IT’S A MOTHERF**CKING PLEASURE At Woolly Mammoth
by Hannah R. Wing - March 13, 2025
It’s a Motherf**cking Pleasure, directed by Josh Roche, goes rapidly back and forth between a play and commentary (as well as a little bit of audience interaction) that addresses ableism, and this makes the fictional play hard to follow....
Review: A ROOM IN THE CASTLE at Folger Theatre
by Pamela Roberts - March 13, 2025
A Room in the Castle, by Lauren M. Gunderson, premiering at the Folger Theatre, is a fresh look at a story we thought we knew – and demands that we reconsider the tale from other viewpoints. The well-paced story is engaging and infused with humor....
Review: MULAN: A LEGEND REIMAGINED at Capital One Hall
by Emily Berger - March 10, 2025
Saturday evening’s performance of Mulan: A Legend Reimagined at Capital One Hall was a ninety-minute retelling of the classic Chinese folk story of the young woman who impersonates a soldier and ends up successfully defending her country. This dance-based version presented by Greater Washington Chin...
Review: THE AGE OF INNOCENCE at Arena Stage
by Mary Lincer - March 07, 2025
Edith Wharton's novel The Age of Innocence was published about a week before she was able to vote for the first time in 1920. The following year, she became the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize. Now, playwright Karen Zacarías has adapted Wharton's complex tragedy of manners into Arena's elegant...
Review: THE SCENARIOS at Studio Theatre
by David Friscic - March 05, 2025
The play The Scenarios successfully proves the fact that it is impossible to fit the messiness and vagaries of life into the role-playing scenarios (that are well-intentioned) that society often employs to help with remediation and beneficial effects. This World Premiere that is being presented by S...
Review: DANA TAI SOON BURGESS DANCE COMPANY at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
by Audrey Cahak - March 07, 2025
Contemporary dance choreographer and company founder Dana Tai Soon Burgess produced the dance concert “An Asian American Dance Journey” for a three-day run at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. While it is the company’s 32nd year in production, it was their first year collaborating with and dancing...