The Fruits of Our Labor is a world premiere production from Step Afrika!, commemorating America's 250th anniversary. Directed by Jakari Sherman, with Conrad R. Kelly II and Vusi Mdoyi, the work blends stepping, percussion, poetry, and song into a rhythmic exploration of...
Nikola – A New Musical charts the rise of inventor Nikola Tesla from unknown engineer to eccentric genius to "mad scientist." As his celebrity grows and his rivalry with Thomas Edison intensifies, Tesla pushes himself, his followers, and the limits of electric power to dangerous...
Prima Facie, written by Suzie Miller, is a Tony-nominated one-woman drama receiving its first-ever U.S. regional staging at Arena Stage. The play follows Tessa, a criminal defense attorney at the height of her career, who has built her success defending men accused of sexual...
Purpose, written by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, is a family drama about faith, inheritance, and long-held secrets. The play centers on the Jaspers, a Black political dynasty of civil rights leaders, pastors, and congressmen who have long anchored...
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The world premiere production kicking off the 51st season at GALA Hispanic Theatre, “GARBO: The Actor Who Saved the World,” is not, it turns out, about Greta at all. Rather, it’s about somebody else far fewer people have heard of, who was working roughly the same time — World War II to be sp…
Merrily We Roll Along tackles these behemoth existentialisms at a granular level in the lives of three old friends. It’s one of those shows that leaves you with something to ponder for days after the lights come up. In Signature Theatre’s hands, Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s masterpiece …
Freddie: A Girl (now being presented by the Taffety Punk Theatre Company) is a triumph of theatrical form over content. The subject of resistance fighters against the Nazis in World War II is obviously a fraught and very serious business especially in these polarized times-- but Director Lise Brunea…
Diana Gitelman brings her one-person show to the Logan Festival of Solo Performance. See what our critic had to say.…
If you’ve ever wondered what it may be like to party with the Brontё sisters, get ready to sip on a lot of cordials, margaritas, and rosè and experience an evening like no other at Nu Sass Productions’ Brontё Sister House Party.…
It is not often that a singer can enter a stage with a full symphony orchestra playing behind him and hold a sold out crowd of 7,028 people spellbound. This past Saturday evening at Wolf Trap’s Filene Center, Grammy nominated singer/actor Josh Groban did just that while being backed by YOUR Nation…
What did our critic think of THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW at Monumental Theatre?…
Theater fans should run and catch Ronald Rand’s fascinating solo show about Harold Clurman's life and career, which is part of the Logan Festival of Solo Performance at 1st Stage in Tysons Corner, Virginia through August 30.…
Baron Vaughn tells tales of complex family relationships, generational trauma, and breaking that cycle through the way that he parents his own children and manages family life, with just the right amount of comedy. …
The Notebook at The National Theatre remarkably utilizes Allie & Noah’s lifelong love as an emotional smokescreen for the underlying calamity, time. Guided by a sweeping score, the beloved story is somehow even more impactful in musical form.…
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Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater is pleased to announce the premiere of Waiting Room: A New Film by Arena Stages Voices of Now Ensembles which debuts on June 26 at 7 p.m. on Arenas website. Waiting Room explores how remote learning and social isolation have...
Fannie Lou Hamer, Speak On It! is a captivating call to action and look at the impassioned freedom fighter who became one of the most powerful female voices of the civil and voting rights movements. Two-time Helen Hayes award-winner E. Faye Butler (Arenas Carousel, Aint...
The world-renowned Fisk Jubilee Singers shattered racial barriers in the U.S. and abroad, entertaining kings and queens. For centuries, the bold a capella African American ensemble born on the campus of Fisk University has blended their rich voices together sharing a heritage of...
The 2019 Arena Stage Gala will be a night to remember.
As the brilliant and calculating Robert Merkin prepares a hostile takeover of a family-owned manufacturing company, he is not concerned about crossing the line to get what he wants in the name of “saving America.” Inspired by the volatile and cut-throat financial world and the...
Complicated, passionate and difficult, John Quincy Adams was a brilliant diplomat, ineffectual one-term President and congressman known for his eloquence, arrogance and integrity. This unique, highly-theatrical play by award-winning playwright Aaron Posner (Stupid F**king Bird)...
It is one of the most pivotal moments in history?—?the Soviet Union has collapsed. In the ensuing rampage of hyper-capitalism, the Oligarchs, a new class of robber barons, plunge Russia into a terrifying dark age of chaos and corruption. When the richest and most ruthless...
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater will host its second annual Camp Arena Stage Open House on Saturday, January 12, 2019 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Mead Center (1101 Sixth Street, SW). The day features sample activities and classes taught by camp staff...
In 1923, the Broadway debut of Sholem Asch’s Yiddish drama God of Vengeance set the stage for an explosive moment in its theatrical history. The evocative work of Jewish culture was praised and criticized for taboo themes of censorship, immigration and anti-Semitism. Inspired by...
The SS American has set sail from NY to London. Aboard, the lovelorn Billy has stowed away on a mission to stop the marriage of his mystery muse, countess Hope Harcourt, to the millionaire Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. Now, it is up to Billy with the help of showgirls, sailors, and...
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Brian Henson's Puppet Up! Lincoln Theatre (9/30-9/30) |
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GARBO: EL ACTOR QUE SAVÓ AL MUNDO (Garbo: The Actor Who Saved The World) GALA Hispanic Theatre (9/03-9/27) |
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A Monument To Comedy DC Improv (9/15-9/15) |
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Coming to America: An Immigrant Cabaret ExPats Theatre (9/30-10/18) |
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Stonewall's Bust The Writers Center (10/09-10/25) |
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Where Dead Women Go to Dance Theatre Prometheus (9/25-10/17) |
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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Round House Theatre (9/09-10/11) |
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Borisevich Duo The Alden Theatre (10/25-10/25) |
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Interplay Orchestra presents "Time of Our Lives" F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (10/07-10/07) |
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Grand Kyiv Ballet presents "The Swan Lake: Symphony of Lights F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (11/18-11/18) |
