Video: Go Inside Rehearsals & Learn About Signature Theatre's Revised SOFT POWER
by Joshua Wright - July 31, 2024
Go inside rehearsals and learn more about Signature Theatre's DC premiere of Soft Power. Soft Power is a musical fantasia with music by Jeanine Tesori (Kimberly Akimbo, Fun Home) and book and lyrics by David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly, Yellow Face).
by Joshua Wright - July 31, 2024
Go inside rehearsals and learn more about Signature Theatre's DC premiere of Soft Power. Soft Power is a musical fantasia with music by Jeanine Tesori (Kimberly Akimbo, Fun Home) and book and lyrics by David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly, Yellow Face).
Kennedy Center to Present NOURISH- Nourishing Mind, Body, and Soul Through the Arts
by BWW News Desk - July 30, 2024
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is launching Nourish—Nourishing Mind, Body, and Soul Through the Arts. Learn more and see how to take part!
by BWW News Desk - July 30, 2024
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is launching Nourish—Nourishing Mind, Body, and Soul Through the Arts. Learn more and see how to take part!
Shenandoah Conservatory Unveils Season of Music, Theatre, and Dance
by BWW News Desk - July 30, 2024
Shenandoah Conservatory of Shenandoah University has announced its highly anticipated season of music, theatre and dance. Learn more about the lineup here!
by BWW News Desk - July 30, 2024
Shenandoah Conservatory of Shenandoah University has announced its highly anticipated season of music, theatre and dance. Learn more about the lineup here!
The Kennedy Center Presents THE SECOND ANNUAL LOCAL THEATRE FESTIVAL
by BWW News Desk - July 29, 2024
The Kennedy Center has announced the return of the Local Theatre Festival at The REACH on Saturday, August 24, 2024, starting at 10:00 a.m.
by BWW News Desk - July 29, 2024
The Kennedy Center has announced the return of the Local Theatre Festival at The REACH on Saturday, August 24, 2024, starting at 10:00 a.m.
Review: SUMMERTIME: AWA SAL SECKA SINGS LADIES OF JAZZ at Signature Theatre
by Roger Catlin - July 29, 2024
The talented actress and sometime playwright has appeared in dozens of shows in D.C. — and several at Signature, including an award-winning performance in its Ragtime last year. Here, she shares her passion for jazz singers from the golden era that have never gone out of style in a personable revue backed by a couple of ace musicians.
by Roger Catlin - July 29, 2024
The talented actress and sometime playwright has appeared in dozens of shows in D.C. — and several at Signature, including an award-winning performance in its Ragtime last year. Here, she shares her passion for jazz singers from the golden era that have never gone out of style in a personable revue backed by a couple of ace musicians.
Review: BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL at Opera House/Kennedy Center
by Mary Lincer - July 26, 2024
The DeLorean in the photo looks cute, but the car star of Back to the Future: The Musical (BTTF), at the Kennedy Center through August 11, goes extremely way past cute when Marty McFly and Doc start driving.
by Mary Lincer - July 26, 2024
The DeLorean in the photo looks cute, but the car star of Back to the Future: The Musical (BTTF), at the Kennedy Center through August 11, goes extremely way past cute when Marty McFly and Doc start driving.
Review: THE MOORS at Faction Of Fools
by Roger Catlin - July 24, 2024
The Faction of Fools Theatre Company specializes in the arcane form of the Italian Renaissance, commedia dell’arte, with elaborate masks, exaggerated movements and a kind of extreme reading of what often are classic texts. The troupe’s “Commedia Romeo and Juliet,” revived earlier this year, was a good example of that.
by Roger Catlin - July 24, 2024
The Faction of Fools Theatre Company specializes in the arcane form of the Italian Renaissance, commedia dell’arte, with elaborate masks, exaggerated movements and a kind of extreme reading of what often are classic texts. The troupe’s “Commedia Romeo and Juliet,” revived earlier this year, was a good example of that.
KEM: HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS with the National Symphony Orchestra to be Presented at the Kennedy Center
by BWW News Desk - July 24, 2024
Experience KEM: HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS live at the Kennedy Center with the National Symphony Orchestra. Learn how to purchase tickets.
by BWW News Desk - July 24, 2024
Experience KEM: HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS live at the Kennedy Center with the National Symphony Orchestra. Learn how to purchase tickets.
Review: CAPITAL FRINGE FESTIVAL - Dance Highlights at Cafritz Hall And Delirium
by Emily Berger - July 23, 2024
While Fringe proudly does not screen for quality, from what this reviewer saw, this year's dance offerings including two strong works and another mediocre one.
by Emily Berger - July 23, 2024
While Fringe proudly does not screen for quality, from what this reviewer saw, this year's dance offerings including two strong works and another mediocre one.
