Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Winston Churchill said, “History is written by the victors.” Nowhere is this more true than with colonial history, where the conquerors’ truth often dominates and the subjugated vi…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:42AMTuesday, February 4, 2014
With midterm elections still months away and the 2016 presidential tilt lurking in the distance, it’s a perfect time to step back and consider the bloodsport that is the American polit…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:23AMMonday, January 20, 2014
As the Daily Show and Saturday Night Live have shown repeatedly, the best parodies don’t try to reinvent the wheel; instead, they tweak their source material with minor changes and let…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:57AMWednesday, January 8, 2014
Painter Chuck Close once bemoaned the wishy-washy state of art history and criticism, lamenting that “There’s nothing that tells you why the painting is great…descriptions of a…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:38AMWednesday, December 4, 2013
As a reviewer, it’s nice to occasionally cover a show so good that it makes my job easy. Theater J’s return engagement of Woody Sez is just such a show, brimming with toe-tapping…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:49AMMonday, December 2, 2013
“Haven’t we done this enough? Haven’t we grieved enough?” Studio Theatre’s new production Sweet and Sad dares to ask this question about the anniversary of 9/11, examin…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:08AMThursday, November 28, 2013
Oscar Wilde remarked in A Woman of No Importance that “After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations.” The dysfunctional Apple family in Studio Theatre’s inti…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:55AMTuesday, November 12, 2013
Appropriate, Woolly Mammoth’s new dark-as-pitch comedy, delivers a theatrical gut-punch of roiling family drama and erupting emotion set against the backdrop of a crumbling southern ma…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:33PMWednesday, October 30, 2013
Who knew art history could be so riveting, dangerous, and fun? Constellation Theatre Company tackles Naomi Iizuka’s mind-bending play 36 Views in a kaleidoscopic journey through ancien…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:20AMMonday, October 28, 2013
Arena Stage’s moving Love in Afghanistan follows an unlikely romance that blooms amid the chaos of present-day Afghanistan. An American rapper and Afghan interpreter overcome culture clash…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:23PMWednesday, September 18, 2013
American Century Theater’s charming new production of Neil Simon’s Come Blow Your Horn follows the comically mismatched Baker brothers as they deal with mistaken identity, family…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:43AMFriday, May 17, 2013
With its dizzying brew of tragedy, comedy, palace intrigue, pastoral tomfoolery, and cameos by a marauding bear and a living statue, The Winter’s Tale often gives the impression that…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:20AMMonday, April 15, 2013
In Ari Roth’s Andy and the Shadows, obsessive filmmaker Andy Glickstein doggedly searches for the momentous, globe-spanning history buried beneath his quiet, suburban life. As the com…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:38AMWednesday, April 3, 2013
Mike Daisey is a rare kind of artist, one who can forsake all theatrical bells and whistles and still captivate an audience via sheer charisma and wry wit. In the Woolly Mammoth premiere o…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:49AMWednesday, March 27, 2013
Venerable DC-area actress Tana Hicken might soon be hanging up her spurs, but not before she graces the District with her wit, grace, and canny realism a final time in Studio Theatre’s…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:35PMSunday, March 24, 2013
Word Becomes Flesh offers a gripping journey through the trying conditions affecting black father-son relations. The production, here for 3 performances only (it closes today) at the Atlas P…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:30AMThursday, February 14, 2013
At a time when drone strikes and economic sanctions have glazed over the horror of war, Forum Theatre’s riveting 9 Circles chooses to yank the jarring human toll back into the spotlight. P…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:30AMSaturday, February 9, 2013
Double Edge Theatre might be the most exciting theater group you’ve never heard of – mostly because they live and work not in a cultural hub, but on a small farm in western Massachus…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:19AMWednesday, January 9, 2013
In this difficult economy, how far would you go to keep your job? Studio Theatre plumbs the comedy and horror of corporate overreach, ubiquitous surveillance, and the limits of human toleran…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:52AMTuesday, December 18, 2012
Leading the charge in this season of Les Misérables-mania, (the movie opens Christmas day), the National Theatre plays host to Cameron Mackintosh’s celebrated 25th anniversary tour of…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:00AMMonday, December 10, 2012
Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’ Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and Christopher Hampton’s eventual theatrical translation, mine the lives of the French idle rich for drama and moral insigh…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:35PMWednesday, November 21, 2012
So called “Laureate of American lowlife” Charles Bukowski’s nostalgic poem “Two Toughs” revolves around a fleeting, golden moment when the sad sack narrator for once had the world …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:00AMThursday, November 1, 2012
The third annual Cabaret Macabre offers audiences an inventive walk on the weird side of life, just in time for Halloween. In an evening of eerie Victorian mishaps, Mark Jaster, Sabrina Ma…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:25AMMonday, October 29, 2012
At its core, multiple Tony-winner and critical darling War Horse rests upon an otherwise unremarkable premise: “Boy befriends horse; Horse gets taken away; Boy and horse struggle to reunit…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:47AMFriday, October 26, 2012
The saying “The only way to a man’s heart is through his stomach” seems to have been tailor-made for American cooking icon James Beard. In Round House Bethesda’s newly opened…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:12AMFriday, September 14, 2012
By now, audiences are probably used to Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company’s talent for pushing the envelope, but nothing can prepare them for a Speedo-clad actor getting body-slammed a few fee…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:51AMWednesday, September 12, 2012
While Hip Hop and Theater might seem like an odd combo at first glance, the two disciplines coexist perfectly in the hands of veteran DC performers Hueman Prophets. The Prophets’ latest wo…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:03AMTuesday, August 21, 2012
Kathleen Turner is not afraid to speak her mind, as any observer of her lengthy streak of strong female roles can tell you. At the Newseum last Wednesday night, Turner held forth with her tr…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:15AMMonday, August 20, 2012
Routine can be both comforting and confining, offering stability while constructing artificial walls that silently guide our daily lives. In their jaw-dropping production of Rob Handel’…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:02AMFriday, July 27, 2012
LA fusion dance troupe MashUp Contemporary Dance Company spices up Gala Theater with Inanimate Thoughts, an hour-long showcase of choreographed power, precision, and artistry set to an eclec…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:29AMMonday, July 23, 2012
The Faustian bargain, or “Deal with the Devil”, is often used to explain virtuoso musical talent, and none looms larger in American lore than the fabled deal struck between Satan and leg…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:17PM 
