Review: THE WELL at District Fringe
THE WELL is a memorable and powerful production that will stay with you long after the house lights come up. Only three performances remain before it closes on Sunday, July 26 — don't miss it.…
The In Series
Review: TWELFTH NIGHT at Shakespeare Theatre Company Academy
STC Academy's Summer Repertory wows with their production of Twelfth Night. The cast of young actors, nearing the completion of their graduate training at the Academy, deliver a professional caliber performance of the renowned comedy.…
Review: ADRIFT: A MEDIEVAL WAYWARD FOLLY by Happenstance Theatre
Stagecraft and magic shines a spotlight on the dark ages in Happenstance Theatre's ADRIFT: A MEDIEVAL WAYWARD FOLLY at Round House Theatre. See what our critic had to say.…
Review: B*TCH EAT DOG at District Fringe
What did our critic think of B*TCH EAT DOG at District Fringe?…
Review: MY FAVORITE SOCIOPATH at Contemporary American Theater Festival
We need plays like Aurin Squire's “My Favorite Psychopath” to remind us that when it comes to shameless, yellow journalism, we have nobody to blame but ourselves. Squire offers us a finely-crafted portrait of digital-age journalism in all its messiness, and director Céline Rosenthal has created…
Review: THIS IS A PLAY ABOUT GOD at District Fringe Festival
While the volleyball court may be the setting for most matchups, THIS IS A PLAY ABOUT GOD is far more concerned with the action behind the scenes when the athletes stop performing. Written by Aimee Dastin and directed by Rachel Johns, this is a world premiere produced as part of the District Fringe …
Review: BEST LINE WINS at Contemporary American Theater Festival
Ms. Kander has set herself a high bar indeed, writing at a level to match one of the early Sketch Comedy era’s most famous duos, and she absolutely nails it. It helps, too, that we have a perfect cast for this run: in the role of Elaine herself, Lori Vega is edgy, scalpel-sharp, and as proud and…
Review: THE SMOKER at Contemporary American Theater Festival
Lisa D’Amour offers us a fascinating character study in her latest play, The Smoker, and under the empathetic eye of Director Shelley Butler we are invited into the lives of normal people we routinely pass by without a thought. As if by accident we meet our central character, a recovering alcoholi…
Review: ¡VOS! at Contemporary American Theater Festival
The one-word title of this play isn't just a form of direct address; in Argentina, it's a form of 'You!' that turns its gaze away from the stage and back on all of us in the audience. Playwright Christina Pumariega is determined that we never forget the Disappeared of Argentina, and recognize the em…
Review: REFUGEE RHAPSODY at Contemporary American Theater Festival
Playwright Yussef El Guindi has given us a window into many issues at once—too many at once to keep track of, from this critic’s perspective. But the issues collide here in the Contemporary American Theater Festival’s Studio 112 with memorable force.…
Past Shows
La Paloma At The Wall
La Verbena de la Paloma, the most famous and beloved Spanish zarzuela, is given new life in this bold reimagining set at Friendship Park, on...
Operetta Wonderland: The Magic Of Victor Herbert
Escape your troubles and step into the waltz inspired revolutions of one of America's greatest popular composers, Victor Herbert. ?A century ago, audiences delighted in...
Figaro In Four Quartets
Experience the story that inspired revolution in the streets, The Marriage of Figaro, re-imagined with the poetry of T.S. Eliot. The themes of Mozart’s most...
Viva VERDI - The Promised End
Verdi’s name became the battle-cry of an entire revolution. Verdi and Shakespeare come together in this season-opener, a unique imagining of the Bard’s King Lear,...
All The Things You Are: Jerome Kern
Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly, and you gotta hear your favorite Kern tunes. Come to our cabaret of his stage & screen hits: Smoke...
Jacques Brel: Songs From His World
A cabaret of songs by the Belgian master of modern “chanson.” Known for his devastatingly personal, heart-wrenching lyrics, but also for his scathingly sarcastic depiction...
Mozart's The Magic Flute
Discover Mozart’s fantastic adventure in opera. In this new English adaptation by Nick Olcott, Prince Tamino sets off to rescue the beautiful daughter of the...
Oberon
Carl Maria von Weber’s fairy tale opera gets new life at the In Series! With a story from the same legends that inspired Shakespeare, this...
Don Pasquale
This English-language adaptation of the Italian comic opera (by satirist Bari Biern) reimagines the titular stodgy old scrooge as an aging rock star. Terry Eberhardt,...
Irving Berlin: A Simple Melody
“There’s No Business Like Show Business,” and no songs like Irving’s songs. Come on and experience the romance, irony and wisdom of so many favorite...
Goyescas
The five December performances of Enrique Granados’ one-act opera Goyescas, commemorate the centennial of both the opera’s world premiere and the death of the composer....
Who's The Boss?
Now in its 35th year, The In Series opens its season with Who’s The Boss?, a rollicking double bill of short comic opera, pairing Pergolesi’s...
Kabarett & Cabaret
The political tide of the 1930’s brought a flood of prolific artists to America. Genius composers: Schoenberg, Eisler, Korngold (The Adventures of Robin Hood), Weill...
Aaron Copland's The Tender Land
Aaron Copland’s hauntingly beautiful opera tells the coming-of-age story of a young girl from the Midwest. Originally commissioned by Rodgers & Hammerstein and inspired by...
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CrazySexyCool – The TLC Musical Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater (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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Rockville Little Theatre presents "The Game's Afoot" F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (9/25-10/04) |
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No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre ARTfactory (9/11-9/20) |
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How To Die In Japan University of the District of Columbia (7/12-7/25) PHOTOS VIDEOS |
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Brontë Sister House Party Van Ness Main Street (8/14-9/12) |
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Rockville Musical Theatre presents "Caroline, or Change" F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (10/31-11/15) |
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Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony Wolf Trap (8/14-8/14) |