BWW Q&A: Alec Wild on ROMEO AND JULIET / THE ROVER, OR THE BANISH'D CAVALIERS at Shakespeare Theatre Company
by Joshua Wright - July 23, 2024
Alec Wild was Founder and Artistic Director of the award-winning Folio Theatre in Chicago, and Founder/Producing Director of the Great River Shakespeare Festival in Minnesota. As the recipient of a Fox Fellowship, Mr. Wild traveled to Saint Petersburg, Russia, where he studied Directing and Biomechanics at the Saint Petersburg Academy of Theater.
by Joshua Wright - July 23, 2024
Alec Wild was Founder and Artistic Director of the award-winning Folio Theatre in Chicago, and Founder/Producing Director of the Great River Shakespeare Festival in Minnesota. As the recipient of a Fox Fellowship, Mr. Wild traveled to Saint Petersburg, Russia, where he studied Directing and Biomechanics at the Saint Petersburg Academy of Theater.
Review: MY CAT NAMED LUCY at Capital Fringe Festival
by Jake Bridges - July 22, 2024
I don’t think anyone will object when I become hyperbolic to say that we, as humans, love our pets. For most people, their cat or dog (or reptile or goldfish or whatever) becomes part of the family once a human assumes the role of pet owner.
by Jake Bridges - July 22, 2024
I don’t think anyone will object when I become hyperbolic to say that we, as humans, love our pets. For most people, their cat or dog (or reptile or goldfish or whatever) becomes part of the family once a human assumes the role of pet owner.
DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! THE MUSICAL to Play Chrysler Hall
by BWW News Desk - July 22, 2024
THE GRINCH will be performing in Norfolk at SevenVenues. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.
by BWW News Desk - July 22, 2024
THE GRINCH will be performing in Norfolk at SevenVenues. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.
Review: HA HA HA HA HA HA HA at Woolly Mammoth Theatre
by David Friscic - July 22, 2024
Steeped in a European existential sensibility, with healthy doses of theatre of the absurd, and an eerie ambience, --performance artist Julia Masli alternately entrances and provokes the audience with her finely honed comedic skills in the deliciously interactive production entitled ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
by David Friscic - July 22, 2024
Steeped in a European existential sensibility, with healthy doses of theatre of the absurd, and an eerie ambience, --performance artist Julia Masli alternately entrances and provokes the audience with her finely honed comedic skills in the deliciously interactive production entitled ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
Review: WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ALL THAT BEAUTY? A Deeply Moving Offering at CATF
by Andrew White - July 22, 2024
Playwright Donja R. Love refers to 'Beauty' as an offering, in the spiritual sense of the word; and it truly is one of the most uplifting cycles, in times of trouble and misunderstanding, we are likely to see. Director Malika Oyetimein has marshalled a stellar cast, and guided this show with great care and compassion.
by Andrew White - July 22, 2024
Playwright Donja R. Love refers to 'Beauty' as an offering, in the spiritual sense of the word; and it truly is one of the most uplifting cycles, in times of trouble and misunderstanding, we are likely to see. Director Malika Oyetimein has marshalled a stellar cast, and guided this show with great care and compassion.
Spotlight: WHO DID IT? at Capital Fringe Festival
by BWW Special Offer - July 22, 2024
Award-Winning Comedy Back at Fringe
by BWW Special Offer - July 22, 2024
Award-Winning Comedy Back at Fringe
Review: LA BOHÈME at Wolf Trap
by Emily Berger - July 20, 2024
Directed by John Caird and, for this revival, Katherine M. Carter, the production featured a talented cast of emerging opera stars, Studio Artists (many of whom were in featured roles), additional chorus members and the Children’s Chorus of Washington. This large cast filled the stage with excitement, love, and ultimately profound grief.
by Emily Berger - July 20, 2024
Directed by John Caird and, for this revival, Katherine M. Carter, the production featured a talented cast of emerging opera stars, Studio Artists (many of whom were in featured roles), additional chorus members and the Children’s Chorus of Washington. This large cast filled the stage with excitement, love, and ultimately profound grief.
Review: LOOKING FOR JUSTICE (IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES) at Bliss - Capital Fringe Festival
by Rachael F. Goldberg - July 20, 2024
Oppenheimer gives a great performance and a wonderful perspective on some of the core issues that many of us struggle with today, but flails a little when she tries to project onto others. Which, in a way, makes sense – after all, it’s harder to see the other sides of the story beyond your own.
by Rachael F. Goldberg - July 20, 2024
Oppenheimer gives a great performance and a wonderful perspective on some of the core issues that many of us struggle with today, but flails a little when she tries to project onto others. Which, in a way, makes sense – after all, it’s harder to see the other sides of the story beyond your own.
Review: WHO DID IT? at Capital Fringe - Theater J
by Rachael F. Goldberg - July 20, 2024
'Who Did It?' is a fun, silly, and engaging experience, and its improvised nature ensures it continues to entertain, even for those who make it an annual tradition.
by Rachael F. Goldberg - July 20, 2024
'Who Did It?' is a fun, silly, and engaging experience, and its improvised nature ensures it continues to entertain, even for those who make it an annual tradition.
