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Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Review: ‘The Big Apple Circus’ Brings Fun to the National Harbor by Kendall Mostafavi

The Big Apple Circus has come to the DC area for their 40th Anniversary Celebration. Original founders, Paul Binder and Michael Christensen, established the BAC in 1977. Their European style…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:27PM
Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Review: ‘Godspell’ at NextStop Theatre Company by Kendall Mostafavi

NextStop Theatre is reaching the end of their July 2017 to June 2018 “Point and Counterpoint” season. Their third and final show pairing explores the contrasting effects that religious t…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:54PM
Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Review: ‘The Farnsworth Invention’ at 1st Stage by Kendall Mostafavi

In 1920, a fourteen-year-old boy in Idaho, named Philo Farnsworth, asked his science teacher for advice on a design he was working on for an electronic television system. Seven years later, …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:55PM
Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Review: ‘Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day’ at Adventure Theatre MTC by Kendall Mostafavi

Have you ever had a day where absolutely every little thing goes wrong? Well, Alexander has. In the musical version of Judith Viorst’s book, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:00PM
Thursday, February 1, 2018

Review: ‘Hairspray’ an Adventure Theatre and ATMTC Academy Student Production by Kendall Mostafavi

Adventure Theatre and ATMTC Academy presented their student production of Hairspray over the weekend. Young artists, ranging from grades four through twelve, hit the stage with all the energ…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:47PM
Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Review: ‘This Is All Just Temporary’ at Convergence Theatre (Women’s Voices Theater Festival) by Kendall Mostafavi

Convergence Theatre, as a part of the Women’s Voices Theater Festival, has produced a new play by Olivia Haller called This Is All Just Temporary. The original work focuses on college grad…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:26PM
Thursday, January 18, 2018

Review: ‘Fiddler on the Roof, Jr.’ at Bravo Productions by Kendall Mostafavi

Bravo Productions had their first of two productions in 2018 this past weekend. Fiddler on the Roof JR ran for four shows in two days to completely packed houses. The Junior musical is a con…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:15PM
Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Review: ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ at The American Pops Orchestra by Kendall Mostafavi

Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days is a classic novel that has stood the test of time–one hundred and forty-five years, to be exact–and been adapted into multiple media …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:45PM
Sunday, December 24, 2017

Review: ‘Foolish Fairytales’ at Faction of Fools Theatre Company by Kendall Mostafavi

If you have yet to experience a Faction of Fools Theatre Company production, then you are missing out on something truly brilliant and one-of-a-kind. With a Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:37AM
Thursday, December 14, 2017

Review: ‘A Tuna Christmas’ at Parlor Room Theater by Kendall Mostafavi

Classic holiday productions, like Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, always show up around the theater circuit this time of year. But there are also …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:00PM
Thursday, December 7, 2017

Review: ‘Holiday Follies’ at Signature Theatre by Kendall Mostafavi

It’s that time of year again. Signature Theatre opened their annual Holiday Follies this week. The seasonal cabaret is packed with a set of over twenty songs including Christmas classics, …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:57PM
Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Review: ‘In Conversation with Samantha Bee…A Moderated Q&A’ at The Kennedy Center Concert Hall by Kendall Mostafavi

It was a match made in heaven: Rebecca Traister, author and commentator on feminism and politics; and Samantha Bee, Canadian-American writer, comedian, producer, and (according to TIME) one …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:19PM
Thursday, November 23, 2017

Review: ‘Me…Jane: The Dreams & Adventures of Young Jane Goodall’ at the Kennedy Center by Kendall Mostafavi

The story of Jane Goodall – primatologist, ethologist, anthropologist – has been told numerous times in various media forms. The British born naturalist is said to be the leading…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:15AM
Saturday, November 11, 2017

Review: ‘A Little Princess’ at Creative Cauldron’s Learning Theatre by Kendall Mostafavi

Creative Cauldron’s Learning Theatre has put on an original version of Francis Hodgson Burnett’s A Little Princess. Ellen Selby, who co-directed the show, wrote the book, with music by M…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:37AM
Thursday, November 2, 2017

Review: ‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’ at Little Theatre of Alexandria by Kendall Mostafavi

The Little Theatre of Alexandria’s most recent production, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang, is an interesting look at family dynamics and the lingering effects t…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:42AM
Thursday, October 26, 2017

