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Elliot Lanes
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Aidan O'Connor
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Audrey Cahak
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Brian Bochicchio
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David Friscic
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Doug Poms
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Emily Berger
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Jackson Malmgren
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Jake Bridges
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Laurie Sara Oliver
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Lora Strum
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Mary Lincer
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Pamela Roberts
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Rachael F. Goldberg
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Roger Catlin
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Review: DRAGON PLAY at Rorschach Theatre
Dragons are fire-breathing their way back into the culture, from the animated series “How to Train Your Dragon” to the fierce special effect triumphs in “Game of Thrones.” Their images date back thousands of years to ancient Mesopotamia....
Review: EVERYTHING, DEVOURED at Sitar Arts Center
Picture former United States President Ronald Reagan as a demon drag queen summoned to the Chicago apartment of a group of twenty somethings. A bit bizarre to think about. On paper, the far-fetched, extraordinarily unique pitch shouldn’t work. Yet, in the world premiere production of Everything, D...
Review: A GOOD DAY TO ME NOT TO YOU at Arena Stage
Sixteen characters are portrayed by the character of the narrator ----Constance Zaytoun---who carries the one-person play entitled A Good Day To Me Not To You now playing at the Arena Stage. The intimacy of the Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle is perfectly geared towards the inward psychological thrus...
Review: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at Faction Of Fools Theatre Company
Faction of Fools’ production of the beloved piece chaperones fresh connotation to the prose via masked physical comedy....
Review: YOUNG AMERICANS at 1st Stage
Young Americans, the thought-provoking and entertaining play by Lauren Yee about the American immigrant experience is currently in performances at 1st Stage through April 26....
Review: CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA at Washington Stage Guild
What did our critic think of CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA at Washington Stage Guild?...
Review: THE WIZ at The National Theatre
A tremendous cast breathes new life into this Broadway classic. See what our critic had to say....
Review: THE MINUTES at Keegan Theatre
Ninety minutes of a play that detail the utter pompousness, redundancies, calls to “shelve” or postpone important actions, and the ignoring of vital new community comments, are only some of the bureaucratic and provincial rules, regulations, and idiocies of what can constitute The Minutes of a c...
Review: I PUT A SPELL ON YOU: NINA SIMONE at Signature Theatre
There is no question that actress/singer/not of this world performer Felicia Curry is true DC theatre royalty. There is a reason why those of us in the know address her as Dame. This recently Lortel Award nominated performer has been lighting up area stages for years while also making her Broadway d...
Review: TRAVESTY at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Many of us, if we’re lucky, will find physical spaces in a disingenuous world that embody our essence, the core of who we truly are. These sites and our development within them are nurtured by kindred spirits of both present and past. ...
Review: ONE DESTINY at Ford's Theatre
When it comes to the arts, there are a lot of things in DC that go either unnoticed or get lost in the shuffle. For almost twenty years now Ford’s Theatre has been presenting such a piece of theatre and it’s a very important one....
Review: CHICAGO at the Kennedy Center
When the original production of Chicago opened on Broadway in 1975, its subtitle read “A Musical Vaudeville.” And as distinctively Bob Fosse-style as it was (and is in this excellent touring production of the 1996 revival), Chicago has always been a slight history of vaudeville....
Review: GUARDS AT THE TAJ at NextStop Theatre Company
NextStop Theatre navigates the production of 'Guards at the Taj' with a sincere and skillful blend of empathy and urgency, acknowledging the difficulties of the choices we make and the worlds we live in, while encouraging us to do better....
Review: YOUNG JOHN LEWIS: PRODIGY OF PROTEST at Mosaic Theater Company
What did our critic think of YOUNG JOHN LEWIS: PRODIGY OF PROTEST at Mosaic Theater Company?...
Review: EDDIE IZZARD IN HAMLET at Shakespeare Theatre Company
Eddie Izzard puts on a bravura performance as Hamlet, and every other character, in her one-person take on Shakespeare's greatest. See what our critic had to say....
Review: THE CRUCIBLE at Lisner Auditorium
What did our critic think of THE CRUCIBLE at Lisner Auditorium?...
Review: Kari Jobe Carnes and Cody Carnes at Kennedy Center
Being married to someone that was raised Christian and myself being raised Jewish I never thought that Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) would be something that I would ever enjoy. Over our fifteen plus years of marriage (so far) my wife has introduced me to the likes and talents of such artists in...
Review: APPROPRIATE at Olney Theatre Center
I like to cook. It’s been one of my hobbies most of my adult life, and I’ve grown a lot in my skill over the years with much practice. My wife often lovingly teases me about all the space my cooking instruments take up in our kitchen storage spaces. Like most things, there’s been quite a bit o...
Review: I'M HERE: BLACK BROADWAY at Signature Theatre
Besides being the premiere theatre for musicals in the DMV, Signature Theatre also has a highly successful cabaret series. For many years the series has highlighted all genres of music featuring top flight talent....
Review: HAMNET at Shakespeare Theatre Company
It’s a little surprising that in 40 years, that a production from the Royal Shakespeare Company has never before visited Washington’s Shakespeare Theatre Company (though the opposite is true — a Shakespeare Theater Company production of “Love’s Labor’s Lost” played Stratford-upon-Avon ...
Review: TINA: THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL at Capital One Hall
The touring production took a while to find its musical footing but eventually found its diva swagger....
Review: DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at The National Theatre
The National Tour production of Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast' is a fun show with a sincere love for the story it is telling, and it honors that with care and joy while helping bring the story to new and returning audiences alike....
Review: EUREKA DAY at Theater J
Eureka Day, the Tony Award winning play (for best Revival in 2025) by Jonathan Spector, is getting a top-notch production at Theater J directed by Hayley Finn. The play is a timely one, centered around the 5-person parent-principal executive committee at Eureka Day School, a private day school locat...
Review: JONAH at Studio Theatre
There is expert craftsmanship and technical polish in the production of Jonah, now playing at the always professional Studio Theatre, but there is also a feeling of detachment and insularity in this play by Rachel Bonds. The themes of parental neglect, abuse by a stepparent, the fight for fulfillmen...
Review: AS YOU LIKE IT at Folger Theatre
The new vision of As You Like It at Folger Theatre feels both timeless and unmistakably local – a Shakespearean comedy that rings true not just in the marble halls of Washington, but in the city’s living, breathing neighborhoods....
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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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Loot Gunston Arts Center (6/05-6/28) |
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Wendell Pierce in Othello Shakespeare Theatre Company (5/19-6/28) |
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Indecent 1st Stage (6/04-6/21) |
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Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony Wolf Trap (8/14-8/14) |
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The Roaring Girl Spooky Action Theater (6/05-6/27) |
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Philadelphia Ballet Stars and Stripes Forever! Wolf Trap (9/10-9/10) |
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Rockville Little Theatre presents "Lettice & Lovage" F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (1/29-2/07) |
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Pete the Cat: A Live Rock Musical Imagination Stage (6/17-7/26) |
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