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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?...
by Aidan O'Connor - May 21, 2026
Certain facets of the human condition are foundational to our very existence – change, connection, desire. One such particularly toxic universal truth is a constant need to be something more than we currently are. To search for happiness in external achievement rather than within ourselves, in our...
by Laurie Sara Oliver - May 21, 2026
Writers have a somewhat embarrassing tendency to glorify the act of writing. There are too many author protagonists to count. Liz Duffy Adams leans into this trend with a tasteful sense of irony in her 2009 play, OR. She picked an interesting subject for the task with Aphra Behn. ...
Past Shows
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...
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...
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...
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,...
Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly, and you gotta hear your favorite Kern tunes. Come to our cabaret of his stage & screen hits: Smoke...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
“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...
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....
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...
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 hauntingly beautiful opera tells the coming-of-age story of a young girl from the Midwest. Originally commissioned by Rodgers & Hammerstein and inspired by...
Videos
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The Motion Arena Stage (5/06-6/14) |
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Wendell Pierce in Othello Shakespeare Theatre Company (5/19-6/28) |
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Once NextStop Theatre (5/21-6/21) |
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Loot Gunston Arts Center (6/05-6/28) |
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Moulin Rouge! Kennedy Center [Eisenhower Theatre] (6/16-7/05) |
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Rockville Musical Theatre presents "Caroline, or Change" F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (10/31-11/15) |
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Rockville Musical Theatre presents "Sister Act" F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (6/27-7/12) |
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King Lear Kimball Theare (7/29-7/29) |
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Philadelphia Ballet Stars and Stripes Forever! Wolf Trap (9/10-9/10) |
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Slavic Festival Concert Hyatt Regency Dulles (7/11-7/11) |
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