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BWW Review: Solid Performances fill Scena's THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN

by Benjamin Tomchik — November 3, 2015

The Cripple of Inishmaan features solid performances.

BWW Review: WORLD BUILDERS at Forum Theatre

by Greg Alcock — November 3, 2015

Whitney and Max are participants in a 42-day residential clinical drug trial for a medication treating the symptoms of their Schizoid Personality Disorder.

BWW Review: FENCES at Everyman Theatre - It's a Home Run

by Charles Shubow — November 2, 2015

August Wilson play is a superb production.

TECHNICOLOR LIFE at Rep Stage in Columbia is a World Premiere by Jami Brandli

by Charles Shubow — November 2, 2015

Part of the Women's Voices Theatre Festival, author Brandli shows great promise.

BWW Review: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Shines at Kensington Arts Theatre

by Rebecca Maynard — November 10, 2015

"What's the buzz? Tell me what's-a-happening?" Anyone familiar with JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, Andrew Lloyd Webber's long-lived rock musical, will find those lyrics familiar.

BWW Reviews: RANDY GRAFF IN BARBARA COOK'S BROADWAY SPOTLIGHT at The Kennedy Center

by Jamie McGonnigal — November 2, 2015

What happened Thursday night though, was not only a trip down memory lane with a woman who created roles in Les Miserables, City of Angels, and one of my all time favorites, A Class Act, but it was a master class in how to perform a song.

BWW Review: DARIUS & TWIG Sprints to the Finish Line

by Hannah Menchhoff — November 2, 2015

DARIUS & TWIG brings societal relevance to younger theater.

BWW Review: Big-Hearted and Irreverent AVENUE Q at Constellation Theatre Company

by Pamela Roberts — October 30, 2015

AVENUE Q is an irreverent and big-hearted look at life once you've graduated from Sesame Street and from college but Real Life hasn't quite kicked in quite the way you'd envisioned.

BWW Review: An Exceptional Ensemble Brings THE NIGHT ALIVE at Round House Theatre

by Greg Alcock — October 30, 2015

Tommy is a perpetually down-on-his-luck, 50-something Irishman, who rents a squalid room in his drunkard uncle Maurice's Dublin home.

BWW REVIEWS: Tracy Lynn Olivera's HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR at Signature is More Treat than Trick

by Benjamin Tomchik — October 29, 2015

Halloween Spooktacular is perfect for those who enjoy the lighter side of Halloween or those looking for a funnier way to celebrate the ghoulish holiday.

BWW Review: Signature Offers Up Curious World Premiere With GIRLSTAR

by Jennifer Perry — October 27, 2015

All in all, one might chalk this one up as a 'miss,' but it's not a complete miss thanks to the talent involved.

BWW Review: Ancient ANTIGONE Lives Again with Juliette Binoche

by Jeffrey Walker — October 27, 2015

Stripped to the essentials - a stage, a handful of actors, a rapt audience - ANTIGONE recently proved once again its place in the pantheon of the world's finest tragic plays.

SHIBBOLETH - A World Premiere at Dublin's Abbey Theatre

by Charles Shubow — October 26, 2015

Stacy Gregg's latest play about 'Peace Walls' in Belfast.

BWW Review: Kennedy Center's SANCHO Struggles to Balance Personality and Character

by Benjamin Tomchik — October 26, 2015

It is not often that we see stories about slavery from a non-American perspective.

BWW Review: ERMA BOMBECK: AT WIT'S END at Arena Stage

by Heather Nadolny — October 26, 2015

Arena Stage puts beloved columnist, author and women's advocate Erma Bombeck front and center in a show that, while full of wit and memories, needs a more fulfilling script.

BWW Review: Powerful CAPERS Returns at Forum Theatre

by Roger Catlin — October 23, 2015

Act locally, think globally is exactly what happened to Anu Yadav's innovative piece of activist theatre, 'Capers.

BWW Review: THE DEALER OF BALLYNAFEIGH at Keegan Theatre

by Jamie McGonnigal — October 22, 2015

One of the contributions to the Women's Voices Theatre Festival is The Keegan Theatre's THE DEALER OF BALLYNAFEIGH, a new dark comedy/farce from Rosemary Jenkinson, and directed by Abigail Isaac Fine.

BWW Review: VelocityDC Dance Festival Showcases the Variety of DC Dance Scene

by Frances Steiner — October 23, 2015

VelocityDC Dance Festival is true to its name.

BWW Reviews: Taut, Dark Ireland in Keegan's THE MAGIC TREE

by Andrew White — October 21, 2015

Sarma, an Irish-Indian playwright, gives us a glimpse of the despair of a Celtic Tiger weighed down by debt and economic depression.

BWW Review: GIMME A BAND! GIMME A BANANA! THE CARMEN MIRANDA STORY Shines at Pointless Theatre

by Emma Kouguell — October 21, 2015

Our famous 'Lady in the Tutti Fruti Hat' has been revived in Pointless Theatre's Women's Voices Theater Festival show, GIMME A BAND! GIMME A BANANA! THE CARMEN MIRANDA STORY.

BWW Review: LOVECRAFT: NIGHTMARE SUITE at Molotov Theatre Group

by Hannah Land — October 19, 2015

Molotov Theatre Group's Lovecraft: Nightmare Suite is a piece of Halloween candy: sweetly frightening but not enough to fill you up.

BWW Review: BARBARA COOK'S SPOTLIGHT: TERRI WHITE at The Kennedy Center

by Heather Nadolny — October 19, 2015

Longtime Broadway performer TERRI WHITE took The Kennedy Center stage in a farewell solo performance that covered her many roles, thoughts on life and love of her family and the theatre.

BWW Review: JULIUS CAESAR Embraces Mother Russia at the Hylton Performing Arts Center

by Hannah Wing — October 19, 2015

'I will do so.

BWW Review: Stunning and Provocative SALOME at the Shakespeare Theatre Company

by Pamela Roberts — October 17, 2015

SALOME is a visually stunning world premiere that brings us deeply complex characters struggling for command and dignity in one of history's most highly contested strips of land.

BWW Review: Small Musical Scores Big at Signature with CAKE OFF

by Jennifer Perry — October 13, 2015

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.

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