Review: PONDERING ABOUT MY MEMORIES at Capital Fringe Festival
by Pamela Roberts - July 20, 2024
Rodin Alcerro’s PONDERING ABOUT MY MEMORIES is lush, powerful and deeply moving. Premiering at the Capital Fringe Festival, the play explores past, present and future. Like flecks of glitter in a snow globe, in this production thoughts, memories, and fragments drift peacefully or swirl turbulently and resettle each time in unique new ways.
by Pamela Roberts - July 20, 2024
Rodin Alcerro’s PONDERING ABOUT MY MEMORIES is lush, powerful and deeply moving. Premiering at the Capital Fringe Festival, the play explores past, present and future. Like flecks of glitter in a snow globe, in this production thoughts, memories, and fragments drift peacefully or swirl turbulently and resettle each time in unique new ways.
Review: RE: WRITING at Capital Fringe Festival
by Pamela Roberts - July 19, 2024
RE: WRITING is a moving and assured new work at the Capital Fringe Festival. The play delves into trust and memory. It asks who gets to tell your story, it reflects on the ethics of writing, and it looks at how we surface and articulate the major moments of our lives.
by Pamela Roberts - July 19, 2024
RE: WRITING is a moving and assured new work at the Capital Fringe Festival. The play delves into trust and memory. It asks who gets to tell your story, it reflects on the ethics of writing, and it looks at how we surface and articulate the major moments of our lives.
Review: PARTINGS: DANCES OF LETTING GO at Cafritz Hall
by Michela Dwyer - July 18, 2024
What did our critic think of PARTINGS: DANCES OF LETTING GO at Cafritz Hall?
by Michela Dwyer - July 18, 2024
What did our critic think of PARTINGS: DANCES OF LETTING GO at Cafritz Hall?
Review: THE HABER CONUNDRUM at Capital Fringe
by David Friscic - July 18, 2024
The complications of culture, career and conscience cut through fierce nationalistic pride in the heart and mind of the complex and committed Nobel -Prize winner Fritz Haber in the variegated one-person performance of David Kaye in The Haber Conundrum.
by David Friscic - July 18, 2024
The complications of culture, career and conscience cut through fierce nationalistic pride in the heart and mind of the complex and committed Nobel -Prize winner Fritz Haber in the variegated one-person performance of David Kaye in The Haber Conundrum.
Arena Stage Adds THE BEDWETTER to 2024-25 Season
by BWW News Desk - July 17, 2024
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has added The Bedwetter to its 2024/25 Season. Handpicked as part of Artistic Director Hana S. Sharif's inaugural season, The Bedwetter, the new musical based on comedian Sarah Silverman’s heartfelt memoir, will make its D.C. premiere next year.
by BWW News Desk - July 17, 2024
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has added The Bedwetter to its 2024/25 Season. Handpicked as part of Artistic Director Hana S. Sharif's inaugural season, The Bedwetter, the new musical based on comedian Sarah Silverman’s heartfelt memoir, will make its D.C. premiere next year.
May Pang To Showcase Candid Photos Of John Lennon At Nepenthe Gallery
by BWW News Desk - July 16, 2024
May Pang will exhibit her candid photos of John Lennon at Nepenthe Gallery in Alexandria from Thursday, July 18 to Sunday, July 21. Discover rare insights into Lennon's 'Lost Weekend' era.
by BWW News Desk - July 16, 2024
May Pang will exhibit her candid photos of John Lennon at Nepenthe Gallery in Alexandria from Thursday, July 18 to Sunday, July 21. Discover rare insights into Lennon's 'Lost Weekend' era.
Review: PILOBOLUS AT WOLF TRAP'S FILENE CENTER at Wolf Trap
by Emily Berger - July 16, 2024
The company's signature athletic partnering and haunting effects were on display across five works whose power was diminished by the same beauty and craft that made them worth noticing.
by Emily Berger - July 16, 2024
The company's signature athletic partnering and haunting effects were on display across five works whose power was diminished by the same beauty and craft that made them worth noticing.
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Guys and Dolls
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The Snowman and The Snowdog
Imagination Stage (11/22 - 1/4)
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Step Afrika!'s Magical Musical Holiday Step Show
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater (12/5 - 12/23) | |
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ho ho ho ha ha ha ha
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (11/13 - 12/21) | |
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Chanukah in the Dark
Theater J (12/6 - 12/21) | |
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Catch Me If You Can
Shenandoah Conservatory (2/26 - 3/1) | |
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Indecent
1st Stage (6/4 - 6/21) | |
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Between Riverside and Crazy
1st Stage (2/19 - 3/8) | |
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Visiting Mr. Green by Jeff Baron
ARTfactory (2/27 - 3/8) | |
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A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Olney Theatre Center (7/2 - 8/23) | |
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An Irish Carol
Keegan Theatre (12/11 - 12/28) | |
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