Wednesday, May 15, 2019
The wait is over – the anticipated U.S. premiere of Fame, The Musical en Espanol is finally here and it is outstanding! In the opening scenes, students hold unopened letters in their hands…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:18AMWednesday, April 17, 2019
Les Deux Noirs: Notes on Notes of a Native Son, Psalmayene 24’s creatively imagined encounter of two great American writers, Richard Wright and James Baldwin in a Parisian café in 1953, t…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:43AMWednesday, April 10, 2019
We hear the sound of children in the front room through baby monitors, while we watch their parents carry on with all kinds of shenanigans in John Morogiello’s comedy Play Date. Kira Burri…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:35AMThursday, March 21, 2019
Topdog/Underdog from WSC Avant Bard is an emotionally charged wonder that leaves no stone unturned or scab safely covered. The trailblazing story by Suzan-Lori Parks rips off the social ba…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:54AMMonday, March 11, 2019
The magic and artistry of Pablo Picasso shine through in this fun-filled family show at GALA. Playwright director Cornelia Cody brings his talent to life through stories, music, dance and …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:17AMTuesday, March 5, 2019
At the top of Dominique Morisseau’s Blood at the Root, teens burst onto the stage in a blast of energy and music, reciting lines filled with wild rhythms and formations coming every which …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:30PMThursday, February 21, 2019
Dickens’s Davy Copperfield is the musical retelling of the classic tale that covers and crystalizes the first ten years in the hardscrabbe life of young “Davy”. When Charles Dickens wr…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:53AMTuesday, February 19, 2019
Filled with down home moaning blues sprinkled with glittering magical realism, Thunder Knocking on the Door is packing the house at Creative Cauldron. In a small southern Alabama town, a m…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:18PMWednesday, February 6, 2019
Farce is not as easy to pull off as it looks. Add mounds of glorious text inspired by the freedom spouting French philosopher Francois-Marie Arouet, a.k.a Voltaire, and you’ve got quite …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:54PMMonday, January 21, 2019
The Pointless Theatre collaborators are skilled adaptors of familiar stories. Using a unique visual approach to theater and storytelling, the company finds the pulse points, the underlying h…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:42AMMonday, December 17, 2018
I wasn’t planning to catch this – the Morgan Freeman/Jessica Tandy movie was enough, so I passed on all the other enticing offerings. Yes, the play is beautifully written and quaint, and…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:12AMMonday, December 10, 2018
There’s something magical about Madeline – the child who can handle every obstacle, can rectify any situation, and is adored by legions. Creative Cauldron brings one of the belov…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:24PMWednesday, December 5, 2018
Round House Theatre is providing a rare opportunity to catch one of August Wilson’s most mystical productions, Gem of the Ocean. It is magical, theatrical, and historical all rolled into o…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:24PMMonday, December 3, 2018
Boundless talent, enthusiasm and creativity bring out The Magic of Victor Herbert Operetta Wonderland in the In Series production playing at the D.C. Scottish Rite Temple venue. Who knew tha…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:06PMTuesday, November 27, 2018
Running on Glass reminds us of the history of female athletes who burst through the metaphorical glass ceiling only to be forgotten throughout history. It’s actually a joy seeing the mos…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:04AMWednesday, October 31, 2018
The first time they met in western New York, in the fall of 1849, playwright Mat Smart imagines, Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony would have had a wary interchange. Both are strong …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:48PMTuesday, October 9, 2018
From the onset, Coraline makes it clear in no uncertain terms that her name is pronounced “core” instead of the usual “care.” As such, the independent Coraline stakes out a solid s…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:24PMMonday, September 24, 2018
She was on her way to an annual Christmas day party and never made it. The news of her murder shook all who knew Tricia McCauley as a beloved actress, a precious yoga instructor, a fellow …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:12PMMonday, September 10, 2018
Engaging Shaw is a fun-loving romp of a parlor comedy that hits its mark at Best Medicine. The script by John Morogiello imagines one of the truly most gifted social writers in history con…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:24PMTuesday, September 4, 2018
This latest work by Athol Fugard, The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek, is a masterpiece on so many levels. Set in two distinct times, it explores the oppressive impact of apartheid in Sout…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:06PMWednesday, August 29, 2018
It’s 1946 Mississippi and recording artist Sister Rosetta Tharpe is considering adding a singer to join her show, so she finds the only comfortable spot available for them in the Jim Crow …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:04AMTuesday, August 14, 2018
You may have heard of Douglas Turner Ward’s 1965 Day of Absence, but might not be as aware of his other one-act play that was often performed as a full evening. Here’s a chance to fin…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:04AMMonday, July 30, 2018
Just when you wondered what else Holly Bass would do with her arsenal of skills in hip-hop, dance, spoken word, poetry and theater, she snaps us into shifting realities. This workshop prod…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:12AMWednesday, July 18, 2018
Addison Switzer and I shared stages back in the early days of the old Clark Street Playhouse, so I was thrilled to explore his take on his role as King of the Fairies, King Finvarra in this …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:48AMTuesday, July 17, 2018
Don’t let the unsettling title scare you away. Yes, it’s direct and upfront but the characterizations build and the interactions usher us into precious reflections on life. On th…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:04PMTuesday, July 10, 2018
Marc Acito’s Secrets of the Universe depicts how, in 1937, our country’s most brilliant mind, Albert Einstein, befriended the one and only Marian Anderson when she had been denie…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:24PMMonday, May 21, 2018
Faction Fools’ usual comic shtick works wondrously well in The Cherry Orchard. The award winning Fools bring artistry, cultural awareness and salient knowledge with funny bone commedi…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:24PMMonday, April 30, 2018
Adventure Theatre MTC’s production of Judy Moody & Stink: The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Treasure Hunt is a bounty filled with madcap fun and laughter. The fact that it’s part of a seven…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:42AMTuesday, April 24, 2018
Witch opens with what appears to be a coven of women in black shiny robes circling the stage holding candles. One periodically reads from a book so iridescent that its pages glow in the dark…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:04PMMonday, April 9, 2018
The title alone – The Underground Railroad Game – gives you hint of the slippery slide towards impropriety and breach of all kinds of correctness about to happen. And that�…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:00PMTuesday, March 27, 2018
The facts behind the real life incidents captured in Kenneth Jones’s Alabama Story – the controversy over banning a children’s book – stands as a cautionary tale, one that ha…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:21PM 
