WASHINGTON, DC THEATER REVIEWS

Like a sepia-toned photo from the pages of a family album, Avant Bard's production of HOLIDAY MEMORIES evokes seasonal joys untouched by commercialism and cynicism - two mortal enemies of the true spirit of Thanksgiving and Christmas, in my opinion. Taken from two personal short stories by the icono...

What is on your wish list? Time with your family? An iPhone 6s? Most would say perhaps the iPhone 6s (especially children), but after seeing The Hub Theatre's Wish List, you might want to make spending time with your family a top priority on your list. Wish List, directed by Kelsey Mesa, is a produc...

Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind at Woolly Mammoth: joyful, raw and revitalizing...

The lyrics to the jazz standard "All of Me" beautifully convey the sentiment of two people falling in love.  But when two actors share a stage kiss it is natural for the oxytocin created in our pituitary glands to manifest and make those feelings intensify, but is it love? Now, take two actors, who...

Christmas productions come sweet or sour this time or year. It hardly matters which one - everybody seemingly has to do something connected with the holiday. as if it were the only thing that would lure people away from stores, parties and seasonal responsibilities....

I was sitting in the Family Theatre at the Kennedy Center and was getting ready to watch Elephant & Piggie' We Are In A Play, and there was a young boy sitting next to me who did NOT want to be there. Crying and screaming, his dad finally took him out, as he calmed down and came back in the show was...

BAD JEWS makes you laugh until you cry and maybe even just cry....

Through these stories about Horton the Elephant and his friends, Seussical, directed by Jennifer Lambert and music directed by Evie Korovesis, captures the imaginations of children and adults alike....

All in all, this is a fun show for everyone, especially during this holiday season as we reflect upon those we love....

Featuring a host of home-grown talent from the Duke Ellington School of the Arts and Howard University, Black Nativity drinks deeply of the Christmas season's true spirit, the sorrow as well as the joy, and can fill your heart in ways that few holiday offerings can.  This isn't just a feel-good sho...

SantaLand Diaries is arguably the defining short story that put the now iconic essayist, NPR regular, and perpetual sardonic wit, David Sedaris on the literary map back in 1992. The story was adapted as a one-man stage production by Joe Mantello (Wicked, Take Me Out, Assassins) in 1996. The tale tel...

Charles Dickens tangles with Broadway this holiday season at MetroStage with Kathy Feininger's A BROADWAY CHRISTMAS CAROL. Broadway fan or not, it's hilarity for all....

For a play out of the ordinary for when it was written and now, look no further....

As the Billboard Top 40 Rap Chart features Broadway's own Hamilton at the top of the page, it's exciting to remember a time where hearing Broadway tunes on the radio, and having them performed by top talents was not such a rarity. If you need a reminder of the timelessness of a good melody, of the a...

The Kennedy Center has opened its holiday season with the Joffrey Ballet's brilliant, fascinating production of 'The Nutcracker.' With a stellar company, stunning set and lights, not to mention choreography to please mature and young audiences alike, it is a truly joyful event....

If you are a child at Christmas time, getting a lump of coal in your stocking is probably the worst gift that you could imagine. However, if the lump of coal is in the form of Erin Weaver's electrifying performance in Lump of Coal, currently playing at Adventure Theatre - MTC, then you got the perfe...

It's not easy to maintain a balance in dark comedy....

One of the most engaging and well-sung concerts I've seen in quite some time....

PERICLES, on stage at the Folger Theatre, is a gorgeous and focused production - this from a work that travels through decades and around the Mediterranean in a plot that layers incest, mistaken death, pirates, murder plots and selling a woman into prostitution. But in director Joseph Haj's capable ...

All in all, this is a thoroughly enjoyable production and one that I would highly recommend....

No matter how you slice it, he's a gifted vocalist....

A stellar cast of actor-singers, a first-rate orchestra, and solid technical elements are just some of the reasons why this national tour production - directed by Mark Brokaw - is a worthy one to attend during its brief stay at Washington DC's National Theatre....

Frank Loesser musical is sure to entertain....

Tony-winning musical directed and choreographed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge should not be missed....

With World War II raging on in Europe, Veta Simmons and her daughter, Myrtle Mae Simmons are fighting a battle of their own against Elwood P. Dowd, Veta's brother, in order to try to keep their social lives intact. However, all of their tactics cannot keep Elwood from inviting his friend, Harvey, to...