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Review: PANTI BLISS: IF THESE WIGS COULD TALK at Solas Nua and Studio Theatre


by Rachael F. Goldberg - June 30, 2024

Famed Irish drag queen Panti Bliss leads the audience on an emotionally satisfying journey in her one-woman show, 'If These Wigs Could Talk,' reflecting on her own internal journey as she considers the role she’s played over the years and where she fits in today’s modern landscape....

Review: GOOD BONES at Studio Theatre


by David Friscic - May 19, 2023

A solid, well-crafted, and thought-provoking play---Good Bones is about four individuals coping in various ways with issues of onrushing gentrification, loss of community, and reconnection. Playwright James Ijames has written an all too relevant story about what happens when a community and sense of...

Review: ENGLISH at Studio Theatre


by David Friscic - January 18, 2023

Is learning a new language a hindrance to your heart’s love of your cultural heritage, is it purely functional, or is it a means of gaining enrichment and new understanding? Is precise pronunciation meant to trip lightly off the tongue in any language or is it best to take pride in your original acc...

Review: PEOPLE, PLACES &THINGS at Studio Theatre


by David Friscic - November 15, 2022

People, Places and Things are a constant trigger for addiction and anxiety in the probing and intellectually thrilling production of People, Places & Things now playing at the Studio Theatre.  A highly evolved play of substance that really pushes the boundaries of the subject of addiction is a top-n...

Past Shows

The Apple Family Cycle
10/28 - 12/13/2015


Richard Nelson; dir: Serge Seiden....

Chimerica
9/9 - 10/18/2015


Lucy Kirkwood; dir: David Muse....

Silence! The Musical
7/15 - 8/9/2015


book: Hunter Bell; lyrics: Al Kaplan, Jon Kaplan; music: Al Kaplan, Jon Kaplan; dir: Keith Alan Baker....

Jumpers for Goalposts
5/13 - 6/21/2015


Tom Wells; dir: Matt Torney....

Mary-Kate Olsen is in Love
6/3 - 6/21/2015


Mallery Avidon; dir: Holly Twyford....

Murder Ballad
4/15 - 5/10/2015


Julia Jordan; book: Julia Jordan; lyrics: Julia Jordan, Juliana Nash; music: Juliana Nash; dir: David Muse....

Laugh
3/11 - 4/19/2015


Beth Henley; dir: David Schweizer....

Choir Boy
1/7 - 2/22/2015


The Charles R. Drew Prep School for Boys is dedicated to the creation of strong, ethical black men. Pharus wants nothing more than to take ...

Terminus
12/10 - 1/4/2015


Mark O'Rowe; dir: Tom Story....

Stage 4:
7/9 - 8/3/2014


Carrie: The Musical Lawrence D. Cohen; lyrics: Dean Pitchford; music: Michael Gore; dir: Keith Alan Baker....

Moth
4/9 - 5/4/2014


Declan Greene; dir: Tom Story....

Water by the Spoonful
3/5 - 4/13/2014


Somewhere in Philadelphia, Elliot has returned from Iraq and is struggling to find his place in the world. Somewhere in a chat room, recovering addicts ...

Tribes
1/8 - 2/16/2014


Mead Theatre: Nina Raine; dir: David Muse....

Edgar and Anabel
12/11 - 1/5/2014


Stage 4: Sam Holcroft; dir: Holly Twyford....

Apple Family Plays
11/13 - 12/29/2013


Milton Theatre: Richard Nelson; dir: Serge Seiden....

The Night Watcher
10/23 - 11/17/2013


Mead Theatre: Charlayne Woodard; dir: Charlayne Woodard....

Red Speedo
9/25 - 10/20/2013


Lucas Hnath; dir: Lila Neugebauer....

Torch Song Trilogy
9/4 - 10/13/2013


Harvey Fierstein; dir: Michael Kahn....

The Rocky Horror Show
7/10 - 8/4/2013


The Rocky Horror Picture Show, both a stage musical and a cult classic film, is the brainchild of Richard O'Brien. He wrote the music, lyrics, ...

Baby Universe
6/26 - 7/21/2013


The Mead Theatre: - Kirjan Waage, Gwendolyn Warnock; music: Lars Petter Hagen; dir: Daniel Goldstein (Consultant)....

