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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...
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...
Purlie is home on a mission—to buy back his father’s church and liberate the sharecroppers he grew up with from the brutal segregationist who still...
A raucous adaptation of Thomas Dekker and Thomas Middleton’s 1611 play about real-life gender rebel Moll Cutpurse, The Roaring Girl mischievously explores counterculture across eras, gender and class rebellion, and how...
Patricia Connelly's “Around the Snake Turn” is a timely and tense drama set in the Upper Volta region of West Africa. When Kwame and Baaba’s...
After years of swiping, a permanently single, professionally neurotic stand-up finally meets Mr. Right – and then does everything wrong. Strap in for a delightfully...
The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society is presenting its newest production, THE MURDER AT HAVERSHAM MANOR, but things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous....
King Lear, Shakespeare's towering tragedy of family intrigue, devotion, and unspeakable treachery. When old King Lear banishes his daughter Cordelia for disloyalty, he soon finds that...
Absurd, fast-paced, and wickedly funny, Beyond Therapy is a sharp comedy that skewers modern romance, self-help culture, and the often-chaotic search for connection.Set in New York City,...
Set in the vibrant Jazz Era, this adaptation of Macbeth reimagines Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy in a world of smoky nightclubs and dangerous ambition. Entranced by...
6 performances | Sep. 25 & 26 and Oct. 2 & 3 at 8 p.m. | Sep. 27 and Oct. 4 at 2 p.m. By Ken...
The year is 2169. As wildfires rage across the West, environmental activists and partners-in-crime Jane and Clyde embark on a daring caper to steal a...
6 performances | Jan. 29 & 30 and Feb. 5 & 6 at 8 p.m. | Jan. 31 and Feb. 7 at 2 p.m. By Peter...
6 performances | Apr. 30 and May 1, 7 & 8 at 8 p.m. | May 2 & 9 at 2 p.m. By August WilsonDirected by...
Determined to fulfill her grandmother's dying wish, first-generation Haitian American Simone returns to the island eager to reunite with her entrepreneur cousin, the Haitian-born and raised Gigi, and...
From the comfort of your own home, re-experience the magic of Traveling Players' Commedia Christmas Carol (2024)! About the Production:Commedia Christmas Carol is Traveling Players' adaptation of Dickens' classic...
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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?...
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Loot Gunston Arts Center (6/05-6/28) |
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Once NextStop Theatre (5/21-6/21) |
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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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The Play That Goes Wrong Keegan Theatre (6/06-7/12) |
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Broadway in the Park featuring Tituss Burgess and Heather Headley Wolf Trap (6/20-6/20) |
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Josh Groban Wolf Trap (8/22-8/22) |
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Moulin Rouge! Kennedy Center [Eisenhower Theatre] (6/16-7/05) |
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The Jersey Four A Tribute to Frankie Valli and The 4 Seasons, featuring original member Gerry Polci F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (9/13-9/13) |
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King Lear Kimball Theare (7/29-7/29) |
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