A new musical shows how hard it is to make alcoholism interesting onstage
Kelli O'Hara and Brian d'Arcy James star in Broadway's "Days of Wine and Roses," Adam Guettel's musical based on the 1962 movie.
Kelli O'Hara and Brian d'Arcy James star in Broadway's "Days of Wine and Roses," Adam Guettel's musical based on the 1962 movie.
Neil Patrick Harris has directed a new, scaled-up production of Jonathan Larson's musical "Tick, Tick … Boom!" at the Kennedy Center.
Alan Paul oversees this projection-heavy revival of "Next to Normal," Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey's alt-rock musical about a mother with bipolar disorder.
Somehow Hollywood didn't know what to do with Chita Rivera, but its loss was a win for decades of theater audiences.
These illusionists and mentalists each have a unique take on what magic means.
"Shutter Sisters" at 1st Stage tells the story of two women whose lives intertwine in obvious ways.
"This Much I Know" at Theater J is about psychology, decision-making and Joseph Stalin's daughter but is way more entertaining than that sounds.
Fans of Enola Holmes will enjoy "The Victorian Ladies' Detective Collective" by the Washington Stage Guild.
The once-dismissed Sondheim musical "Merrily We Roll Along" should be seen, so consider Keegan Theatre's impeccably sung production.
A real-life World War I sniper inspired "Private Jones," which is getting its world premiere at Signature Theatre in Virginia.
A dance show about Coco Chanel, the fashion trailblazer who was notoriously antisemitic and a Nazi collaborator, is making its U.S. premiere.
"Las Hermanas Palacios" looks at how immigration in the 1980s changed Miami " and the lives of those who arrived.
The world premiere of "The Sensational Sea Mink-ettes" at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company boldly mixes multiple genres.
With its seamless and searing revival of "Romeo & Juliet," Synetic Theater is banking on nostalgia and casting changes to bring audiences back.
A musical-theater love song playlist that will help you make sense of your feelings.
Ken Ludwig's "Lend Me a Soprano," staged at Olney Theatre Center, only sometimes sings.
Steve Carell, Eddie Redmayne, Jeremy Strong and Ralph Fiennes are among the big names gracing stages on Broadway and in Washington.
Sicangu Lakota playwright Larissa FastHorse was hired to recast "Peter Pan" for a national tour that has stops in Baltimore and D.C.
Signature Theatre's "Private Jones" is based on the life of a solider in World War I.
The Washington Ballet's "Jazz Icons: A Fine Romance" pairs two disciplines, and occasionally achieves cosmic liftoff.
Company's adaptation of a fairy tale is running in family-friendly repertory with an encore of its 2022 "Snow Maiden."
Writer-director Conor McPherson explains how he pieced together the acclaimed jukebox musical "Girl From the North Country," at the Kennedy Center starting Dec. 12.
The 1960s spin on "As You Like It" leans on the Fab Four's hits and lots of slapstick to delight at the Shakespeare Theatre.
Michele Lowe's moving one-person play has it world premiere at the Edlavitch D.C. Jewish Community Center.
"Swept Away," a roots rock musical about a 19th-century shipwreck, proves itself worthy of a Broadway voyage.
Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga are just two of the stars making things bright on London stages.
"King Lear," "Stereophonic," "Merrily We Roll Along" and "Sunset Boulevard" were heartening examples of theater's enduring power.
About two dozen Fab Four standards are incorporated in this staging of the popular comedy.
Director Jamie Lloyd's stunning revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1994 musical stars Pussycat Dolls lead singer Nicole Scherzinger.
Playwright-director Shayok Misha Chowdhury invites us to India for a look at the clashes of values in "Public Obscenities."
The Tony winner talks about her Kennedy Center concert as well as her next movie "Drift" and filming "Wicked."
The brothers' folk-rock songbook is featured in "Swept Away," an Arena Stage production telling the story of a 19th-century shipwreck
Shakespeare's great tragicomedy is the first to be staged at the theater in Folger Shakespeare Library since a 2020 renovation.
Timely themes and innovative framing aren't enough to enliven this Olney Theatre staging of "Fiddler on the Roof."
Twenty-three Alicia Keys songs tell the coming-of-age story of a New York teenager with a musical gift.
Hana S. Sharif, Arena Stage's new artistic director, has no shortage of confidence or enthusiasm. "I love it," she says, "when the small group gets loud."
Direct to Broadway from the Kennedy Center comes an inspired revival of 'Monty Python's Spamalot,' staged and choreographed by Josh Rhodes.
Known for bold works, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company shifts gears with Shayok Misha Chowdhury's subtle drama.
"The Winter's Tale," Shakespeare's story of transformation, is a fitting show for the Folger, an institution that hopes to engage new audiences.
The 'White Lotus' star makes her stage debut in an off-Broadway production with lots of fireworks but not enough fiery truth.
Barry Manilow always wanted to create a Broadway musical. "Harmony," about a singing group disbanded by the Nazis, is no jukebox rehash of his hits.
Choreographer LaTasha Barnes celebrates the decades-spanning ties between manifestations of Black artistry in music and dance.
The Jar, founded in 2019, has a goal of inviting people who don't look or think like each other to share an art-filled evening.
With Signature Theatre's latest musical, choreographer Ashleigh King uses movement to advance the narrative.
Off-Broadway's Playwright Horizons stages David Adjmi's "Stereophonic,"the tumultuous story of a 1970s rock band.
Leo McGann's world-premiere play about violence in 1979 Belfast and its aftermath muses on guilt and collateral damage.
Theater J's "Here I Am" series features three solo shows: Iris Bahr's "See You Tomorrow," Michele Lowe's "Moses" and Sun Mee Chomet's "How to Be a Korean Woman."
Dominique Morisseau's time-traveling play ponders how racism and sexism have endured across American history
Signature Theatre Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner leads a splendid cast through "Ragtime," the musical adaptation of E.L. Doctorow's teeming novel.
"I Need That" is among a new crop of shows presenting tough challenges to splendid stage actors including DeVito. They don't all pay off.