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Review: FRECKLEFACE STRAWBERRY THE MUSICAL at Adventure Theatre MTC


by Elliot Lanes - March 06, 2026

The third production of Adventure Theatre MTC’s 25/26 season Freckleface Strawberry The Musical keeps up the company’s winning streak with a show that features a stellar cast, a good message, superb direction, and more....

Review: The Washington Ballet’s GISELLE at Harman Hall


by Audrey Cahak - March 04, 2026

The Washington Ballet’s Artistic Director, Edwaard Liang, has added another ballet to his repertoire of re-imagined classics. Giselle through Liang’s eyes is a dramatic, whimsical rework which raises the stakes and strips back the stage to show the heart of the hauntingly stunning piece....

Review: THE SEA BEYOND THE OCEAN at The Kennedy Center


by Aidan O'Connor - March 01, 2026

How far would you go to keep your loved ones happy? To ensure the very thing that binds you when all else fails, has a satisfactory ending? In the Kennedy Center’s World Premiere Commission, The Sea Beyond the Ocean, 9-year-old Scooter (Ty’Ree Hope Davis) tests those limits to help his sick fath...

Review: RENT: IN CONCERT at Strathmore


by Mary Lincer - February 26, 2026

Yes, Rent opened on Broadway thirty years ago. Having seen its final preview with a rapt and frequently weeping audience, it was fun to share it with an audience that knows the score (and when to moo)....

Review: NOTHING UP MY SLEEVE at Round House


by Itai Yasur - February 19, 2026

Master illusionist Dendy gives you the gift of a stone in your shoe. See what our critic had to say....

Review: BEOWULF, A RETELLING at Taffety Punk Theatre Company


by Laurie Sara Oliver - February 18, 2026

“So I’ve got a story to tell you. It’s a good one.” Marcus Kyd paces the small stage of the black box theater at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop where the house has been arranged like a comedy club. ...

Review: LITTLE MISS PERFECT at The Olney Theatre Center


by Audrey Cahak - February 22, 2026

As part of their self-ascribed “year of world premieres,” Olney Theatre Center is debuting the profoundly peppy, wonderfully messy, coming-of-age celebration Little Miss Perfect, written by Joriah Kwamé. The musical has been in development for more than five years, originally based on the catch...

Review: Scena Theatre's KRAPP'S LAST TAPE a Moving Tribute to Beckett, Mortality


by Andrew White - February 17, 2026

Krapp’s Last Tape is Scena Theatre’s contribution to a mini-Beckett festival that has popped up in our midst this past week, and it’s a poignant reminder of how Beckett foresaw demise—his, ours, everyone’s—with a combination of wry humor, and a resignation that sometimes borders on relie...

Review: CHEZ JOEY at Arena Stage


by David Friscic - February 17, 2026

An embarrassment of theatrical riches, bordering on sensory, stimulating overload, is on display in an exceptionally bold and satisfying reimagining of the very influential musical Pal Joey—now reconceived as Chez Joey. The show still takes place in the 1940’s Chicago music/nightclub scene, but ...

Review: SNAPSHOTS: A MUSICAL SCRAPBOOK at Creative Cauldron Stage


by Doug Poms - February 16, 2026

What did our critic think of SNAPSHOTS: A MUSICAL SCRAPBOOK at Creative Caudron Stage?...

Past Shows

Chanukah in the Dark
Chanukah in the Dark
Dec 6 – Dec 21, 2025

When the lights go out during Chanukah, Max and family begin sharing songs, stories, and traditions – only to discover the lights they needed and...

An Enemy of the People
An Enemy of the People
Oct 29 – Nov 23, 2025

Drama Desk Award winner for Outstanding Adaptation and recent Broadway sensation, Amy Herzog’s work unearths the relevance of Ibsen’s tale for our time, weighing the...

The Berlin Diaries
The Berlin Diaries
Jun 4 – Jun 29, 2025

Oregon Book Award-winning playwright Andrea Stolowitz opens the pages of her great-grandfather’s journal to discover a previously unknown genealogy in The Berlin Diaries. How do you...

Your Name Means Dream
Your Name Means Dream
Mar 12 – Apr 6, 2025

Internationally acclaimed playwright José Rivera directs his profoundly intimate tragicomedy that asks what it means to be human as we embrace the technology of our future – and it embraces us....

