The Second Best School Shooting at NextStop Theatre asks a brutal question: what happens to grief when the next tragedy comes along and steals the focus? The show is riveting, thought-provoking and not to be missed.…
Come From Away at Ford’s Theatre recounts one such echo on that fateful day in Newfoundland, Canada – the northeast tip of North America. Digging into a vast array of individual stories from the day, this production is equal parts moving, humanizing, and at times even humorous.…
Excellent performances elevate an uneven script.…
Amid August Wilson’s ambitious and towering 10-play American Century Cycle, each one representing a different decade in the Black experience, “Ma Rainey’s Black Botton,” set in 1920s blues recording studio, is perhaps most dynamic.…
The immigrant story meets Wizard of Oz in DC premiere of new musical. See what our critic had to say.…
Written by Steve Yockey (HBO’s The Flight Attendant and Netflix’s Dead Boy Detectives) and directed by Reggie D. White, Woolly Mammoth's new Artistic Director, VENUS is wonderfully of the moment, full of all our modern anxieties, peculiarities, and humor, but at its core are timeless questions a…
Cabarets are always a bit of a crap shoot depending on the performer’s theme and choice of material. Signature Theatre’s current cabaret offering is a prime example of what happens when the performer and the material are in perfect sync. Take the immeasurable talents of Tracy Lynn Olivera, add a…
What did our critic think of THE FRUITS OF OUR LABOR at Arena Stage?…
Besides the massive geopolitics of it all, the terror attacks also jolted individual emotions , almost to a person. We dealt as a nation with loss, felt empathy, a degree of hopelessness and a welling of national pride and determination as a way to endure and persevere.…
What did our critic think of PHILADELPHIA BALLET at Wolf Trap?…
Money! Murder! And a Nosy Neighbor! A down-on-his-luck gutter salesman gets involved with a desperate client, and together they hatch a plan that leads to lies, fraud, and betrayal. All in the style of 1940s film noir. Written by John Morogiello Directed by Stan Levin.
A dark comedy by Artistic Director John Morogiello. How far will a vaccine company go to prevent being scooped by their rivals? It's not just the virus that's making a killing! Directed by Stan Levin.
Lori Boyds hilarious romantic comedy, directed by Lynn Sharp Spears. Jil and Ted are ready to find love again. But can they overcome their inner selves to find happiness? A world premiere, starring Rebecca Ellis, Terence Heffernan, Rebecca A. Herron, and Colbourne Lewis!
John Morogiello's hilarious take on the true story of rival playwrights battling it out for the soul of Italian comedy. Venice isnt big enough for the two of them! When authors Carlo Goldoni (The Servant of Two Masters) and Carlo Gozzi (Turandot) square off, the city must choose...
Helen Wheeler is a gun totin and whiskey drinking Granny, living in the small town of Crockett, Oklahoma. When Helen isnt locked up in the local clink, shes on her front porch shootin up critters and the local kids. Not even the local sheriff, who has already taken away all of...
The hilarious final production of our second season! Six parents bring their children together to play. But its the grown-ups who are naughty while the kids are in the next room. A quick change farce laced with tequila and regret, written by John Morogiello (from an idea by Lori...
A little poetry is a dangerous thing in this screwball farce by Colin Speer Crowley and directed by Stan Levin. Watch Voltaire try to escape the clutches of Frederick the Great: Mad Germans! Fancy Frenchmen! And a secret in a suitcase!
Holiday punch has a whole new meaning in this musical farce. How does a demanding star salvage her TV comeback when the cast and crew resign? Become even more demanding! Watch her life fall apart, to the delight of millions. ?? Written & directed by John Morogiello and Lori...
The world's most notorious bachelor is about to meet his match! Engaging Shaw is the hilarious true story of Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw's courtship with heiress Charlotte Payne-Townshend. He considered himself the superman. She allowed him to believe it. But can she...
By Jennifer Faletto Directed by Melissa Firlit It’s the Friday before Homecoming in a suburban high school and a scandal emerges: Crystal Andersen has committed an unspeakable act with the Texas flag. In a culture where legacy and tradition go unquestioned, one student changes...
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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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Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center (10/09-10/18) |
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Special Event: ARTS By George!: Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra Center for the Arts (10/03-10/03) |
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The Second-Best School Shooting NextStop Theatre (9/17-10/11) |
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Coming to America: An Immigrant Cabaret ExPats Theatre (9/30-10/18) |
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Monsters of the Villa Diodati Creative Cauldron (10/08-11/01) |
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Some Like It Hot Bernard Family Theatre, Olney Theatre Center (9/18-11/08) |
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Stonewall's Bust The Writers Center (10/09-10/25) |
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The Last Victorian Washington Stage Guild (11/19-12/13) |
