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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


THE WIZARD OF OZ Takes You “Over the Rainbow” at City Springs Theatre Company


by Caroline Powell - December 14, 2025

THE WIZARD OF OZ is one of City Spring Theatre Company’s best, perfect for the holiday season and theatre lovers of all ages. You’re guaranteed to leave with a smile on your face, and a song in your heart....

Review: LA CAGE AUX FOLLES at Théâtre De Châtelet


by Patrick Honoré - December 14, 2025

La Cage aux Folles finally returns to its French roots at the Théâtre du Châtelet—and the homecoming is worth the wait. Olivier Py’s ambitious revival, led by a radiant Laurent Lafitte, blends glamour, wit, and quiet political force in a production that reclaims Jerry Herman’s musical as both specta...

Review: SARA SHEPERD: PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS at The Blue Strawberry Showroom And Lounge


by James Lindhorst - December 14, 2025

Watching Broadway’s Sara Sheperd perform her holiday themed cabaret, Please Come Home for Christmas, is akin to sitting in front of a cozy fire with a mug of hot cocoa. Sheperd, and her piano playing father Scott, shared more than a dozen of her favorite holiday songs peppered with a few seasonally ...

Review: WHAT THE DICKENS at TheatreWorks New Milford


by Jared Reynolds - December 14, 2025

If I had a nickel for every time that I’ve reviewed the same show, I’d have 2 nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but I’m surprised that it took so long in my reviewing history to happen. It shouldn’t be a surprise, however, that in both cases, they are to review Christmas productions. For the first time si...

Review: BODYTRAFFIC: CHECK-MATE Dazzled at The Wallis


by Shari Barrett - December 14, 2025

The four pieces performed during BODYTRAFFIC: Check-Mate highlighted the dance company’s technical prowess and ability to masterfully embody diverse choreography styles via their dazzling versatility....

Review: THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP - A PENNY DREADFUL, Jack Studio Theatre


by Gary Naylor - December 14, 2025

Part-panto, part-pastiche, an affectionate and funny homage to genres past and present...

Review: SLEEPING BEAUTY, Galleon Centre, Kilmarnock


by Natalie O'Donoghue - December 14, 2025

With some exciting favourites and fresh faces set to bring the fairytale story to life, Andrew Agnew (Balamory, Scot Squad) returns as Nurse Netty Knickerbocker, Killie’s best loved Dame, alongside Jamie McKillop as the cheeky comic, Hilarious Hector. Also returning are James McAnerney as King Cuthb...

Review: DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: THE TWENTY-SIDED TAVERN at Montalbán Theatre


by Amanda Callas - December 14, 2025

Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern is an improv comedy extravaganza, with all kinds of madcap silliness on display....

Review: LESLIE ODOM JR. - THE CHRISTMAS TOUR at Fox Cities Performing Arts Center


by Jarrod Michael - December 13, 2025

What did our critic think of LESLIE ODOM JR. - THE CHRISTMAS TOUR at Fox Cities Performing Arts Center?...

Review: CINDERELLA at Hillbarn Theatre


by Steve Murray - December 13, 2025

What did our critic think of CINDERELLA at Hillbarn Theatre?...



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