Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen
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...
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Upcoming Shows
Wish You Were Here
Written by Pulitzer Prize-winner Sanaz Toossi and directed by Sivan Battat, this play follows Salme and her four best friends as they prepare for her...
Wilderness Generation
Written by Pulitzer Prize-winner James Ijames and directed by Taibi Magar, this family drama follows four cousins reuniting at their grandmother's house in Tidewater Virginia...
We Had a World
Written by Joshua Harmon and directed by Studio Associate Artistic Director Jess Chayes in her Studio directorial debut, this sharp-tongued play follows a playwright whose...
Liberation
Written by Bess Wohl and directed by Whitney White, this 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner is a co-production with Berkeley Repertory Theatre and Geffen...
Wine in the Wilderness
Written by Alice Childress and directed by Psalmayene 24, this 1969 classic follows Bill, a painter sheltering during the Harlem riots of July 1964, who...
Punch
Written by James Graham, winner of the 2026 Olivier Award for Best New Play, and directed by David Muse in his final production as Studio's...
Review: A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE at Olney Theatre Center
Love and Murder are served summer-stock style in A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE at Olney Theatre Center. See what our critic had to say.…
Review: RIVERDANCE at Wolf Trap
What did our critic think of RIVERDANCE at Wolf Trap?…
Review: PETE THE CAT at Imagination Stage
This rock musical adaptation of the Pete the Cat book series by Kimberly and James Dean immediately captures the attention and hearts of all those in the audience and takes them into Pete’s world as he experiences his new life as a house cat!…
Review: Scena Theatre's NO EXIT at Atlas Performing Arts Center
Scena Theatre’s Artistic Director, Robert McNamara, has returned to Sartre’s classic with renewed vigor, and the chess-like precision with which he directs his cast, coupled with his razor-sharp design team, remind us why Sartre’s vision haunts us years after his passing. By turns hilarious an…
Review: SLEEPING BEAUTY: THE TIME TRAVELER at Adventure Theatre
Adventure Theatre MTC’s production of Sleeping Beauty: The Time Traveler captivates audiences with a modern day twist on a classic story of courage and friendship.…
Review: CRAZYSEXYCOOL: THE TLC MUSICAL at Kreeger Theater
What did our critic think of CRAZYSEXYCOOL: THE TLC MUSICAL at Kreeger Theater?…
Review: WHAT BECAME OF US at Signature Theatre
How does our memory distinguish the aspects of the life we live that make up our remembered life, our conscious legacy? Is the entirety of that remembered life truthful? How does it inform our relationships?What Became of Us at Signature Theatre doesn’t necessarily answer any of these questions, i…
Review: HOW SHAKESPEARE SAVED MY LIFE at Folger Theatre
To quote the great bard himself, writer and actor Jacob Ming-Trent: “Congregation, that was a lot.” Facilitated by Folger Theatre and Red Bull Theater, Ming-Trent’s one-act, one-man show How Shakespeare Saved My Life was a lot of energy, a lot of testimony, and a lot of reckoning. …
Review: BROADWAY AT THE PARK at Wolftrap National Park For The Performing Arts
“Broadway in the Park” a simple celebration of choice musical selections headlined by incandescent Broadway stars Heather Headley and Tituss Burgess.…
Review: MOULIN ROUGE!: THE MUSICAL at The Kennedy Center
This dazzling production, a feast for the eyes and ears, runs through June 28 at the Kennedy Center. The show delivers a fun, nostalgic and moving experience.…
Past Shows
Purlie Victorious
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...
Jonah
Ana is on her own, a scholarship student at a boarding school, until she meets day-student Jonah. But what begins as an exploration of new...
Desi Comedy Fest | DC | Sat Mar 21 7pm and 9pm
Desi Comedy Fest is the Biggest South Asian Comedy Festival in America. Our mission is to showcase the funniest South Asian comedians from around the...
Octet
Eight people meet in a church basement and lock their phones in a box. This a capella chamber musical from Dave Malloy (Natasha, Pierre, & the Great...
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 in a...
The Heart Sellers
Luna, an outgoing immigrant from the Philippines, and the more cautious Jane, recently arrived from South Korea, meet in a near-empty grocery store on Thanksgiving...
Summer, 1976
It’s midsummer in the mid-seventies—the second wave of feminism is cresting somewhere while two very different women are thrown into one another’s orbit in college-town...
