Washington, DC Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 21

Review: INTIMATE APPAREL at Theater J
by Rachael F. Goldberg - October 27, 2022

'Intimate Apparel' is a fascinating look at an intriguing woman, time period, and world, but the production just didn’t meet the standards Theater J has set for itself over the years....

Review: THE LOOK OF LOVE at Eisenhower Theater
by Mary Lincer - October 29, 2022

What did our critic think of THE LOOK OF LOVE at Eisenhower Theater?...

ELEGIES: A SONG CYCLE at Keegan Theatre
by David Friscic - October 25, 2022

The Keegan Theatre is presenting a moving and sensitive production of composer William Finn’s Elegies: A Song Cycle.  This is a work of disarming autobiographical elements that underscore Finn’s alternately quirky and elegiac lyrics.  Finn’s music is shot through with a sense of longing and pain abe...

Review: FADE at Unexpected Stage Company
by Roger Catlin - October 24, 2022

Before she became creator and show runner for the well-received three-season premium cable series 'Vida,' the playwright Tanya Saracho spent some time as a staffer in various TV writers' rooms, from HBO's 'Girls' and 'Looking' to ABC's 'How to Get Away with Murder.'...

Review: CLOUD GATE DANCE THEATRE OF TAIWAN: 13 TONGUES at The Kennedy Center
by Rachael F. Goldberg - October 22, 2022

Cloud Gate Theatre of Taiwan’s '13 Tongues' is the perfect season starter for the Kennedy Center's wonderful international dance program....

Review: MY BODY NO CHOICE Rallies Cries of Resistance at Arena Stage
by Morgan Musselman - October 22, 2022

My Body No Choice is a timely reminder that speaking one’s truth is a powerful means of political resistance....

Review: THE TILL TRILOGY at Mosaic Theater Company
by Olivia Murray - October 17, 2022

I strongly encourage anyone who can, to go see at least one if not all three parts of this story....

Review: DRACULA at Synetic Theatre
by Martrese Meachum - October 17, 2022

What did our critic think of DRACULA at Synetic Theatre? Synetic Theatre's signature style of silent, motion filled acting lends itself well to this adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel of the same name. Dracula is the tale of a wounded warrior granted eternal life as a vampire during the Turkish ...

Review: HOLIDAY at Arena Stage
by Alexander C. Kafka - October 14, 2022

Philip Barry's 1928 classic is a romantic comedy, as advertised, but its layers of bittersweet emotional valence come through in this handsome production, directed by Anita Maynard-Losh....

Review: MY CALAMITOUS AFFAIR... at The Corner At Whitman Walker
by Martrese Meachum - October 13, 2022

What did our critic think of MY CALAMITOUS AFFAIR... at The Corner At Whitman Walker? Voices Festival Productions' presents My Calamitous Affair with the Minister of Culture and Censorship or Death of Dialogic in the American Theater by founder and playwright, Ari Roth as its season opener. My Calam...

Review: GUYS AND DOLLS at Eisenhower Theatre At The Kennedy Center
by Ken Kemp - October 13, 2022

Broadway Center Stage brings one of the greatest shows of the Golden Age of Musicals to the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theatre for a limited engagement....

Review: TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL at National Theatre
by Ken Kemp - October 12, 2022

TINA takes you behind the scenes of the icon's inspirational story, and recreates the power and energy of her live performances....

Review: DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM at Sidney Harman Hall
by Alexander C. Kafka - October 08, 2022

Dance Theatre of Harlem presents the world premiere of 'Sounds of Hazel,' a celebration of Hazel Scott, at Sidney Harman Hall....

Review: THE NOTEBOOKS OF LEONARDO DA VINCI at Shakespeare Theatre Company
by Roger Catlin - October 06, 2022

What did our critic think of THE NOTEBOOKS OF LEONARDO DA VINCI at Shakespeare Theatre Company?...

Review: ONCE ON THIS ISLAND at Constellation Theatre Company
by Olivia Murray - October 04, 2022

You will laugh, cry, and feel many emotions in between. I strongly recommend going to see this incredibly talented cast put on a show that goes beyond any regular theatre performance....

Review: MAPLE AND VINE at Spooky Action
by Roger Catlin - October 04, 2022

What did our critic think of MAPLE AND VINE at Spooky Action?...

Review: EINSTEIN'S WIFE at ExPats Theatre
by David Friscic - October 03, 2022

A dramatic and ruminative journey through the personal history of two famous figures, Albert Einstein, and his wife Mileva Marić, takes place in an afterlife limbo in Einstein’s Wife. This intriguing play will be welcome by anyone who is interested in the interpersonal battles of Einstein and his fi...

Review: THE GOOD DOCTOR at Washington Stage Guild
by Ken Kemp - October 03, 2022

WSG's The Good Doctor runs through October 23rd, and this production gets it right with standout performances from a tight knit cast....

Review: THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL at Ford's Theatre
by Pamela Roberts - October 02, 2022

The Trip to Bountiful at Ford's Theatre is an incredible showcase for Nancy Robinette, one of Washington’s foremost actors, who skillfully drives the production as Mrs. Carrie Watts who yearns to leave the small Houston apartment of her son and daughter-in-law to return to her Texas homeland, Bounti...

Review: SERGIO MENDES at Strathmore
by Olivia Murray - October 01, 2022

This show was lively and joyful, giving the audience what they wanted and more. Mendes is a true gift to music as his legacy continues to live on....

Review: HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING at Studio Theatre
by David Friscic - September 29, 2022

The “awful grace of God” (from Aeschylus----prominently displayed on Robert F. Kennedy’s grave) has been a line I all too well understand as a Catholic---in the current and intellectually thrilling production of Heroes of the Fourth Turning, Aeschylus is more than apt.  These characters are given gr...

Review: OUR BLACK DEATH by Taffety Punk Battles for Love at the End of the World
by Morgan Musselman - September 25, 2022

Taffety Punk returns to the stage in full force with their production of Our Black Death: Plagues, Turnips, and Other Romantic Gestures, directed by Marcus Kyd is all at once hilarious, shocking, and bittersweet in its exploration of love during a plague....

Review: NINE NIGHT at Round House Theatre
by David Friscic - September 22, 2022

Past secrets and traditions are remembered, present feelings and resentments are exposed, and future plans collide when the death of a beloved matriarch (of a Jamaican -British family) shatters the strictures of daily life for the celebration of Nine Night (a celebration of family/friends, food, and...

Review: MLIMA'S TALE at 1st Stage Theatre
by Hannah Wing - September 21, 2022

1st Stage's production of Mlima's Tale, directed by José Carrasquillo, is a surreal approach to what happens to Mlima after his death....

Review: REVOLTOSA - THE TROUBLEMAKER at GALA Hispanic Theatre
by David Friscic - September 19, 2022

Revoltosa—The Troublemaker , now playing at GALA Hispanic Theatre ---is a compelling and lyrical “slice of life” with multiple layers of interest for just about any thinking and feeling human being who is willing to entertain the idea that life is full of mystery, contradictions and certain universa...