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by Pamela Roberts - June 12, 2026
In its world premiere at Mosaic Theater Company, Precarious begins at a simmer and quickly works toward a boil. Vi arrives unannounced at her daughter’s apartment just as a dangerous heatwave envelopes the city....
by Audrey Cahak - June 11, 2026
Billed by Edge of the Universe Theater as “Monty Python meets Oscar Wilde,” Loot is a quirky, satirical snapshot of 1960s Britain that shares images of 2020s America. Written in 1965 by controversial playwright Joe Orton, Loot explores religious, moral, and institutional corruption through the c...
by Roger Catlin - June 08, 2026
Theatre Prometheus, a company devoted to queer and feminist art, celebrates Pride Month 2026 with a production that’s more than 400 years old....
by Jake Bridges - June 07, 2026
What did our critic think of INDECENT at 1st Stage?...
by David Friscic - June 08, 2026
The historical and still-ongoing revelations about the children that Thomas Jefferson had with his slave woman Sally Hemmings has justifiably created a reevaluation of Thomas Jeferson’s image and reputation---as one can discover in Suzan-Lori Parks’ probing play Sally & Tom currently playing at ...
by Roger Catlin - June 03, 2026
“It’s not a play,” Justin Weaks declares fairly early in his one-man “A Fine Madness” presented by the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. “But we gon’ play,” he adds....
by Brian Bochicchio - June 01, 2026
National Tour is tighter and cleans up some of the grittier sensibilities while employing Broadway level talent....
by Roger Catlin - June 01, 2026
The Shakespeare Theatre Company has had a rich history of stars lured to its stage — not just to sell tickets through big names. The actors nearly always deliver — and the company attracts them because of the quality and rigor it retains....
by Roger Catlin - May 26, 2026
The separation of the Washington National Opera from the overrun-and-soon-to-close Kennedy Center has meant next season’s eight planned productions, including five full length operas, will occur on five different stages in the D.C. area. ...
by Mary Lincer - May 24, 2026
What did our critic think of THE MANNEQUIN at We Happy Few?...
Past Shows
A MISANTHROPE is a brisk, biting comedy about a cynic named Alceste who thinks insincerity is a sin. But the jokes on him when he...
TOPDOG/UNDERDOG by Suzan-Lori Parks, Directed by DeMone Seraphin. Starring Louis E. Davis and Jeremy Keith Hunter. A tensely funny and dead serious tragicomedy, TOPDOG/UNDERDOG is...
A Two Woman Hamlet By William Shakespeare Directed by Mara Sherman Starring Hannah Sweet & Nicola Collett No matter how many Hamlets you've seen, you...
A freewheeling queering of Twelfth Night, Illyria reimagines Shakespeare's comedy of mixed-signal love as a bohemian cabaret in an underground queer club in early ’80s...
By William Shakespeare Directed by Tom Prewitt Starring Christopher Henley as Prospero Swept away by love and magic. Shakespeare’s classic comedy—the only play he set...
By Lauren Gunderson Directed by Rick Hammerly Brilliant. Passionate. Defiant. Tonight the 18th-century scientific genius Emilie du Châtelet is back and determined to answer the...
An epic parent-child drama and then some. Shakespeare's greatest tragedy begins as fairy tale (“Once upon a time there was an old king who had...
AVANT BARD PRESENTS the legendary African American musical The Gospel at Colonus, a soaring celebration of transcendence and the fragility of life. It transforms Sophocles’...
AVANT BARD PRESENTS AN EXPLOSIVE DRAMA set in 1960s Texas about a wildly creative and spirited young poet named Cat. Grieving the suicide of her...
Videos
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CrazySexyCool – The TLC Musical Arena Stage (6/12-8/09) |
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Wendell Pierce in Othello Shakespeare Theatre Company (5/19-6/28) |
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Once NextStop Theatre (5/21-6/21) |
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The Motion Arena Stage (5/06-6/14) |
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Loot Gunston Arts Center (6/05-6/28) |
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Rockville Little Theatre presents "Lettice & Lovage" F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (1/29-2/07) |
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How Shakespeare Saved My Life Folger Shakespeare Library (6/09-7/05) PHOTOS |
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The Play That Goes Wrong Keegan Theatre (6/06-7/12) |
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Macbeth Three Notch Theatre (8/06-8/15) |
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Pete the Cat: A Live Rock Musical Imagination Stage (6/17-7/26) |
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