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Contact: Travis Hare, KRPR Travis@KendraRubinfeldpr.com 240 507-4238 (Travis Hare) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Theater J Presents: Festival of Favorites and Firsts! A play reading festival celebrating...
Liz Duffy Adams’ play entitled OR, is a fast-paced, witty comedy that blends romance, feminism, and espionage in 1660s England. The farce follows Aphra Behn—spy,...
What begins as a razor-sharp debate spirals into a world-altering unraveling as four scholars are thrust into a kaleidoscopic odyssey through memory, identity, and the...
On the streets of Dublin, an Irish musician and a Czech immigrant are drawn together by their shared love of music. Over the course of...
Simon Godwin directs Wendell Pierce (The Wire, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Elsbeth) in Shakespeare’s towering tragedy about the power of words to kill. Venice is scandalized when its protector, Othello...
Altars of Inheritance: The Kickoff is a free Constellation Event presented in partnership with The Inheritance Room at Chela Mitchell Gallery. Led by Hollis Heath...
For the first time ever, Washington gets to discover what New York has long known: Lina Koutrakos and Gregory Toroian are something special. DC Cabaret Network is proud to...
Featuring Donald Lawrence, Tamela Mann, David Mann, Kierra Sheard-Kelly, Jekalyn Carr, and J.J. Hairston, How Sweet The Sound is America?s #1 Gospel Music Competition, bringing...
Joe Hisaishi brings his Concerto for Orchestra to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra following its world premiere with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, DC. Written...
Written by Ali Viterbi and directed by Theater J Artistic Director Hayley Finn, this staged reading is a new play presented as part of Theater...
America’s LARGEST interactive true crime mystery dinner show is now playing in Washington DC! At The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show, you’ll tackle a challenging...
Written by Alfred Uhry and directed by Aaron Posner, this staged reading is part of Theater J's Festival of Favorites and Firsts. Set in 1939...
90 MINUTES OF JAW-DROPPING WONDER THAT WILL LEAVE YOU IN STITCHES AND QUESTIONING EVERYTHING!Step into a world where reality bends and the impossible becomes inevitable....
A Fine Madness is a world premiere work created and performed by Woolly Mammoth Company Member Justin Weaks, directed by Raymond O. Caldwell, that blurs...
Written by Caleen Sinnette Jennings, directed by Danielle A. Drakes, and starring Deirdre Staples, this staged reading is part of Theater J's Festival of Favorites...
hyper_object is a new immersive neuro-theater performance created, written, and directed by Graham Sack in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team of artists and engineers from across Johns Hopkins....
Playwright Stephanie Del Rosso will be in conversation at the Atlas Performing Arts Center to discuss the process behind Precarious and her artistic practice. The...
This Behind the Scenes conversation is held on opening night of Please Underestimate Me and features storyteller Amy Saidman of Story District alongside special guests....
Written by Kendall Pinkney and directed by Mosaic Theater Company of DC Artistic Director Reginald L. Douglas, this staged reading is a new play presented...
The National Chamber Ensemble closes its season with Mozart and Bruch: The Great Concertos on June 6 at 7:30 PM in Arlington. The program features...
We Happy Few Productions presents The Mannequin, a French farce written by Germaine de Staël and translated by Vivian Folkenflick, running at Capitol Hill Arts...
Written by Wendy Wasserstein and directed by Jess Chayse, this staged reading is part of Theater J's Festival of Favorites and Firsts. The play follows...
A Fine Madness is a world premiere work created and performed by Woolly Mammoth Company Member Justin Weaks, directed by Raymond O. Caldwell, touring cultural...
For the Record: A Love Letter to DC is a wine reception and vinyl listening session hosted by Charvis Campbell, co-owner of Home Rule Records...
LysistrataDirected by Emma JasterAdapted from Aristophanes by Emma Jaster and Gil Mitchell, with assistance from Stephen Halliwell, Sarah Ruden, and othersMay 23rd-June 7th, 2026 @...
Lysistrata is a fresh and dynamic adaptation of the classic comedy by Aristophanes, adapted by Gil Mitchell and Emma Crane Jaster with assistance from Stephen...
Tina. Aretha. Diana. Patti. Gladys. Dionne. Whitney...Put on your dancing shoes! We are celebrating the music of phenomenal soul divas like Tina, Aretha, Diana, Patti,...
It's Too-Hot Girl Summer: A Climate Conversation is a panel discussion presented by Mosaic Theater Company in conjunction with its world premiere production of Precarious....
Sing Democracy 250 in Washington, D.C. is the final stop in a four-city national tour commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The...
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Latest Washington, DC Reviews
by Mary Lincer - May 24, 2026
What did our critic think of THE MANNEQUIN at We Happy Few?...
by Aidan O'Connor - May 21, 2026
Certain facets of the human condition are foundational to our very existence – change, connection, desire. One such particularly toxic universal truth is a constant need to be something more than we currently are. To search for happiness in external achievement rather than within ourselves, in our...
by Laurie Sara Oliver - May 21, 2026
Writers have a somewhat embarrassing tendency to glorify the act of writing. There are too many author protagonists to count. Liz Duffy Adams leans into this trend with a tasteful sense of irony in her 2009 play, OR. She picked an interesting subject for the task with Aphra Behn. ...
by David Friscic - May 19, 2026
It was good to be back at the Washington National Opera for their thrilling performance of West Side Story after a year of extreme change for this vital world-renowned artistic organization/institution. As many people already know, the Washington National Opera has had to relocate to other venues to...
by David Friscic - May 19, 2026
The current touring production of the Broadway musical The Great Gatsby tries to wrap its hand around the elusive and enigmatic novel of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald but can only succeed on the most basic level. It is a daunting task to try and adapt extremely poetic and enigmatic works like...
by Itai Yasur - May 17, 2026
An utterly convincing rollercoaster of life, death, and the world around us. See what our critic had to say....
by Jackson Malmgren - May 15, 2026
What did our critic think of GHOST LIMB at Avant Bard Theatre?...
by Jake Bridges - May 11, 2026
What did our critic think of PURLIE VICTORIOUS at Studio Theatre?...
by Aidan O'Connor - May 09, 2026
The story of Cinderella is a classic known and beloved across the world for its rags-to-riches plot. Over the years, Charles Perrault’s 17th-century tale has taken many forms – films, various literary iterations, stage plays – but none more exquisite than Sergei Prokofiev’s Cinderella, Op. 8...
by Roger Catlin - May 09, 2026
The current production ,“Get Down Tonight: Classic Funk,” is a engaging array of familiar songs from the 60s and 70s that didn’t have any trouble getting people to clap along, and a few to eventually get up and groove....
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Wendell Pierce in Othello Shakespeare Theatre Company (5/19-6/28) |
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The Motion Arena Stage (5/06-6/14) |
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Once NextStop Theatre (5/21-6/21) |
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A Festival of Favorites and Firsts Theater J (5/30-6/06) |
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OR Atlas Performing Arts Center (5/15-6/07) |
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The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show The Dinner Detective Washington DC (6/20-6/20) |
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Dominick Pupa’s This Is Not a Pride Show But It’s June and I’m Gay DC Comedy Loft (6/18-6/18) |
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Rockville Little Theatre presents "Fences" F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (4/30-5/09) |
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The Magic Duel The National Union Building (3/21-5/30) VIDEOS |
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Disney Newsies Hylton Performing Arts Center (6/05-6/21) |
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