Washington, DC Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 27

BWW Review: BALLOONACY at Imagination Stage
by Elliot Lanes - February 08, 2022

Ok, I’m going to date myself. Growing up I remember watching a wonderful little film called The Red Balloon. It started out as a book by Albert Lamorisse for which he then turned into a movie starring his son in 1956. It told the story of a little boy and an unlikely friendship he ends up having wit...

BWW Review: Mosaic Theatre's DEAR MAPEL A Compelling, Personal Journey
by Andrew White - February 06, 2022

Any time you can spend with a master storyteller is time well spent; and when the storyteller is Psalmayene 24, you know you're in for a rewarding, though-provoking evening. This time, digging into his past, with all the joys and pain that growing up involves, audiences can look forward to a perform...

BWW Review: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER at The Kennedy Center
by Roger Catlin - February 04, 2022

The pandemic changed the world and it changed art - most immediately in closing places where people would gather for it, for months on end....

BWW Review: COMPULSION OR THE HOUSE BEHIND at Theater J
by Rachael F. Goldberg - February 03, 2022

'Compulsion or the House Behind' is a good show, with a strong creative team and an immensely talented cast, but it’s also a flawed one. With pacing issues and a shyness about fully facing the questions it raises, it’s often a frustrating production. But it’s a thought-provoking one for that same re...

BWW Review: THE SIMON AND GARFUNKEL STORY at The National Theatre
by Ken Kemp - February 02, 2022

The Simon and Garfunkel Story is an evening of wonderful music and nostalgia.See what BWW's critic thinks about this production. ...

BWW Review: TRANS AM at Keegan Theatre
by Roger Catlin - February 01, 2022

Lisa Stephen Friday could have presented the eight semi-autobiographical songs she worked up with her band Lisa Jackson & Girl Friday, just as she once did at a series of Lower East Side clubs in the 90s....

BWW Review: WHITE NOISE at Studio Theatre
by Rachael F. Goldberg - January 25, 2022

'White Noise' is the kind of theater that everyone hopes to experience – it grips each member of the cast and audience a bit differently, but no less fully. 'White Noise' isn’t a safe production, but it’s one that’s truly moving because of that. It’s a powerful experience, and absolutely one worth h...

BWW Review: SAM AND DEDE, OR MY DINNER WITH ANDRE THE GIANT at Washington Stage Guild
by Tavish Young - January 17, 2022

Sam and Dede is an honest show about a fictionalized truth. It explores the friendship between two famed artists, and their charming shared history....

BWW Review: THE PROM at Eisenhower Theatre At The Kennedy Center
by Ken Kemp - January 08, 2022

The Prom, playing at the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theater through January 16th, is an old school, classic Broadway Musical that is a must see....

BWW Review: AIN'T TOO PROUD - THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS Dazzles and Delights at The Kennedy Center
by Morgan Musselman - January 01, 2022

Returning to the Kennedy Center with well-deserved acclaim and a Tony Award for Best Choreography in hand, the jukebox musical Ain’t Too Proud is a tender and captivating tale of brotherhood that recounts the The Temptations decades-long struggle with fame amid personal conflict, socio-political str...

BWW Review: KANSAS at Capital One Hall
by Ken Kemp - December 22, 2021

Kansas brought their Point of Know Return tour to the Capital One Hall in Tysons, Virginia on Sunday, December 19th, highlighted by a retrospective, full performance of the most popular album in the Kansas canon....

BWW Review: FLIGHT at Studio Theatre
by Rachael F. Goldberg - December 21, 2021

'Flight' is an experience that will stay with viewers, as it should. It's an especially poignant production in the aftermath of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, though it's also a reminder that stories like Aryan and Kabir's existed long before, and will continue to exist long after the political...

BWW Review: CORDUROY at Imagination Stage
by Ken Kemp - December 21, 2021

Everybody needs a friend, and finding out if Lisa and Corduroy will become forever friends is theatrical magic....

