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Contact: Travis Hare, KRPR Travis@KendraRubinfeldpr.com 240 507-4238 (Travis Hare) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Theater J Presents: Festival of Favorites and Firsts! A play reading festival celebrating...
Liz Duffy Adams’ play entitled OR, is a fast-paced, witty comedy that blends romance, feminism, and espionage in 1660s England. The farce follows Aphra Behn—spy,...
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...
On the streets of Dublin, an Irish musician and a Czech immigrant are drawn together by their shared love of music. Over the course of...
Edge of the Universe Theater is thrilled to announce the upcoming production of Joe Orton’s highly acclaimed Loot. The play, which has been hailed as “a theatrical...
Simon Godwin directs Wendell Pierce (The Wire, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Elsbeth) in Shakespeare’s towering tragedy about the power of words to kill. Venice is scandalized when its protector, Othello...
hyper_object is an immersive production blending live theater, artificial intelligence, wearable neurotechnology, and interactive media. Created, written, and directed by award-winning VR artist Graham Sack,...
hyper_object is a new immersive neuro-theater performance created, written, and directed by Graham Sack in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team of artists and engineers from across Johns Hopkins....
Playwright Stephanie Del Rosso will be in conversation at the Atlas Performing Arts Center to discuss the process behind Precarious and her artistic practice. The...
This Behind the Scenes conversation is held on opening night of Please Underestimate Me and features storyteller Amy Saidman of Story District alongside special guests....
Written by Kendall Pinkney and directed by Mosaic Theater Company of DC Artistic Director Reginald L. Douglas, this staged reading is a new play presented...
The National Chamber Ensemble closes its season with Mozart and Bruch: The Great Concertos on June 6 at 7:30 PM in Arlington. The program features...
We Happy Few Productions presents The Mannequin, a French farce written by Germaine de Staël and translated by Vivian Folkenflick, running at Capitol Hill Arts...
Written by Wendy Wasserstein and directed by Jess Chayse, this staged reading is part of Theater J's Festival of Favorites and Firsts. The play follows...
A Fine Madness is a world premiere work created and performed by Woolly Mammoth Company Member Justin Weaks, directed by Raymond O. Caldwell, touring cultural...
For the Record: A Love Letter to DC is a wine reception and vinyl listening session hosted by Charvis Campbell, co-owner of Home Rule Records...
Lysistrata is a fresh and dynamic adaptation of the classic comedy by Aristophanes, adapted by Gil Mitchell and Emma Crane Jaster with assistance from Stephen...
LysistrataDirected by Emma JasterAdapted from Aristophanes by Emma Jaster and Gil Mitchell, with assistance from Stephen Halliwell, Sarah Ruden, and othersMay 23rd-June 7th, 2026 @...
Tina. Aretha. Diana. Patti. Gladys. Dionne. Whitney...Put on your dancing shoes! We are celebrating the music of phenomenal soul divas like Tina, Aretha, Diana, Patti,...
It's Too-Hot Girl Summer: A Climate Conversation is a panel discussion presented by Mosaic Theater Company in conjunction with its world premiere production of Precarious....
Sing Democracy 250 in Washington, D.C. is the final stop in a four-city national tour commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The...
Grab your lederhosen, practice your best Maria von Trapp impression, and get ready belt out “My Favorite Things,” “Do-Re-Mi,” “Edelweiss,” and "Climb Ev'ry Mountain.” Join...
A Fine Madness is a world premiere work created and performed by Justin Weaks, a Company Member of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, and directed by...
Aging and Isolation is a panel discussion presented by Mosaic Theater Company in conjunction with their world premiere production of Precarious, by Steph Del Rosso....
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...
On Friday, May 8, 2026, HEART: DMV AAPI Theatre Alliance and Arena Stage present a free pre-show conversation with Christopher Chen, playwright of The Motion....
Victorian Lyric Opera Company presents "Patience"6 performances | June 5, 6, 12 & 13 at 8 p.m. | June 7 & 14 at 2 p.m.A...
Black Joy Bounce is a Constellation Event presented in partnership with Thurst Lounge, held on the eve of Juneteenth. The evening features movement, music, and...
Dominick Pupa (FIXING FAMOUS PEOPLE, RAISING SPIRITS, LO on ROKU) returns to DC with his signature, no-nonsense approach to pop culture, gay singledom, important debates...
Intergenerational Matinees are special performances of Precarious, the world premiere comedy by Steinberg Award-winner Steph Del Rosso, directed by Jaki Bradley, at the Atlas Performing...
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Latest Washington, DC Reviews
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. ...
by David Friscic - May 19, 2026
It was good to be back at the Washington National Opera for their thrilling performance of West Side Story after a year of extreme change for this vital world-renowned artistic organization/institution. As many people already know, the Washington National Opera has had to relocate to other venues to...
by David Friscic - May 19, 2026
The current touring production of the Broadway musical The Great Gatsby tries to wrap its hand around the elusive and enigmatic novel of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald but can only succeed on the most basic level. It is a daunting task to try and adapt extremely poetic and enigmatic works like...
by Itai Yasur - May 17, 2026
An utterly convincing rollercoaster of life, death, and the world around us. See what our critic had to say....
by Jackson Malmgren - May 15, 2026
What did our critic think of GHOST LIMB at Avant Bard Theatre?...
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Loot Gunston Arts Center (6/05-6/28) |
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OR Atlas Performing Arts Center (5/15-6/07) |
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A Festival of Favorites and Firsts Theater J (5/30-6/06) |
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Wendell Pierce in Othello Shakespeare Theatre Company (5/19-6/28) |
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The Motion Arena Stage (5/06-6/14) |
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Once NextStop Theatre (5/21-6/21) |
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A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder Olney Theatre Center (7/02-8/23) |
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Pete the Cat: A Live Rock Musical Imagination Stage (6/17-7/26) |
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Soul Divas Lincoln Theatre (6/06-6/07) |
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Broadway in the Park featuring Tituss Burgess and Heather Headley Wolf Trap (6/20-6/20) |
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