BWW Review: Spooky Action Theater Waxes Philosophical with RAMEAU'S NEPHEW
Spooky Action Theater opens its season with a cutting-edge play that covers politics, celebrity, and the nature of genius.
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BWW Review: DRIVING MISS DAISY With 'Little House on the Prairie' Star Karen Grassle Charms and Warms the Heart At Riverside Center
Riverside Center for the Performing Arts presents a first class production of Alfred Uhry's prize-winning drama DRIVING MISS DAISY.
BWW Review: BLACK DIAMOND by the Danish Dance Theatre at The Kennedy Center
Two masked figures stand over a man lying on the floor.
BWW Review: KISS is Not Just a Kiss at Woolly Mammoth
I wish you could see 'Kiss' at Woolly Mammoth Theatre the way I did: Without a lot of advance insight, no prior research and only the vague knowledge it was an adaptation of a foreign play.
BWW Review: THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING at Arena
One of the failings of human beings is the hesitance to visit those who have lost loved ones.
BWW Review: ALL THE WAY LIVE! at Kennedy Center is Oh So Fly!
Put your hands in the air and wave them up high; it's time to talk about (say it with me!) All the Way Live! The Kennedy Center and B-Fly Entertainment co-commissioned this high-energy and well-crafted show and I can truly say it is a match made in hip-hop heaven.
BWW Review: DEMO: HEROES at Kennedy Center
Melding all forms of the arts into a cohesive program is never an easy task.
BWW Review: THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE at Imagination Stage
An adaptation of Kate DiCarmillo's award-winning book The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane opens the 16/17 season for Imagination Stage in Bethesda, MD.
BWW Review: FRINGE POP at Capital Fringe
BWW Review: FRINGE POP at Capital Fringe, an intersection of film and theatre that explores the experience of residing in public vs.
BWW Review: ZOMBIE PROM A MUSICAL at Unexpected Stage Company
Never heard of ZOMBIE PROM until today? Me neither! Unexpected Stage Company did some digging, found a gem and dusted it off just in time for the 2016 Halloween season.
BWW Review: THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME Wows at the Kennedy Center
Let's just get right down to it.
BWW Review: Powerful ILIAD at Taffety Punk
By now the world is used to inhumane aberrations like ten-year wars.
BWW Review: SPRING AWAKENING at Shenandoah Conservatory
BWW Review: SPRING AWAKENING at Shenandoah Conservatory, a brilliant and commanding journey that engages from beginning to end.
BWW Review: ANGELS IN AMERICA: PERESTROIKA Completes Roundhouse & Olney's Theatrical Triumph
Roundhouse and Olney Theatre's joint production, while long by contemporary theatre-going standards, is as rewarding and heart-warming an evening of theatre as you will ever see.
BWW Review: DANTE'S INFERNO a Spectacle at Synetic Theater
Those people building ambitious commercial haunted houses this month might just call if quits when they see how much they've been outdone by the inventiveness and intent of Synetic Theater's 'Dante's Inferno.
BWW Review: Dive into THE GULF - A Sexy and Edgy World Premiere at Signature Theatre
Audrey Cefaly's new play THE GULF is an exciting premiere to say the least.
BWW Review: Studio Theater's MOTHERSTRUCK Strikes a Chord
MOTHERSTRUCK touches audiences with a lot of humor and a bit of sadness.
BWW Review: Keegan Theatre's WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST a Hip Comedy Classic
Exquisitely timed for the final run to the White House, Keegan Theatre 's production of 'What We're Up Against' is a whomping good time.
BWW Review: THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO Offers a Bouquet of Musical Delights at Washington National Opera
Legend has it there were five encores at the triumphant Viennese premiere of Mozart and da Ponte's Le Nozze di Figaro on May 1, 1786.
BWW Review: Flying V's BE AWESOME: A THEATRICAL MIXTAPE OF THE 90s
Music streaming services allow kids these days to put together digital playlists for every mood or activity.
BWW Review: How Do You Become a Producer? The Producers of the North American Premiere of THE WAR OF THE ROSES Explain
Jay and Cindy Gutterman bring a new comedy to the Wilmington Theatre Company in Wilmington, DE.
BWW Review: KNUFFLE BUNNY Spins a Great Tale at Adventure Theatre MTC
Every child has that one stuffed animal that they can't live without.
BWW Review: ROMEO AND JULIET at Shakespeare Theatre Company - A Fascinating Contemporary Treat
Director Alan Paul takes risks with Shakespeare's classic tale of romance and tragedy.
BWW Review: Delightfully Absurd COLLECTIVE RAGE: A PLAY IN FIVE BOOPS Premieres at Woolly Mammoth
The world premiere of Jen Silverman's COLLECTIVE RAGE: A PLAY IN FIVE BOOPS kicks off Woolly Mammoth's season with a perfect balance between the really absurd and the absurdly real.
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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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The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show The Dinner Detective Washington DC (7/25-7/25) |
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Penny's Dreadful Parlour: The Séance of Edgar Allan Poe The Ghost Museum (7/16-7/25) VIDEOS |
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Gershwin, Bernstein & American Mosaic Wolf Trap (8/15-8/15) |
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The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show The Dinner Detective Washington DC (9/12-9/12) |
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Paula Atherton comes to Blues Alley - July 23rd and 24th, 2 shows a night, 7 PM and 9:30 PM Blues Alley Club (7/23-7/24) |
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Rockville Little Theatre presents "The Game's Afoot" F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (9/25-10/04) |