Review: ‘Assassins’ at NextStop Theatre Company by Kendall Mostafavi

NextStop opened their production of Assassins over the weekend and (all the cheesy pun intended) absolutely killed it. With music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by John Weidman, th…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:01PM
Sunday, October 22, 2017

Review: ‘Emilie’ at Avant Bard by Kendall Mostafavi

Life is full of unanswered questions. But in Lauren Gunderson’s play, Emilie: La Marquise Du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight, the title character is given a second chance. Avant Bard is…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:12PM
Thursday, October 19, 2017

Review: ‘Wilderness’ at The Kennedy Center’s Family Theater by Kendall Mostafavi

The Kennedy Center recently presented En Garde Arts’ touring production of Wilderness, a multimedia show that discusses the real-life accounts of young teens who struggle with mental healt…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:26AM
Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Review: ‘Pippin’ at The Arlington Players by Kendall Mostafavi

The Arlington Players are entering the last weekend of their production of Pippin, a show that promises magic and fantastic feats, with book by Roger Hirson and music and lyrics by Stephen S…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:37PM
Friday, September 29, 2017

Review: ‘The Wild Party’ at Constellation Theater Company by Kendall Mostafavi

In 1928, Joseph Moncure March wrote a racy narrative poem that was received quite successfully, despite a ban resulting from its controversial content, called “The Wild Party.” A…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:01PM
Monday, July 31, 2017

Review: ‘Anne and Emmett’ at MetroStage by Kendall Mostafavi

Anne and Emmett, by Janet Langhart Cohen, is a play about an imagined conversation between two figures from history – teenagers, who were the victims of institutional terrorism. MetroS…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:20AM
Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Review: ‘A Grand Night for Singing’ at NextStop Theatre Company by Kendall Mostafavi

Composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II have been called the greatest writing partnership of the 20th century. Their work spans from 1943 to 1959 and includes some of the …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:39PM
Monday, July 24, 2017

Review: ‘Bonnie & Clyde The Musical’ at Monumental Theatre Company at the Ainslie Arts Center by Kendall Mostafavi

The history of Bonnie and Clyde is well-known. Lovers, living a life of crime. Since their infamous streak of robberies and murders, which ended with the two being killed in an ambush on May…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:15AM
Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Review: ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ at McLean Community Players by Kendall Mostafavi

Oh the years of awkward adolescence. Who doesn’t look back on that time and cringe? No one! Which is why The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is the perfect combination of hilarity a…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:44PM
Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Review: ‘The Little Mermaid JR’ at BRAVO Productions by Kendall Mostafavi

Theater is a vital part of our culture. Imagination is discovered. History revealed. New ideas expressed. And the limitless lessons to be garnered from our fundamentally flawed human selves …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:55PM
Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Review: ‘Godspell JR’ at Bravo Productions by Kendall Mostafavi

BRAVO Productions Theatre for Young Artists strives to nurture young, local talent and offers the opportunity for those budding entertainers to perform both mainstream and classic shows on t…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:14AM
Thursday, May 11, 2017

Review: ‘The Tempest’ at Encore Stage and Studio by Kendall Mostafavi

Encore Stage and Studio closed their most recent production, Shakespeare’s comedy The Tempest, this past weekend. As the self-proclaimed “Theatre for kids, by kids,” Encore works with …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:22PM
Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Review: ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore’ at Brave Spirits Theatre by Kendall Mostafavi

Brave Spirits Theatre (BST) has recently opened two productions, performing in tandem, to present what they refer to in their press release as “Theatre for the Game of Thrones fan.” Call…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:30PM
Thursday, March 16, 2017

Review #2: ‘Parade’ at The Keegan Theatre by Kendall Mostafavi

Arguments have been made that the theater is supposed to be a “safe place” where patrons can go to be entertained, away from the harshness of the world.  Yet there is a large(r) number …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:38PM
Monday, February 20, 2017

Review: ‘The Trojan Women’ at Taffety Punk Theatre Company by Kendall Mostafavi

The feminist movement has been on the rise for decades, but with our current political and social climate, saturated with patriarchal overreach into women’s lives (and even their bodies), …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:47AM
Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Review: ‘Eclipsed’ at Howard University by Kendall Mostafavi

Howard University presented the powerful new play, Eclipsed, in their black box theater this past weekend. Eclipsed was written in 2015 by Danai Gurira (well-known for her role as Michonne o…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:38PM

All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime