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Thursday, September 13, 2018

I’ve been covering D.C. theater for roughly 20 years. Here’s why Signature is my favorite. by Nelson Pressley

Shirlington troupe gets extra points for being user-friendly and producing musicals better than the rest.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:32AM

Never been to the Shakespeare Theatre? This is the season you can’t miss. by Nelson Pressley

Retiring artistic director Michael Kahn is going big, then going home, with “Inspector Calls” and “The Oresteia,” among others.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:32AM
Sunday, September 9, 2018
Thursday, September 6, 2018

Hotshot teacher-writer Paula Vogel is again at the head of the class by Nelson Pressley

Thanks, Broadway: The Pulitzer Prize winner’s stock rises at age 66.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:42PM

The radical new ‘Macbeth’ at the Folger Theatre is actually 350 years old by Nelson Pressley

An adaptation from the 1660s is revived, with singing witches and less-archaic language.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:32AM
Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Shakespeare Theatre Company names U.K.’s Simon Godwin to succeed Kahn by Nelson Pressley

An Englishman with a showman’s flair is coming to Washington.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:42PM
Tuesday, August 28, 2018

‘Marie and Rosetta’ offers a handshake intro to an early rock icon by Nelson Pressley

The bio of gospel-blues singer-guitarist Sister Rosetta Tharpe misses its chances.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:33PM
Thursday, August 9, 2018

These ‘Hamilton’ performers have to be ready to go onstage at a moment’s notice by Nelson Pressley

The life of a “swing”: You must be good under pressure, and “can’t go on and be frantic.”

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:06AM
Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Susan Derry brings polish to Keegan’s ‘Bridges of Madison County’ by Nelson Pressley

“Handbagged” playwright Moira Buffini bites the rich in “Dinner.”

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:12PM
Friday, August 3, 2018

The original ‘Hamilton’ stars aren’t throwing away their shots by Nelson Pressley

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Co. have gone Hollywood with movies, TV shows and commercials.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:24AM
Thursday, August 2, 2018

This ‘Color Purple’ may have won a Tony, but it’s cut to the bone by Nelson Pressley

Director John Doyle has toned down the musical’s sweep.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:24PM
Thursday, July 19, 2018

Little wonder in Synetic Theater’s ‘Wizard of Oz’ by Nelson Pressley

The show goes on in smaller Georgetown space after leak in troupe’s Crystal City theater.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:32PM
Monday, July 16, 2018

Chicago’s Hypocrites bring ‘Pinafore’ to D.C. in their jammies by Nelson Pressley

In Alexandria, ‘Pippin’ doesn’t get juice from giving the cast cellphones.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:24PM
Thursday, July 12, 2018

Upright Citizens Brigade is making it up every night at Woolly Mammoth by Nelson Pressley

The improv comedy team’s “Damned If You Do” takes its skits from a life in the crowd.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:48PM
Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Colin Hovde will step down as Theater Alliance artistic director next year by Nelson Pressley

Colin Hovde will step away from Anacostia's Theater Alliance.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:12PM
Monday, July 9, 2018

A world-class physicist and a history-making singer walk into a play by Nelson Pressley

“Secrets of the Universe” at Hub Theatre reveals the Albert Einstein-Marian Anderson friendship.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:32PM
Thursday, July 5, 2018

What you need to know about this summer’s Capital Fringe Festival by Nelson Pressley

New neighborhood in Southwest D.C. is at the top of the list of changes to the annual fest.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:04AM
Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Ethan McSweeny to head American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Va. by Nelson Pressley

The former Shakespeare Theatre Company associate artistic director will run the center, which hosts performances in a facsimile of the indoor theater used by the bard.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:42PM

The message from Second City’s “Generation Gap”: Lite laffs by Nelson Pressley

The comedy troupe dials up jokes on rotary phones and emojis.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:33PM
Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Swipe right on the dating comedy ‘Other Life Forms’ by Nelson Pressley

Actor Brandon McCoy switches gears and writes a play.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:04PM
Monday, June 11, 2018

Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban opened the Tony Awards with a dedication to the losers by Nelson Pressley

A year after Kevin Spacey hosted, it was a clean start for the Tonys.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:24AM
Friday, June 8, 2018

Navigating minstrelsy in Kander & Ebb’s ‘The Scottsboro Boys’ by Nelson Pressley

The 2010 musical depicts a painful history in a controversial style, because ‘The truth hurts sometimes.’

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:18AM
Thursday, June 7, 2018

The new comedy ‘Trayf’ at Theater J is Zalmy and Shmuel’s excellent adventure by Nelson Pressley

Two young Jews drive a mitzvah tank in 1990s Brooklyn.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:36PM
Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Sex, politics and art hit the front burner in ‘Botticelli in the Fire’ by Nelson Pressley

Jordan Tannahill’s culture-wars play marks Howard Shalwitz’s Woolly Mammoth exit.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:36PM
Friday, June 1, 2018

So you can’t afford ‘Hamilton’ tickets? There’s lots of other summer theater. by Nelson Pressley

Capital Fringe Festival and other choices won’t break the bank.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:18PM
Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Knockout acting in Studio’s play of a marriage on the rocks by Nelson Pressley

Disappointment and secrets sour relationship in “The Remains.”

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:24PM
Monday, May 21, 2018

Solas Nua stages ‘The Frederick Douglass Project’ on an Anacostia River pier by Nelson Pressley

‘Flood City’ rises at Theater Alliance, and a ‘Cherry Orchard’ crashes on its own pratfalls.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:18PM
Thursday, May 17, 2018

Easy as pie, ‘Waitress’ serves up laughs and heartbreak with Sara Bareilles songs by Nelson Pressley

The 2016 Broadway hit makes a tour stop at the National Theatre.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:06PM

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