage musical adaptation.
BWW Review: Moody MIDWESTERN GOTHIC Premieres at Signature Theatre
My expectations for the premiere of MIDWESTERN GOTHIC at Signature Theatre were so high that the musical itself was bound to fall short, no matter what.
BWW Review: BATTLEFIELD at Kennedy Center
Sometimes a theatrical presentation doesn't need much to make its statement.
BWW Review: SOPHISTICATED LADIES: 100 YEARS OF ELLA & COMPANY
The National Symphony Orchestra's (NSO) Principal Pops Conductor Steven Reineke has always put together musical programs that are fun and classy.
BWW Review: BACK TO METHUSELAH Completes Its Journey
BACK TO METHUSELAH: AS FAR AS THOUGHT CAN REACH leads you through a philosophical discussion through some familiar characters.
BWW Review: Art Forms Brilliantly Collide in TO SAIL AROUND THE SUN at Kennedy Center
An aural and visual feast, TO SAIL AROUND THE SUN is wonderfully inventive and will hopefully set the stage for similar multidisciplinary programming in the future.
BWW Review: WELL at 1st Stage
Why are some people well and others unwell? Playwright Lisa Kron's Well, asks the hard questions.
BWW Review: Kennedy Center Hosts Palestinian Artist Raeda Taha's WHERE CAN I FIND SOMEONE LIKE YOU, ALI?
For years the word "Palestinian" has been synonymous with terror; it hasn't occurred to the mainstream media that beyond the headlines, and just out of the camera's view, are families-many of them now fatherless-struggling to survive and maintain their identity in a world that has grown increasingly
BWW Review: Timely New Play PETROL STATION Premieres at Kennedy Center
Anglo-Kuwaiti writer-director Sulayman Al Bassam's new play PETROL STATION is as of-the-moment as it gets.
BWW Review: LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO at the Kennedy Center
It's a long way from a cramped second-floor loft in lower Manhattan to the splendors of the Kennedy Center Opera House with a full orchestra.
BWW Review: ANTIGONON, UN CONTINGENTE EPICO at Kennedy Center
With the United States reopening its relations with Cuba, it only seems natural that the Kennedy Center would host a top Cuban theatre company, and its ambitious director, as part of its ongoing internationally-oriented Spotlight on Directors series.
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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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Gershwin, Bernstein & American Mosaic Wolf Trap (8/15-8/15) |
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Philadelphia Ballet Stars and Stripes Forever! Wolf Trap (9/10-9/10) |
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Nickelodeon's The SpongeBob Musical Three Notch Theatre (7/10-8/02) |
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7th Street Echo Mosaic Theater Company (3/25-4/18) |
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Misery Aldie Mill Historic Park (8/20-8/30) |
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Rockville Civic Ballet presents "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" and "Dracula" F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (7/25-7/26) |