BWW Review: JENNIFER NETTLES: BROADWAY UNDER THE MISTLETOE at Capital One Hall
by Elliot Lanes - December 20, 2021

I am always happy when a recording artist thinks outside the box when it comes to planning their holiday concerts. Let’s face it, there is only so many times you can hear the same five carols that everyone seems to perform....

BWW Review: ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME at Shakespeare Theatre Company
by Hannah Wing - December 19, 2021

The Princess of Pop meets fairytale princesses in the world premiere of Once Upon a One More Time, at Shakespeare Theatre Company's Sidney Harman Hall....

BWW Review: THE KINSEY SICKS IN OY VEY IN A MANGER at Theater J
by David Friscic - December 19, 2021

The Kinsey Sicks are back! With a militant vengeance and a satirist’s lampooning eye, this hilarious Dragapella Barbershop Quartet, entertained the Theater J audience in their show The Kinsey Sicks in Oy Vey in a Manger with a raucous and resounding devilish leer. Traditional Holiday lyrics were tur...

BWW Review: BEAUTIFUL - THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL at The Kennedy Center
by Pamela Roberts - December 19, 2021

Before stepping foot into the theatre, you’ve already experienced the best aspect of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical – the extraordinary songs. The production, touring to the Kennedy Center through January 2, highlights the best of Carole King’s hits and reminds us of the tremendous range of her...

BWW Review: THE WASHINGTON CHORUS A CANDLELIGHT CHRISTMAS at The Music Center At Strathmore / Kennedy Center Concert Hall
by Ken Kemp - December 17, 2021

A Candlelight Christmas is a warm and welcoming way to spend a holiday evening, with something for everyone to enjoy....

BWW Review: NSO POPS: A HOLIDAY POPS WITH INGRID MICHAELSON
by David Friscic - December 13, 2021

The deservedly popular and talented writer and singer Ingrid Michaelson performed and sang with a panoply of vocal coloring in the recent Holiday concert NSO Pops: A Holiday Pops with Ingrid Michaelson....

BWW Review: AN IRISH CAROL at The Keegan Theatre
by Olivia Murray - December 12, 2021

This show explores the original story of A Christmas Carol through the lens of a Scrooge-like Irish pub owner who learns that it’s not too late to turn his life around....

BWW Review: TOOTSIE at The National Theatre
by David Friscic - December 09, 2021

The musical Tootsie, now playing at the National Theater in Washington, DC, has exceptionally good intentions and flashes of show-biz brio but it tries to do too many disparate things at once. Of course, the cultural zeitgeist of the brilliant film is pervasive in the “mind’s eye” but that should id...

BWW Review: THE IMPROVISED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY at Theater Lab/Kennedy Center
by Mary Lincer - December 10, 2021

Likest thou to laugh? Then get thee to the Theater Lab at the Kennedy Center through December 19 for The Improvised Shakespeare Company who returneth with 90 minutes of gallimaufry for mature groundlings only. The lads invent what viewers dealt/in Shakespeare's words, so timely felt/clad but in swor...

BWW Review: SARAH BRIGHTMAN: A CHRISTMAS SYMPHONY at Strathmore
by Elliot Lanes - December 08, 2021

World renowned singer/actress/killer soprano Sarah Brightman has a voice that is so angelic sounding it literally takes you to a higher power. Her current tour A Christmas Symphony is a prime example of Ms. Brightman’s ridiculously high and soaring vocal range....

BWW Review: GAY MEN'S CHORUS OF WASHINGTON DC ---THE HOLIDAY SHOW
by David Friscic - December 06, 2021

The joyous holiday sleighride of rich musical moments and enthusiastic commitment continues as the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington (GMCW) presents The Holiday Show. This dedicated group has entertained the LGBTQ community for decades and it is refreshing to see them live in concert at their holiday o...

BWW Review: CINDERELLA at Synetic Theater
by Dara Homer - December 06, 2021

The story of Cinderella has been told and retold around the world countless times, from its probable origins in Egypt to the Brothers Grimm version to dozens of film and TV renditions. Synetic Theater’s adaptation transcends boundaries of age and language by presenting a wordless version of the clas...