FeaturedException to the Rule
Six Black students at the city’s worst high school wait out Friday detention, but no one can figure out how “College Bound Erika” ended up...
Exception to the Rule
Exception to the Rule, directed by Miranda Haymon, opens Studio Theatre's 2024-2025 season with a fresh cast of young talent exploring the trials of high...
FeaturedPanti Bliss: If These Wigs Could Talk
After a lifetime of accidental activism, far-fetched shenanigans and making a full time show of herself, notorious drag queen Panti Bliss—the “Queen of Ireland”—is now...
Problems Between Sisters
Two pregnant sisters—one visual artist, one con artist—converge on a remote family cabin in Vermont. Jess races to finish her long-awaited solo show; Rory sees...
At the Wedding
Carlo crashes her ex’s wedding with three simple goals: Don’t get drunk. Don’t make any kids cry. Don’t try to win back the bride, no...
Espejos: Clean
Adriana manages the housekeeping staff at a Cancún resort, 200 miles and a world away from the home she left. Sarah, sister of the bride...
Good Bones
Aisha’s moved back to the block, but the neighborhood’s changed. She’s an urban planner, returning to her hometown, renovating a townhouse that’s seen better days....
Clyde's
No one would accuse Clyde of having a soft heart. Sure, she hires former convicts for the greasy kitchen of her truck-stop sandwich joint, but...
English
“English Only.” It’s 2008 in Karaj, Iran and four adult students are studying for the Test of English as a Foreign Language, the key to...
The Hot Wing King
Its August in Memphis, time to crown the new Hot Wang King. Backed by his best friends and boyfriend Dwayne, who serve as his fry...
John Proctor is the Villain
Things are unsettled at Helen County High in rural Georgia-rumors are swirling around a students dad, another student blew up her life and left for...
Flight
With their small inheritance stitched into their clothes, two children set off on an epic journey across Europe-orphaned brothers on a desperate odyssey to freedom...
White Noise
Leo, Dawn, Ralph, and Misha are four longtime friends and sometimes lovers who are coming into their own in the city, until a violent police...
Aspen Ideas
Written by Abe KooglerDirected by Les WatersAnne and Rob struggled through their artistic 20s, inherited wealth in their 30s, and are spending their affluent late-40s...
Fun Home
Music by Jeanine TesoriBook and Lyrics by Lisa KronBased on the Graphic Memoir by Alison BechdelDirected by David MuseAlison is 9, begging her father to...
Pass Over
Written by Antoinette NwanduDirected by Psalmayene 24Kitch and Moses seem stuck on their street corner, but it dont matter. They joke, dream, and throw down...
Pipeline
Written by Dominique MorisseauDirected by Awoye TimpoNya is a single mom and dedicated teacher at a high-poverty city school, determined to give her teenaged son...
White Pearl
Clearday is a cosmetics company on the rise: Based in Singapore, launching a global skincare line, and bringing a start-up mentality to the big leagues. But...
Keep.
Written and Performed by Daniel KitsonA new show about postcards and hair pins and a certificate from Harry Ramsdens in Blackpool. About how long it...
Under 40 Night: White Pearl
Join Studio Theatre at the Under 40 night for the US premiere of toxic corporate comedy White Pearl by Anchuli Felicia King. Grab your specially-priced...
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CrazySexyCool – The TLC Musical Arena Stage (6/12-8/09) |
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Macbeth - Academy Summer Repertory Shakespeare Theatre Company (7/16-7/25) |
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Pete the Cat: A Live Rock Musical Imagination Stage (6/17-7/26) |
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Twelfth Night - Academy Summer Repertory Shakespeare Theatre Company (7/15-7/25) |
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The OATH: One Dream. One Nation. One Horizon. UDC Theater of the Arts, Washington, D.C. (7/25-7/25) |
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Little Shop of Horrors 40th Anniversary Tour with Ellen Greene (the Original Audrey) Lincoln Theatre (9/25-9/25) |
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Come From Away Ford's Theatre (9/10-10/18) |
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Philadelphia Ballet Stars and Stripes Forever! Wolf Trap (9/10-9/10) |
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Rockville Little Theatre presents "The Game's Afoot" F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (9/25-10/04) |
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King Lear Kimball Theare (7/29-7/29) |