WASHINGTON, DC THEATER REVIEWS

THE TYPOGRAPHER'S DREAM, although relatable for many audiences, leaves one unsatisfied....

AFTER THE REVOLUTION and 4000 MILES are both directed by Lila Neugebauer and it's quite the experience....

Armed with a new, more relevant, adaptation by Annie Baker, director John Vreeke has pulled together a lively and energetic take on Chekov that is a hilarious as it is heartbreaking. A great team of designers and extraordinary cast has made Round House Theatre's take on UNCLE VANYA a highlight of th...

Sadness and joy is a recurring motif in music. In Jan Marans' provocative play, Old Wicked Songs, it is a motif that is played out both figuratively and musically. In Marans' play Viennese music professor Josef Mashkan points out that only those who have suffered can truly emote beautiful music. Cou...

Imagination Stage creates a vivid production that, thankfully, gives its young audiences a glimpse of a world that exists beyond current events, and revels in magic and stories....

Everyman presents Henrik Ibsen's 1882 tragedy....

Arena Stage has a gem in Christopher Durang's Tony Award winning play VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE....

Grab some children - or kids at heart - and make your way to Adventure Theatre MTC for their new version of Baum's popular tale, here called THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ. In a whirlwind of a production, aimed at young audiences, this WIZARD weaves a spell that cannot be broken by the wickedest of witc...

NextStop Theatre Company gives us a smartly staged, beautifully sung production of THE SECRET GARDEN that reminds its audiences of the hope and new beginnings of spring....

1972. Toronto, Ontario. An eclectic group of men and women gather to see if they can create a fictional character - a ghost - that they will attempt to communicate with through seance. This eerie night became known as the controversial 'Philip Experiment.' Though critics question the experiment's re...

With so many Sondheim revues, this begs the question of whether there is room or a need for yet another one. With SIMPLY SONDHEIM, Signature Theatre makes a strong case for an affirmative answer to that question....

At Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, strong direction by Company Member Michael John Garces and tour-de-force acting performances from all three cast members bring out the best of Beckim's tightly written script....

Barbara Cook's Spotlight Series at The Kennedy Center has served as an incredible showcase for some of Broadway's greatest talent to take a smaller stage. The first one I attended was 5 years ago when Laura Benanti took the stage. Since then, dozens of other brilliant performers have taken to the Te...

Although Jessica Lang Dance was founded in 2011, Artistic Director Jessica Lang is no newcomer to the dance scene. Lang, a disciple of Twyla Tharp, is on the faculty of American Ballet Theatre's Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School and has been an active choreographer since 1999. Lang's signature sty...

I could probably write a one sentence review of Audra McDonald's concert at Bethesda's magnificent Music Center at Strathmore that would sum up my reaction quite well. It would read something like this: Audra is perfection and can do anything....

At the end of a season of "origins and migrations" the Georgetown University Theater and Performance Studies Program transports audiences to late 1990's Australia, where a diverse cast of characters struggles with loss, upheaval, and interminable drought in Slow Falling Bird...

Director Alan Paul establishes himself as a Musical Director Extraordinaire...

Baltimore's Rabbi Menachem Youlus spun fantastical tales about his recovery of 1,000 Torahs. From the 'Auschwitz' Torah, which Rabbi Youlous 'located' using a metal detector in a prewar Auschwitz cemetery, to 'purchasing' a Torah from a former Auschwitz prison guard, Rabbi Youlous convinced many tha...

When Sarah Ruhl was a student at Brown University, she embarked on a journey that would culminate in her sprawling epic, Passion Play, which was first performed at Arena Stage in 2005. Her three act tome tells the story of a group of actors performing the story of the Crucifixion and Resurrection of...

On the heels of Kander and Pierce's KID VICTORY comes Blaemire's SOON. Much like KID VICTORY, this premiere production is bit quirky, wholly original, daring, and seeks to advance our understanding of what we know musical theatre to be....

The mission of UrbanArias is promising, but they have ultimately created a verbose opera with a muddy plot, leaving talented singers to make the best of what can delicately be described as a work that needs a lot more time and thought....

Scena Theatre's The Norwegians is just what the doctor ordered: dramatic hit-man thriller skewered into clever, oddball farce. As Washington, D.C. finally emerges from a mean winter, it's incredible fun to laugh over the antics that a long cold-season can bring about....

The Highwood Theatre's student production of 'August: Osage County' aims to create an open dialogue within the community to raise education and awareness of mental health issues....

The cast of Riverside Center's 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL works hard to elevate the material. Popular TV star Sally Struthers returns to the dinner theatre after her leading role in HELLO, DOLLY! and a turn in THE FULL MONTY. This time, Struthers sexes up her comic turn as office snitch Roz in the workplace...

Ron Lala Theater Company takes its audience members on an imaginative and fun dual journey through the madness of Don Quixote, and the identity struggles of his creator, Miguel Cervantes....