Washington, DC Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 25

BWW Review: AN UNTITLED LOVE ---A.I.M BY KYLE ABRAHAM at Kennedy Center
by David Friscic - May 02, 2022

Four years in the making, A.I.M by Kyle Abraham presented the hour-long dance piece entitled An Untitled Love but, although it may have been “untitled” it certainly encompassed many myriad moods, feelings and styles of dance while emphasizing the need for connection in an often-broken world with hum...

BWW Review: DIE, MR. DARCY, DIE! at Best Medicine Rep
by Mary Lincer - May 01, 2022

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BWW Review: THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER at Strathmore & Woolly Mammoth
by Rachael F. Goldberg - April 29, 2022

'The Parable of the Sower' might be a bit too on-the-nose for some viewers, but it's a beautifully produced performance that showcases phenomenal talents while drawing necessary attention to key issues....

BWW Review: THE OTHER SIDE at Kennedy Center
by Elliot Lanes - April 27, 2022

There are some ideas for theatrical pieces that seem great on paper but never quite become what you hoped they would be. Kennedy Center’s World Premiere dance commission The Other Side is that kind of piece....

BWW Review: LEA SALONGA at The Music Center at Strathmore
by Elliot Lanes - April 26, 2022

There are very few times in a reviewer’s career where he/she can honestly say they saw a perfect performance. This past weekend at The Music Center at Strathmore international star of stage, screen, and the concert stage Lea Salonga gave a perfect performance. Her Dream Again Tour has a song list t...

BWW Review: IT'S NOT A TRIP IT'S A JOURNEY at Round House Theatre
by Megan Gray - April 26, 2022

The world premiere of Charly Evon Simpson's new play 'It's Not a Trip It's a Journey' has opened at Round House Theatre in Bethesda, MD in collaboration with the theater's first annual National Capital New Play Festival. Simpson's play, directed skillfully by Nicole A. Watson, invites audiences alon...

BWW Review: THE MAMALOGUES at 1st Stage Theater
by Tavish Young - April 25, 2022

Earnest, funny, and full of life, Lisa B. Thompson's The Mamalogues is an intimate piece about navigating the world and looking for a fulfilling way of life (and in particular America) as a single Black mother. ...

BWW Review: WE DECLARE YOU A TERRORIST. . . at Round House Theatre
by Rachael F. Goldberg - April 22, 2022

There’s certainly something timely about 'We declare you a terrorist. . .' premiering now, as Russia, once again under Putin’s control, lays siege on neighboring Ukraine, but Lord’s script also makes it clear that the show’s relevance goes far beyond the current war....

BWW Review: COME FROM AWAY at The National Theatre
by Ken Kemp - April 14, 2022

Read our critic's review - The National Tour of Come From Away is playing this week at The National Theatre, bringing all of the joy and magic of the Broadway production with it....

BWW Review: Shakespeare Theatre Company's MOCK TRIAL puts 'Much Ado' on the Witness Stand
by Andrew White - April 12, 2022

Last night, the Sidney Harman Theatre was just sitting there, minding its own business. Who knew it would be invaded by a small squadron of lawyers, hell-bent on mayhem, in a full-frontal assault on the integrity of one of Shakespeare's most innocent (if naïve) characters?...

BWW Review: BEASTGIRL Holds Audiences Spellbound at the Kennedy Center's Studio K
by Morgan Musselman - April 12, 2022

BEASTGIRL, a captivating new musical centered around three first-generation Dominican-American sisters, begins its world premiere at the Kennedy Center’s Studio K this month. Don’t miss your chance to see it....

BWW Review: YOGA PLAY at Keegan Theatre
by Mary Lincer - April 11, 2022

For Keegan Theatre's regional première of Yoga Play by Dipika Guha, Set Designer Matthew J. Keenan provides a sleek, beige unit set onto which Jeremy Bennett's projections shine, pop, narrate, move, and comment. (Be sure to read the changing smoothie descriptions in the Jojomon canteen.) Cindy Landr...

