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Review: SHAW'S SHORTS at Washington Stage Guild


by Roger Catlin - November 26, 2024

What did our critic think of SHAW'S SHORTS at Washington Stage Guild?...

Review: INTIMATE FRIENDS OF FLAMENCO at GALA Hispanic Theatre


by Emily Berger - November 23, 2024

The final show of the XX Fuego Flamenco Festival runs through November 23...

Review: CHAMPIONS OF MAGIC at The Kennedy Center


by Tavish Young - November 25, 2024

Whether you prefer to suspend all disbelief and allow yourself to be dazzled, or instead prefer to try and figure out how these tricks are being done, Champions of Magic has something for you....

Review: THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION at NextStop Theatre


by Hannah R. Wing - November 20, 2024

What makes NextStop Theatre’s The Shawshank Redemption stand out is the dedication that the cast has to bringing these characters to life on stage without miming the performances from the movie....

Review: MACBETH at Kennedy Center


by David Friscic - November 18, 2024

Malevolence, greed, the thirst for power and the never-ending quest for revenge dominate the Washington National Opera production of composer Giuseppe Verdi’s Macbeth. The vocals by the company of classical singers assembled here are the glory of this production....

Review: SUMMER, 1976 at Studio Theatre


by Mary Lincer - November 17, 2024

What did our critic think of SUMMER, 1976 at Studio Theatre?...

Review: LO MEJOR DE EDWIN at GALA Hispanic Theatre


by Emily Berger - November 16, 2024

Flamenco afficionados and skeptics alike should make every effort to see this performance for its choreographic range and strong performances....

Review: I'LL TAKE YOU THERE: STAX RECORDS CO. at Signature Theatre


by Roger Catlin - November 16, 2024

Signature Theatre’s cabaret series has been mining the riches of the 1960s for some time, from Bacharach to Woodstock, with repeat visits to Motown. A new show diverges to Memphis for its own flavor of gritty soul and the gems that came from its own indelible record label....

Review: SIX at The National Theatre


by Jake Bridges - November 15, 2024

What did our critic think of SIX at National Theatre?...

Review: THE SECOND CITY: DANCE LIKE THERE'S BLACK PEOPLE WATCHING at Woolly Mammoth


by Roger Catlin - November 12, 2024

The latest Second City production at Woolly Mammoth aims to bring “Black joy” in the tradition of its past successes there, such as 2016’s “Black Side of the Moon.” That show came to D.C. on the teeth of a dispiriting election, as does the new one, “Dance Like There’s Black People Watching.”...

Past Shows

Hughie
Hughie
1/31 - 3/17/2013


Emmy Award-winning actor Richard Schiff (The West Wing) will make his Shakespeare Theatre Company mainstage debut when he stars in Eugene O’Neill’s Hughie during STC’s ...

C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters


C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters, reveals spiritual warfare from a demon’s point of view. This funny, provocative and wickedly-witty theatrical adaptation, starring Max McLean as ...

The Government Inspector
The Government Inspector
9/13 - 10/28/2012


In Gogol’s witty and hilarious satire of provincial Russian bureaucracy, Hlestakov, a civil servant whose imagination runs rampant, has arrived from Saint Petersburg to a ...

The Second City Laugh Out Loud Tour


America's famed comedy troupe, The Second City, is coming to town in its one of a kind "Laugh Out Loud Tour." From the company that ...

The Servant of Two Masters
The Servant of Two Masters
5/15 - 7/1/2012


Celebrated director Christopher Bayes restages this magical comedy at the Shakespeare Theatre Company after a sold-out run at Yale Repertory Theatre. Identities are mistaken, engagements ...

The Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
1/17 - 3/4/2012


Possibly Shakespeare’s earliest romantic comedy, The Two Gentlemen of Verona centers on Valentine and Proteus, loyal friends who are transformed into enemies thanks to their ...

John Hurt in Krapp's Last Tape
John Hurt in Krapp's Last Tape
11/29 - 12/4/2011


Alone on his 69th birthday, a man prepares for his own “party” of sorts, surrounded by volume after volume of a life on tape. Before ...

The Heir Apparent
The Heir Apparent
9/6 - 10/23/2011


Celebrate STC’s 25th Anniversary with an uproarious World Premiere comedy from the creative team behind STC’s hit production of The Liar. Broadway playwright David Ives ...

Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
8/18 - 9/4/2011


The Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Free For All is a much-loved Washington tradition, offering free performances of a Shakespearean classic to the general public. STC is ...

Old Times
Old Times
5/17 - 7/3/2011


Memory and reality collide in Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter’s nostalgic and haunting play, Old Times, as three friends recall their relationship from twenty years prior. ...

Cymbeline
Cymbeline
1/18 - 3/6/2011


Cymbeline marks director Rebecca Bayla Taichman’s return to STC, whose recent Twelfth Night was “gorgeously romantic… as brand new as a first kiss” (The Downtowner), ...

Videos


Rigoletto in Washington, DC Rigoletto
Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater (12/7 - 12/15) Tracker
Leopoldstadt in Washington, DC Leopoldstadt
Shakespeare Theatre Company (11/30 - 12/29) Tracker
All the Devils are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain in Washington, DC All the Devils are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain
STC's Klein Theatre (12/6 - 12/29) Tracker
Dissonance Dance Theatre: Black Kinesphere in Washington, DC Dissonance Dance Theatre: Black Kinesphere
Atlas Performing Arts Center (1/18 - 1/18)
An Irish Carol in Washington, DC An Irish Carol
The Keegan Theatre (12/4 - 12/31)
Your Name Means Dream in Washington, DC Your Name Means Dream
Theater J (3/12 - 3/30)
Dance Like There's Black People Watching in Washington, DC Dance Like There's Black People Watching
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (11/6 - 12/22)
American Festival Pops Orchestra: Holiday Pops: Songs of the Season in Washington, DC American Festival Pops Orchestra: Holiday Pops: Songs of the Season
Hylton Performing Arts Center (12/13 - 12/13)
Seán Heely’s Celtic Christmas in Washington, DC Seán Heely’s Celtic Christmas
Hylton Performing Arts Center (12/15 - 12/15)
A Beautiful Noise in Washington, DC A Beautiful Noise
National Theatre (12/3 - 12/8)
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