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The Snowman and The Snowdog
The Snowman and The Snowdog
11/22 - 1/4/2026


A soaring new musical for the holiday season! This follow-up to Raymond Briggs’ “The Snowman™” is based on  the video  of the same name (watch ...

Birthday Candles
Birthday Candles
12/4 - 12/21/2025


Birthday Candles Written by Noah Haidle Directed by Alex Levy December 4-21, 2025 Ernestine Ashworth spends her 17th birthday agonizing over her insignificance in the ...

The Mother Play: A Play in Five Evictions


The latest semiautobiographical work from Pulitzer Prize-winner and DMV native Paula Vogel ( How I Learned to Drive ) traces 40 years and five evictions ...

A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas


Michael Russotto  returns to star for a second holiday season in this solo show that is a masterclass in theatrical storytelling. As he portrays nearly ...

An Irish Carol
An Irish Carol
12/11 - 12/28/2025


An original work by Keegan favorite Matthew J. Keenan, AN IRISH CAROL is an homage to Dickens’ classic – told as only the Irish can. ...

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
11/20 - 12/31/2025


Join the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future as they lead the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge on a journey of transformation and redemption. Originally conceived ...

It's My Party!
It's My Party!
1/22 - 2/5/2026


What happens when foes use different tactics to ignite political change? Come see for yourself at "It’s My Party!" as suffragists win the VOTE!

Rockville Little Theatre presents Close Ties


Rockville Little Theatre presents "Close Ties" 6 performances | January 30 & 31 and February 6 & 7 at 8 p.m. | February 1 & ...

Balloonacy
Balloonacy
1/10 - 2/15/2026


A beautiful, movement-based show that revisits the classic film The Red Balloon and will delight audiences of all ages and speakers of all languages. Nothing ...

Happy Days by Samuel Beckett
Happy Days by Samuel Beckett
1/29 - 2/22/2026


Winnie is inexplicably buried waist-deep in a mound of scorched earth in a bleak landscape, while nearby, her husband Willie dozes.

Between Riverside and Crazy
Between Riverside and Crazy
2/19 - 3/8/2026


Between Riverside and Crazy Written by Stephen Adly Guirgis Directed by José Carrasquillo February 19 - March 8, 2026 Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize ...

Visiting Mr. Green by Jeff Baron


Visiting Mr. Green  is a touching and humorous stage play by Jeff Baron that explores the power of human connection across generations and cultures. When ...

Pied Piper Theatre’s In The Burning Darkness


In The Burning Darkness  by Antonio Buero-Vallejo is a powerful and moving drama set in a school for the blind, where optimism and despair collide. ...

Inherit the Wind
Inherit the Wind
2/27 - 4/5/2026


Based on the real-life Scopes “Monkey” Trial, this electrifying courtroom drama pits two towering legal minds against each other in a small-town battle over science, ...

As You Like It
As You Like It
3/10 - 4/12/2026


As You Like It , envisioned by Artistic Director  Karen Ann Daniels —in her Folger Theatre directorial debut, is one of the most beloved Shakespearean ...

Appropriate
Appropriate
3/18 - 4/19/2026


Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ searing satire of a family digging through their recently deceased patriarch’s crumbling estate is both gut-splittingly funny and shocking in its confrontation of ...

Good Morning, Good Night
Good Morning, Good Night
3/21 - 4/19/2026


In this brand-new show, very young children will discover the beauty of the world during daytime and nighttime. They will watch–and help–Winnie and August work ...

Our Lady of 121st Street
Our Lady of 121st Street
4/23 - 4/26/2026


23 - 26 April 2026  OUR LADY OF 121ST STREET Our Lady of 121st Street Thursday, April 23 – Sunday, April 26 Glaize Studio Theatre $18  Get ...

A Good Day to Me Not to You
A Good Day to Me Not to You
3/27 - 5/3/2026


Drama Desk Award-winning actor Lameece Issaq teams up with two-time Obie-winning director Lee Sunday Evans on her wildly candid new play, which centers on the ...

caesar and cleopatra adapted by Bill Largess from the play by George Bernard Shaw


An exploration of power, politics, vengeance, and mercy - Shaw's historical epic set in ancient Egypt is refocused on the title characters and their fates.

Pride & Prejudice​
Pride & Prejudice​
5/1 - 5/17/2026


This isn’t your grandmother’s Austen! Bold, surprising, boisterous, and timely, this P&P for a new era explores the absurdities and thrills of finding your perfect ...

