BWW Review: ANNIE Brings Her Smile To The National Theatre
That perennially adorable optimist Annie, and her fellow orphans have landed at Washington's National Theatre, and they're bringing the cute.
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BWW Review: 110 IN THE SHADE Brings a Miracle to Ford's Theatre
A gem of a musical written by The Fantasticks team of Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones with libretto by N.
BWW Review: Forum Theatre's Chilling THE PILLOWMAN
Forum's chilling production will certainly keep you in suspense.
BWW Review: Kennedy Center's THE ODYSSEY Celebrates the People and Music of Vietnam
The music stylings and influences of Vietnam were on full display with World Stage's The Odyssey: from Vietnam to America.
BWW Review: DREAM LOGIC: Aura Curiatlas at the Atlas Performing Arts Center
Combine strength and humor, a dash of curiosity, a pinch of whimsy, and a generous dose of inventiveness, mix thoroughly and you have Aura Curiatlas Physical Theatre's compelling brand of storytelling and movement.
BWW Reviews: THEY DON'T PAY? WE WON'T PAY! at Ambassador Theater
There is little worse than a play that doesn't understand its purpose.
BWW Review: TRIAL BY JURY At Baltimore's Historic Westminster Hall - A Victorian Treat
Gilbert & Sullivan's operetta performed by Baltimore lawyers and judges along with performers from the Young Victorian Theatre Company is just plain well-done!
BWW Review: LANGUAGE OF THE FUTURE: LETTERS TO JACK is Mesmerizing at the Kennedy Center
In Language of the Future: Letters to Jack, Anderson's new work uses a blend of prose and poetry with punches of other worldly orchestral sounds of Kodheli's married with Anderson's electronic sounds.
BWW Review: THE LION Brings Raw Emotion to Arena Stage
The premise of THE LION is simple and honest: one actor accompanying himself on guitar as he tells his story.
BWW Review: Shakespeare Theatre Company Presents an OTHELLO for Our Times
Shakespeare Theatre Company proves once again their place as one of the nation's finest classical theatre companies with a new production of OTHELLO.
BWW Review: FOR COLORED GIRLS/WORD BECOMES FLESH at Theater Alliance
Theater Alliance's for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf and Word Becomes Flesh are both beautiful theatrical experiences; when presented together their power and resonance only magnifies.
BWW Review: CRIMES OF THE HEART Is Heart-Stopping in Bursts at NEXTSTOP Theatre
NEXTSTOP Theatre's production of Crimes of the Heart provides a few bursts of heart-stopping drama with minimal laughs and leaves the 1970's aesthetic at the door.
BWW Review: THE WASHINGTON BALLET Celebrates Septime Webre's Legacy in Director's Cut
On the evening of Thursday, February 25th 2016 at the Eisenhower Theater in Washington, DC, Director's Cut began with a standing ovation for Artistic Director Septime Webre who just announced his departure from the Washington Ballet after a seventeen-year tenure.
BWW Review: Darren Criss, Betsy Wolfe, and the National Symphony Bring a Little Broadway to Kennedy Center
One thing I can always count on when I go to a National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) Pops concert featuring music of the Great White Way - and perhaps beyond - is that the accomplished musicians and their exceptional conductor Steven Reineke will give it all the energy, vigor and verve it deserves.
BWW Review: JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH Goes On an Adventure at Adventure Theatre MTC
One of the many things that Adventure Theatre MTC does right its new gorgeous production of Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach is to bring back director Michael Baron to the area.
BWW Review: Signature Theatre's ROAD SHOW Gets It Right
With Road Show, Signature Theatre once again proves why they are DC's leading interpreter of Stephen Sondheim's work.
BWW Review: SUTTON FOSTER Sparkles in Performance with the Baltimore Symphony
Principal Baltimore Symphony Pops Conductor Jack Everly presents top notch entertainment.
BWW Review: ROMEO AND JULIET at Synetic Theater
Shakespeare's iambic pentameter, the rhythm of his words, echo the human heartbeat: ba-BUM, ba-BUM.
BWW Review: Compelling PROMISED LAND from Mosaic
It might be inviting this jammed political year to escape all the televised debates, town halls and election coverage and simply take in a play.
BWW Review: Brisk, Moving CONSTELLATIONS at Studio
Quantum physics and string theory are recent enough areas of study to still blow the minds of physicists and be a complete mystery to those unfamiliar with the science.
BWW Review: CARMEN - An Afro-Cuban Jazz Musical at Olney Theatre Center - New Musical Sizzles With Sensuality
Get your tickets now for what could become the hottest ticket of the 2016 theater season.
BWW Review: Raucous, Rocking YOU OR WHATEVER I CAN GET at Flying V Theater
Flying V has carved out a niche in the DC theater scene by producing unabashedly joyful, adventurous and original material.
BWW Review: ALAN CUMMING SINGS SAPPY SONGS at Strathmore
Cumming gave the audience a concert to remember.
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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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Come From Away Ford's Theatre (9/10-10/18) |
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7th Street Echo Mosaic Theater Company (3/25-4/18) |
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DC COMEDY FESTIVAL 2026 Washington (9/09-9/12) |
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Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony Wolf Trap (8/14-8/14) |
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Philadelphia Ballet Stars and Stripes Forever! Wolf Trap (9/10-9/10) |
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Josh Johnson DAR Constitution Hall (10/02-10/02) |