WASHINGTON, DC THEATER REVIEWS

Much of what transpires onstage on Jason Sherwood's realistic set is quite hilarious, but at the core of this world premiere musical we also have a sweet and charming story that's not so much about man vs. woman in the standard and expected way. It's more than that. And that's a good thing....

Agnes is a tough, drug and booze-fueled, down-and-out bartender living in a seedy motel room somewhere in Oklahoma when her lesbian best friend brings a paranoid drifter named Peter over for a night of snorting, smoking and drinking. When Peter's conspiratorial stories begin to infiltrate Agnes's mi...

For Trish, David Coverdale is her muse. She worships Whitesnake and considers herself to be their ultimate groupie. When Trish (Kristen Jepperson) is invited onto Whitesnake's tour bus, she is in heaven. However, her minute in heavy metal heaven is short lived. Trish is left behind by the tour bus a...

She has something special, and a vocal ability that exceeds her young age....

The anonymous hospital room full of false cheer. The middle aged woman, a little impatient about being cooped up there after a few days for some tests after a small stroke. The frazzled adult daughter, trying to do her best to take care of her mother's needs while having more than her share of her o...

It may be surprising and a little disappointing that one of the latest world premieres in the Women's Voices Theatre Festival is about a woman who fixates on a man to solve all her problems....

One thing is certain, when the lights go down in the Synetic Theater space, they will not come up on the expected; the imaginative company's signature is their unique and creative approach to storytelling on stage. They are known for their physicality and elaborate staging (you might have already ex...

Clare Lizzimore's challenging play benefits from the immersive and intimate staging that Director Gaye Taylor Upchurch has conjured up for this inaugural Studio X production, as well as some excellent acting....

Romance must be in the air—maybe it's the invigorating chill of fall weather and the crunch of leaves underfoot, but whatever the reason it's time for Quotidean to offer a heart-warmer of a play as its season opener.  Quotidean's offering, as part of the Women's Voices Theater Festival, is a prem...

Explore a world of shadows in music in this world premiere....

Jessica Dickey's world-premiere comedic drama THE GUARD, currently playing at Ford's Theatre, paints masterful depictions of not only Rembrandt and Homer, but also those in modern times who cherish their works and wish to find beauty and memory themselves....

Composers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul's musical is smashing....

Superb cast at Toby's is not to be missed....

Part history lesson, part argument for female empowerment, and part enticing family drama, the compelling and beautifully staged and acted production goes above and beyond your standard theatre for young audiences offering....

Pregnancy is certainly a woman's issue. Add in fertility treatments and being of 'advanced maternal age' makes pregnancy an odyssey. NO SPRING CHICKEN premiers at NextStop Theater Company as part of the Women's Voices Theater Festival. The one woman show, directed by Sullivan Canaday White and writt...

Surprising and unique is the name of the game here....

DESTINY OF DESIRE playwright Karen Zacarias and director Jose Luis Valenzuela combine theatre and telenovela to give DC audiences a hilarious yet insightful look at the stories we love to say we never watch....

Poised to take you to heaven with a song, a prayer and a tug at the heartstrings, SISTER ACT THE MUSICAL is a blessing that needs no disguise. Fredericksburg's Riverside Center Dinner Theatre is presenting the regional premiere of this London and Broadway hit adaptation of the Whoopi Goldberg starri...

World Premiere Adaption by Christopher Baker may even have enough legs for Broadway....

You'd hardly identify E.M. Lewis' world premiere, NOW COMES THE NIGHT, opening the season at First Stage in Tysons as a part of the Women's Voices Theatre Festival....

UPRISING, premiering at MetroStage, is a powerful and engaging work that asks what choices we make to ensure freedom and for what would we sacrifice it....

I've been watching Ms. Ursula onstage in the DC area for years, and she's never failed to impress, but her performance here is simply at another level. I am glad she had the opportunity, under Eleanor Holdridge's thoughtful direction, to show us all of what she can do - and in a locally grown, thou...

For a perfect evening's entertainment, let's begin with a big city and a cozy circle of single girls on the lookout for the Man of Their Dreams-or a reasonable, one-night facsimile.  Stir in the plot elements of true love thwarted, women stealing men behind each other's backs; sprinkle liberally wi...

Washington National Opera began what may be one of its more artistically challenging seasons Saturday with the most crowd-pleasing production....

Wajdi Mouawad's SEULS is memorable.......