Aesop's Fables
Aesop's Fables
4/24 - 5/24/2026


Aesop’s Fables April 24- May 24, 2026 By Mike Kenny  Directed by Ray Ficca  Aesop’s Fables is a vibrant, theatrical adventure that brings timeless tales to ...

The Motion
The Motion
5/6 - 6/14/2026


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 ...

Indecent
Indecent
6/4 - 6/21/2026


Indecent Written by Paula Vogel Directed by Alex Levy June 4-21, 2026 From Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel, a deeply moving play inspired by the ...

Precarious
Precarious
6/4 - 6/28/2026


Precarious By Steph Del Rosso DIRECTED BY Jaki Bradley June 4-28, 2026   A fresh new comedy about starting out, starting over and the enduring ...


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Latest Washington, DC Reviews


Review: MUSEUM OF AUSTERITY, Young Vic


by Franco Milazzo - December 12, 2025

There are many museums dedicated to disaster, but only Britain could create one in which the exhibits are victims of its own fiscal policies. Museum of Austerity, revived at the Young Vic, is a cool, technologically-slick indictment, a moral subpoena served directly to your eyeballs through augmente...

Review: How Founding Fathers Found Love in MAHAR KEMERDEKAAN


by Rakaputra Paputungan - December 12, 2025

On August 24, the theater production company Broadwayang put on their latest production, Mahar Kemerdekaan (“The Dowry of Independence”) at Gedung Kesenian Jakarta. It’s based on the true story of Indonesia’s founding fathers and how their love lives intertwine with the struggle for independence....

Review Roundup: What Did The Critics Think of Jordan Fein's INTO THE WOODS?


by Aliya Al-Hassan - December 12, 2025

What happens after Happily Ever After, after all? In Sondheim and Lapine’s beloved musical retelling of the Grimm classics, a parade of familiar folktale figures find their way “Into the Woods” and try to get home before dark—under the guidance of Mark Lamos, who dazzled us with A Little Night Music...

Review: SLEEPING BEAUTY, Beacon Arts Centre


by Natalie O'Donoghue - December 12, 2025

A spellbinding love story about the beautiful Princess Aurora banished to a faraway land to keep her safe from the wicked sorceress, Carabosse who places an evil curse on her that if she pricked her finger before her 21st birthday, she would die! Little did she know that the Queen cast a counter-spe...

Review: A VERY MERRY MUSIC BOX CHRISTMAS at Music Box Lounge Hot Springs


by Theresa Bertram - December 12, 2025

A festive whirlwind of skits, songs, jokes, and just enough dance to keep your toes tapping, A VERY MERRY MUSIC BOX CHRISTMAS is everything you want a holiday variety show to be—warm, silly, tuneful, and absolutely packed with personality. ...

Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS at The National Theatre


by Rachael F. Goldberg - December 12, 2025

The biggest issues with the musical adaptation of 'Water for Elephants' is that it doesn’t seem to know what it’s trying to be, and the choreographic and performance talent in this tour would be better served by stronger material....

Review: BE A LION at Booth Playhouse


by Vickie Evans - December 12, 2025

What a remarkable and entertaining night of theatre. 'Be A Lion' was absolutely sensational. Based on a spinoff of The Wizard of Oz/The Wiz, 'Be A Lion' answers the proposed question, 'What happened to the Emerald City after 'The Wizard' left? What an incredible journey with sensational songs and gl...

Review: HOLIDAY SHOW 2025 - SOLSTICE at Circus Juventas


by Jared Fessler - December 11, 2025

What did our critic think of HOLIDAY SHOW 2025 - SOLSTICE at Circus Juventas?...

Review: JEEVES AND WOOSTER IN PERFECT NONSENSE at Schoolhouse Theater


by Bruce Apar - December 11, 2025

Those dramatis personae (ha!) and more are animated to a fare thee well by only two – count ‘em – two actors, Mr. Guy and Mr. Lang, who bring to their poly-personality assignments proficient physical suppleness and chameleon-like chops. I started to keep track of how many characters they essay, and ...

Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL ADAPTED BY ORSON WELLES at Unhinged Productions At Hanover Little Theatre


by Andrea Stephenson - December 11, 2025

This is one of the most enjoyable versions of A Christmas Carol this reviewer has seen in recent years—it is unique and entertaining, while maintaining the classic storyline and its underlying themes....



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