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by Aidan O'Connor - March 11, 2026
Nostalgia is a funny thing. It catapults the ordinarily rational into webs of what-ifs and immobilizes presence in the now. But what if you could turn back time to fix that one regret or evaluate outcomes of disparate decisions. Would you do it, or would you choose to accept your past as part of you...
by Doug Poms - March 09, 2026
What did our critic think of TREEMONISHA at Washington National Opera At Lisner Auditorium?...
by Roger Catlin - March 08, 2026
The sign of a good play is that it can ring out its truth through different eras and still seem utterly relevant to the moment. ...
by Elliot Lanes - March 06, 2026
The third production of Adventure Theatre MTC’s 25/26 season Freckleface Strawberry The Musical keeps up the company’s winning streak with a show that features a stellar cast, a good message, superb direction, and more....
by Audrey Cahak - March 04, 2026
The Washington Ballet’s Artistic Director, Edwaard Liang, has added another ballet to his repertoire of re-imagined classics. Giselle through Liang’s eyes is a dramatic, whimsical rework which raises the stakes and strips back the stage to show the heart of the hauntingly stunning piece....
by Aidan O'Connor - March 01, 2026
How far would you go to keep your loved ones happy? To ensure the very thing that binds you when all else fails, has a satisfactory ending? In the Kennedy Center’s World Premiere Commission, The Sea Beyond the Ocean, 9-year-old Scooter (Ty’Ree Hope Davis) tests those limits to help his sick fath...
by Mary Lincer - February 26, 2026
Yes, Rent opened on Broadway thirty years ago. Having seen its final preview with a rapt and frequently weeping audience, it was fun to share it with an audience that knows the score (and when to moo)....
by Itai Yasur - February 19, 2026
Master illusionist Dendy gives you the gift of a stone in your shoe. See what our critic had to say....
by Laurie Sara Oliver - February 18, 2026
“So I’ve got a story to tell you. It’s a good one.” Marcus Kyd paces the small stage of the black box theater at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop where the house has been arranged like a comedy club. ...
by Audrey Cahak - February 22, 2026
As part of their self-ascribed “year of world premieres,” Olney Theatre Center is debuting the profoundly peppy, wonderfully messy, coming-of-age celebration Little Miss Perfect, written by Joriah Kwamé. The musical has been in development for more than five years, originally based on the catch...
Past Shows
Be an observer. Be a player. Work as a team. Compete to win. The Arcade is an interactive projection and video installation where teams compete...
Capital Fringe Festival Curated Series presents A Peoples History. Mike Daisey, recognized as the master storyteller by the New York Times, presents his most epic...
A community theatre troupe attempts to put on Two Gentlemen of Verona, known in Shakespeares canon as the play where the dog steals the scene....
Set in Chicago, Illinois in the early twentieth century, five women defend themselves from street harassment using a common accessory for the period, the hat...
Light and warmth long forgotten in a post-apocalyptic world. A solo gatherer discovers the solution. Using poetry, sound, movement and light, watch the world rebuild...
F*ck Tinder: a love story is comedic storytelling crack from The Moth champion David Rodwin. After getting held up at gunpoint the night his girlfriend...
PolySHAMory: a new solo play about his and hers. And hers. And his. Kate has everything she’s ever dreamed of. So does Kate’s husband’s girlfriend....
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