The Real Thing
5/22 - 6/30/2013


The Milton Theatre: - Tom Stoppard; dir: David Muse....

2-2 Tango
4/24 - 5/19/2013


Stage 4: - Daniel MacIvor; dir: Eric Ruffin....

Skin Tight
4/24 - 5/19/2013


Stage 4: - Gary Henderson; dir: Johanna Gruenhut....

4000 Miles
3/20 - 4/28/2013


The Mead Theatre: - Amy Herzog; dir: Joy Zinoman....

The MotherFer with the Hat
1/30 - 3/10/2013


Jackie is a former drug dealer out on parole who is trying to stay clean. His girlfriend is coke-addicted Veronica, whom he has loved since ...

Contractions
1/2 - 1/27/2013


Stage 4: - Mike Bartlett; dir: Duncan MacMillan....

An Iliad
12/21 - 1/13/2013


On a bare stage, a storyteller emerges from the back of the theatre to re-tell The Iliad, one of the oldest stories in Western civilization. ...

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson


This rowdy and irreverent musical imagines President Andrew “Old Hickory” Jackson as a rock star, following young Jackson from his boyhood home to the spotlight ...

Bachelorette
5/23 - 7/1/2012

The Big Meal
The Big Meal
4/25 - 5/20/2012


Five generations share the moments, both epic and intimate, that make a life. From the excitement and awkwardness of a first date to the grief ...

Sucker Punch
Sucker Punch
2/29 - 4/8/2012


When Leon and Troy are caught breaking in to a north London boxing gym, the owner puts the aspiring black boxers to work rather than ...

Astro Boy and the God of Comics


A highly visual, retro-sci-fi performance about the 1960s animation series Astro Boy and its creator Osamu Tezuka. The play combines Tezuka’s life, the history of ...

Time Stands Still
Time Stands Still
1/4 - 2/12/2012


This searing drama follows Sarah Goodwin, a globe-trotting photojournalist, who returns home from the battlefields of Iraq after she’s badly injured while covering a story. ...

Bust
Bust
11/30 - 12/18/2011


Based on Lauren Weedman’s experiences working as a volunteer advocate in a Southern California prison for women. Weedman’s job is to listen, but talking is ...

The Golden Dragon
The Golden Dragon
11/2 - 12/11/2011


In the cramped kitchen of an Asian restaurant, four cooks pull the tooth of a young Chinese co-worker. His tooth ends up in the Thai ...

Lungs
Lungs
9/28 - 10/16/2011


The world is getting hotter, there’s unrest overseas—the seas themselves aren’t very calm—and one couple is thinking about their future. Duncan Macmillan’s chamber drama follows ...

The Habit of Art
The Habit of Art
9/7 - 10/16/2011


Deep in the bowels of London’s National Theatre, rehearsals for a new play go apace: Benjamin Britten is having trouble with his latest opera and ...

Sucker Punch
2/29 - 4/8/2011

Videos


Prayer for the French Republic in Washington, DC Prayer for the French Republic
Theater J (10/30 - 11/24) Tracker
Rigoletto in Washington, DC Rigoletto
Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater (12/7 - 12/15) Tracker
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (Non-Equity) in Washington, DC Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (Non-Equity)
National Theatre (1/24 - 1/26)
Celtic Woman White Christmas Symphony Tour in Washington, DC Celtic Woman White Christmas Symphony Tour
Concert Hall at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (12/13 - 12/14)
Kimberly Akimbo in Washington, DC Kimberly Akimbo
National Theatre (5/20 - 6/1)
Miracle on 34th Street: A Live Musical Radio Play in Washington, DC Miracle on 34th Street: A Live Musical Radio Play
ARTfactory Wind River Theater (11/29 - 12/8)
Squirrel Nut Zippers: Christmas Caravan in Washington, DC Squirrel Nut Zippers: Christmas Caravan
Center for the Arts at George Mason University (12/7 - 12/7)
The Art of Care in Washington, DC The Art of Care
Atlas Performing Arts Center (10/31 - 11/24)
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Dances for the Ears in Washington, DC Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Dances for the Ears
Center for the Arts at George Mason University (1/26 - 1/26)
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