Out of Character
Out of Character
Jan 8 – Jan 26, 2025

A Berkeley Rep Production co-presented by Theater J and Mosaic Theater Company of DC.Tony Award-winner Ari’el Stachel’s one-man show brings to life a full ensemble...

Out of Character
Out of Character
Jan 8 – Jan 26, 2025

Tony Award-winner Ari’el Stachel’s one-man show Out of Character brings to life a full ensemble of characters from his past, illuminating what it means to...

One Jewish Boy
Jun 7 – Jul 2, 2023

In this bittersweet, sophisticated and quick-fire new British comedy about antisemitism, Jesse, a nice Jewish boy, falls in love with Alex, a nice mixed-race girl....

Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities
Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities
Jun 9 – Jul 3, 2022

FIRES IN THE MIRROR: Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and Other Identities JUNE 9-JULY 3, 2022 Conceived, Written, and Originally Performed by Anna Deavere Smith Co-Directed by...

Nathan the Wise
Nathan the Wise
Mar 16 – Apr 10, 2022

NATHAN THE WISEMARCH 16-APRIL 10, 2022Written by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Adapted by Michael Bloom Directed by Adam ImmerwahrProduced in Association with Folger TheatreAN 18TH-CENTURY SHAKESPEAREAN...

Compulsion or the House Behind
Compulsion or the House Behind
Jan 26 – Feb 20, 2022

COMPULSION OR THE HOUSE BEHIND JANUARY 26-FEBRUARY 20, 2022 Written by Rinne B. Groff Directed by Johanna Gruenhut Starring Kimberly Gilbert, Marcus Kyd, and Paul...

The Kinsey Sicks' Oy Vey in a Manger
The Kinsey Sicks' Oy Vey in a Manger
Dec 17 – Dec 25, 2021

The Kinsey Sicks OY VEY IN A MANGERDECEMBER 17-DECEMBER 25, 2021The Kinsey Sicks are back! Full of their signature panache and perfect harmonies, these chicks...

Tuesdays with Morrie
Tuesdays with Morrie
Nov 10 – Dec 5, 2021

TUESDAYS WITH MORRIENOVEMBER 10-DECEMBER 5, 2021Written by Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch AlbomBased on the book by Mitch AlbomDirected by Jenna PlaceStarring Michael Russotto and Cody...

Becoming Dr. Ruth
Becoming Dr. Ruth
Sep 30 – Oct 24, 2021

Becoming Dr. RuthBy Mark St. GermainDirected by Holly TwyfordStarring Naomi JacobsonAMERICAS FAVORITE SEX THERAPIST RETURNS!Dont miss the return of this triumphant and life-affirming story of...

ABOMINATION
ABOMINATION
Dec 17

In the early 2000s, Naftali, Dov, and Yitzithree queer, closeted, ultra-Orthodox Jewsfind one another in an internet chat room. As their friendships deepen, their mutual...

Brighton Beach Memoirs
Brighton Beach Memoirs
Apr 9 – May 7, 2017

Coming of age may not be easy—but it sure can be hilarious. Eugene Morris Jerome is 15, lives in 1930’s Brooklyn and thinks of little...

The Hampton Years
May 29 – Jun 30, 2013

Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater: - Jacqueline E. Lawton; dir: Shirley Serotsky....

Andy and the Shadows
Apr 3 – Apr 28, 2013

Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater: - Ari Roth; dir: Daniella Topol....

Race
Feb 6 – Mar 17, 2013

Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater: - David Mamet; dir: John Vreeke....

Boged: An Enemy of the People
Jan 12 – Feb 3, 2013

- Nir Erez, Boaz Gaon; dir: Joseph Megel....

Apples from The Desert
Dec 15 – Jan 6, 2013

Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater: - Savyon Liebrecht; dir: Johanna Gruenhut....

The History of Invulnerability
Jun 6 – Jul 8, 2012

Superman—the man of steel—is invulnerable. Jerry Siegel, the creator of Superman, was exceedingly vulnerable. Siegel was one of many Jews who created the cartoon superheroes...

The Whipping Man
Apr 18 – May 20, 2012
The Religion Thing
Jan 4 – Jan 29, 2012
After The Fall
Oct 26 – Nov 27, 2011
Imagining Madoff
Aug 31 – Sep 25, 2011

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