BWW Review: MEAN GIRLS at Kennedy Center
by Olivia Murray - April 10, 2022

Read our critic's take as they write about how Tina Fey's well-known teen comedy fares in a new medium, made modern and on stage....

BWW Review: OKLAHOMA! National Tour at Eisenhower Theatre At The Kennedy Center
by Ken Kemp - April 09, 2022

See what our critic had to think. This ain't your mama's Oklahoma! It ain't Rodgers and Hammerstein's, either. It's what you'd get if Andy Warhol and Robert Mapplethorpe dropped acid and decided to re-write a classic of musical theatre....

BWW Review: Synetic Theater's SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS a Raucous Hilarious Showcase
by Andrew White - April 09, 2022

If there were any doubt in your mind that theatre is back, as thrilling and death-defying as ever, make your plans now to see Synetic Theatre’s take on the old Italian classic “Servant of Two Masters.”  Fasten your seat belts, you’ll be on a roller-coaster of virtuosity, wordless and breathless, for...

BWW Review: AIDA performed by Young Artists Of America at Strathmore
by Olivia Murray - April 05, 2022

A story of love and war set in Egypt, where the Nubian princess and her people are captured, sets the scene for a thrilling and captivating show....

BWW Review: ENGLISH WITH AN ACCENT at GALA Hispanic Theatre
by Roger Catlin - April 06, 2022

One may never know what to expect on April Fool's Day, but a one-night-only performance by a Venezuelan-American artist at the GALA Hispanic theatre was certainly one of them....

BWW News: CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN THEATRE FESTIVAL Returns This July!
by Andrew White - April 05, 2022

It's a new day in Shepherdstown, indeed; after a 2-year hiatus from live theatre, the Contemporary American Theater Festival is returning with a panoply of performances to choose from: six fascinating plays, workshops and coffees with the artists, and a cabaret or two to complement the mainstage eve...

BWW Review: NAT TURNER IN JERUSALEM at Next Stop Theatre Company
by Ken Kemp - April 05, 2022

Nat Turner in Jerusalem is inspiring, and enlightening. It will make you look at the story of this painful moment in our history in a new light....

BWW Review: AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE'S 'DON QUIXOTE' at Kennedy Center
by Roger Catlin - April 03, 2022

Couples planning intricate surprise dance moves at their upcoming wedding receptions might as well give up now. Nothing will ever top the astounding artistry and athleticism that is highlighted in the back and forth between the wedded pair in American Ballet Theatre's performance of 'Don Quixote' th...

BWW Review: GRACE at Ford's Theatre
by David Friscic - April 01, 2022

Billed as the “New Musical”, the musical Grace is a soulful and heart-filled affirmation of a family hanging on to hope and love as their community changes and as the future propels them onwards. This new musical now playing at Ford’s Theatre is also about letting go of the past yet still honoring i...

BWW Review: HI, ARE YOU SINGLE? at Woolly Mammoth
by Tavish Young - March 31, 2022

Hi, Are You Single? is a one-man show that explores intimacy, hypocrisy, sex, and slow dancing with strangers. Written and performed by Ryan J. Haddad, the show exists at the intersection between queerness and living with a disability....

BWW Review: ABT FORWARD at Kennedy Center
by Roger Catlin - March 31, 2022

The Kennedy Center's 50th anniversary (whose celebrations have largely been pushed back a year due to the pandemic) coincides with the golden anniversary of the annual residency there of New York's American Ballet Theatre, whose first performance there came the day after the venerable Washington Per...

BWW Review: PRIVATE at Mosaic Theater Company
by David Friscic - March 28, 2022

The question of privacy and personal autonomy is a vital theme especially in these stress-filled and autocratic times but, the current offering at the Mosaic Theater Company of DC the play Private misses the mark.  Though it is commendable that this play’s themes are explored, the dramatic impact of...

BWW Review: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE at Shakespeare Theatre Company
by Dara Homer - March 27, 2022

The Merchant of Venice is traditionally categorized as a comedy, but the character of Shylock anchors one of Shakespeare’s most maddening tragic arcs. Here, Shylock is played by the magnificent John Douglas Thompson, whose powerful interpretations of the character's frank yet contorted appeals for j...