Wednesday, February 8, 2017
In the right hands, a simple game of cards can uncover secrets, reveal hidden truths, and topple the best intentions of polite etiquette and civility. The Gin Game at MetroStage shows tha…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:36AMMonday, February 6, 2017
Caroline, or Change continues the momentum of a powerhouse season at Round House Theatre. Drawn from the personal reflections of Tony Kushner, it encompasses racial and societal pressures …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:24PMMonday, January 30, 2017
In December, 1940 the bodies of two prominent American writers who died within a day of each other, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Nathaniel West were shipped cross country in a railcar. The stra…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:42AMTuesday, January 10, 2017
Mosaic Theater Company sharpens its reputation for cutting edge theatre yet again with Charm by Philip Dawkins, now getting national attention and acclaim for spotlighting gender fluidity i…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:33AMTuesday, November 22, 2016
The Beauty and the Beast fairy tale is timeless, and many of us have grown up with the gorgeous music by Alan Menken and lyrics from Howard Ashman and Tim Rice in the true Disney animated …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:12AMMonday, November 21, 2016
Considering the numerous versions of The Merchant of Venice I have seen in the last several years, I wasn’t sure what to expect from a rendition by DC’s Commedia dell’Arte …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:06PMWednesday, November 9, 2016
At the top of Milk Like Sugar, three young teens enter, a blast of energy and music, wild rhythms jerking through their bodies in fits, almost uncontrollably, laughing, jiving each other, f…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:02PMWednesday, October 12, 2016
To think I almost passed on seeing The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane because I assumed it would be just another snuffle bunny production. I nearly missed out on one of the most touc…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:55AMMonday, September 19, 2016
I can’t say enough about the creative minds (and hearts) that plucked these two very different pieces from out of the operatic stratosphere and orchestrated such a satisfyingly delightful …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:53AMMonday, September 12, 2016
Dinner with Friends starts off innocently enough with a couple describing delicious meals from their recent European excursion. These folks are serious foodies and recount the exquisite Ital…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:38AMWednesday, September 7, 2016
The long-awaited Blackberry Daze has the signature style of a MetroStage production with Thomas W. Jones II at the helm, but the piece also swerves its own way with unusual stylistic touches…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:21AMWednesday, July 20, 2016
Deb Margolin approaches the stage with deliberate movements and looks into the eyes of the audience with the ease of someone comfortable with their own story and on a mission to share. A ser…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:05PMWednesday, July 13, 2016
The Second Girl wonderfully refracts remnants of “old world” social hierarchical values through the lives of two Irish immigrant women working in the kitchen of a New England summer home…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:28AMTuesday, July 12, 2016
This “Maritime Quest for Truth,” starts as passages from a journal or log of an elder statesman on board, Charles Boyd, also referred to as “Sir Charles” because of his sophisticated…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:52AMWednesday, June 8, 2016
Known for its heightened physical Commedia dell’Arte and mirth, the award winning Faction of Fools Theatre Company takes on Molière’s The Miser for a delightful romp of wit and foolery.…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:49AMMonday, June 6, 2016
Daring to take on incendiary subjects of race and slavery is a risky move, but playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is not averse to controversy, and the awards and accolades keep coming –…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:04PMThursday, May 26, 2016
Olwen Fouéré stands quietly in the front left corner of the stage. Without saying a word, she exudes a sense of peace, patience, mindfulness and awareness as she watches the audience enter…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:06AMThursday, May 12, 2016
A typical Mom is folding laundry, shouting tasks to kids upstairs and handling day-to-day issues on an ordinary day as An American Daughter opens. Only when she listens to an interview on…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:38PMTuesday, May 3, 2016
A treasured fairy tale of a lovely bird that helps save a kingdom comes alive in the Adventure Theatre/MTC’s production of The Emperor’s Nightingale. Director Natsu Onoda Power leads a…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:37AMWednesday, April 27, 2016
Black Pearl Sings! is a powerful, entertaining story of two women from vastly different walks who have life-changing interactions that revolve around snippets of historical music. The pla…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:13PMThursday, April 21, 2016
Will Eno is not the easiest writer to access and understand with his lyrical use of language and words that dance and dangle and quirky characters. The young performers at Lumina St…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:14AMTuesday, April 5, 2016
After Life and Josephine are two short operatic works featuring original music by Tom Cipullo. The first presents Gertrude Sein and Pablo Picasso in a heated discourse about life decisions…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:19AMSaturday, March 19, 2016
Having seen and been touched by nearly every version of this story that’s out there, I wondered what yet another iteration would reveal, and I discovered, well plenty! The creative casting…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:12PMThursday, February 11, 2016
Puppetry as a family affair takes on a whole new meaning when it comes to the Pipers in this historical rendition of Pinocchio, the boy puppet who yearns to be a real boy. This version rem…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:03PMWednesday, January 27, 2016
The genesis of this production says much about the innovative creative process at MetroStage. The idea that a new musical could be developed from Tom Jones’ productions was a spark in the …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:51PMMonday, January 18, 2016
The strange title refers to the profound sense of feeling insignificant, inconsequential, disrespected and invisible sentiments felt by black men in America. The stories and messages are cl…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:28AM 
