Stephen Schwartz’s often treacly Godspell, conceived by book writer John-Michael Tebelak, is a parade of parables borrowed from the New Testament’s Matthew and Luke set to a hippie-chic …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:45PMLike The Nutcracker at Christmastime, Cirque Spooktacular, the NSO Pops’ Cirque de la Symphonie Halloween Extravaganza, is bound to become a seasonal tradition at The John F. Kennedy Cente…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:44PMThink commissioned plays are a thing of the Elizabethan past? Nu Sass Productions’ 22 Boom! is concierge theater at its nimblest. Written by Miranda Rose Hall and directed by Renana Fox, t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:00AMWhat better setting for black-box theater than a figurative black box — a stalled elevator — with two discordant strangers trapped inside? Luigi Laraia’s Too Close is definitely too c…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:48PMDon’t feel like committing to a two-hour show in development? Secrets & Sound: Six 10-Minute Plays is your ticket to theatrical speed-dating. You’re bound to fall in love with one of…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:30PMA Little Night Music might be classified as a gateway drug to Stephen Sondheim. Whether a fan or a skeptic, once you get a whiff of this vigorous (and tuneful!) exposé on humankind’s mati…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:53PMThe Keegan Theatre’s American Idiot speaks to collective genius. Hardly a no-brainer to mount this explosive, war-weary work, weaned in the Bush II era, at the height of today’s media-hi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:30PMRob from the rich, give to the poor ̶ a theme with universal and enduring appeal, at least among 99% of us. The centuries-old legend of benevolent British outlaw Robin Hood has pranced a…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:23PMLong before singles misrepresented themselves in their Tindr profiles or cribbed others’ memes online, there was Cyrano de Bergerac— the man who would be Romeo, if not for that monstrous…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:59PMSimplicity is the key to director Scott Edmiston’s passionate vision for this musical.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:08PMSomebody get Eddie Lounge a cocktail — and maybe a ream of cocktail napkins to wipe his beady, bald head. What’s a guy gotta do to get a drink around here?! The Lord of Loungeolo…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:45AMMemo to Star Johnson, mastermind of OpenStage’s How to Quit Your Day Job: Quit your day job. It’ll be OK. Johnson’s merry musical comedy — staged bohemian-style in the Eastern Ma…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:41AMA critic is not supposed to be part of the show. A critic is not supposed to get up on the stage and “get down,” wiggling her fat belly/butt under the bright lights. But BellyFun…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:59PMArea performers will be performing a good deed on June 27th to help a theater family in need. On June 1, Kelly Hennessa, a social studies teacher for children with special needs at Centrevil…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:50PMWho knew metro Washington was also the nation’s nerd capital? A sold-out crowd — many ectomorphs in geeky garb, monk/Jedi robes, foil caps, riotous colors, vintage tour shirts, and even …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:29PMFor a good time, call (703) 425-6782. That gets you the Providence Players of Fairfax’s reservations line, and this bedrock company of major-league players never disappoints. The Glass Men…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:08PMFitting that If All the Sky Were Paper — a dramatization of war correspondence lovingly presented by archivist Andrew Carroll — would unfold at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Perform…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:49PMThe Grand Parade is a truly sumptuous feast of imagination, color, emotion and movement; a uniquely dramatic way of interpreting our history as a torrent of events presented without judgment.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:05PMThe beauty of David Cromer’s production of Come Back, Little Sheba that by focusing on the play’s intense psychological undercurrents he minimizes its cultural mustiness.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:11PMWeary of winter, Washingtonians? NextStop Theatre Company has your antidote. Instead of a resurrection-vague Jesus Christ Superstar timed to Easter, this praiseworthy playhouse subbed in…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:45AMGeorge C. Wolfe’s 1984 collection of vignettes that spoof and celebrate black stereotypes occasionally plays like reruns from the '90s TV show In Living Color and at other times feels more…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:40AMThis exhilarating Tristan & Yseult shakes us out of our role as passive observers and reminds us of the euphoria and the heartbreak love can bring.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:17AMCeleste Oliva’s performance is so raw, we experience every doubt, every fear, and watch her confidence slowly evaporate under pressure.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:13AMThe King of Second Avenue's one-joke shtick wears out long before the end of this 90-minute musical.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:55AMNo doubt you’ll recall Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Viola Davis, and Amy Adams in the Hollywood 2008 adaptation of John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt, a Parable — simply titled Doub…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:08PMOh, 13. That awkward age. Why anyone would conceive of a musical glorifying puberty’s tender rites and then shine the light on adolescent actors coming to grips with their own self-discove…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:28PMPlaywright Ken Ludwig is famous for farce, fevered dialogue, and throwing his characters’ worlds off-kilter. Vienna Theatre Company’s endearing take on 2005’s Be My Baby — which Ludw…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:35PMThe virtuoso approach of Bedlam's Saint Joan, its unpretentious immediacy, makes this production an exuberant Shavian history lesson that should not to be missed.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:31AMZayd Dohrn’s slightly predictable Muckrakers offers some satisfying twists and turns as it moves toward the inevitable.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:20PMPlaywright Ken Urban doesn’t seem to have a strong point of view about his thirtysomethings-in-a-muddle; neither does he allow them to change or grow.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:39AMWhile worth a look for its inspired performances, this Huntington Theatre Company production does not give us Christopher Durang at his madcap best.
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