One wrote of being enslaved; the other wrote 'Uncle Tom's Cabin.' Whose story matters more?
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 02:06PMStephen Sondheim once wrote a song titled “I Never Do Anything Twice.” It wasn’t about his career, but it might have been. The subject matter of each of his shows is distinct and singu…
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 08:10PMSet in the Indian-American community in California, Madhuri Shekar's play celebrates romance, misunderstandings, and the power of reconciliation.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 08:30PMOnly rarely in a lifetime of attending theater is there a production that so engages the minds, hearts, and senses of an audience as to leave one nearly breathless with awe. Anchored by Patr…
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 12:52PMThe production combines Lorraine Hansberry’s commentary and the feelings of its characters and cannot but affect the minds and hearts of those who view it.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 07:53PMIn nonlinear short scenes involving multiple characters, the play probes the vagaries and mysteries of the human brain.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 04:38PMThe livewire concoction eggs on the audience to enjoy exceedingly cheesy comedy.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 02:56PMOn a journey of love and loss, they face forces that make authentic lives unbearably costly.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 05:03PMAn explosive contest between a creative nonfiction writer and a zealous fact-checker at a time when fabrication is politics as usual.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 08:32AMThe concert performance highlighted the musical, more than the theatrical, virtues of Verdi’s comic masterpiece
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 02:55PMA deliciously detailed production encompassing the deepest emotions of one of the greatest works of American musical theater.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 09:45AMThe play’s off-off-Broadway roots are evident in the deliberately dorky dialogue, physical comedy, and over-the-top characters.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 08:55PMA stunningly effective mixture of all the elements that make opera worth attending.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 05:14AMBrilliant acting highlights August Wilson’s harrowing, imperfect play.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 06:01PMWhether for first-time viewers or longtime Sondheim fans, the singing here is not to be missed.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 06:19PMThe production, though puzzling, is well-sung.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 12:22PMKlezmer, folk, and rock styles marry in this powerful musical based on playwright Hanna Moscovitch’s great-grandparents.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 07:35PMInspiring new musical based on Frederick Douglass’ revolutionary speaking and writing evokes his public and private life.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 06:05AMA grippingly intense experience of theater, and a microcosm of Jim Crow America, set in a mental hospital for Negroes in segregated 1935 Oklahoma.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 07:04PMShe’s Black. He’s white. They are in love. They are police officers. Their acting is as close to perfection as one can expect to find on any stage.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 09:48PMIn this vision of Antarctica in crisis. two married scienists explore what it means to coexist with the universe and each other.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 09:47PMThe gender-switched adaptation contains performances and production elements that are energetic and entertaining.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 07:45AMAaron Sorkin's reimagining of Harper Lee's novel set in the 1930s is urgent and exhortative about the need to take sides against racism and ignorance now.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:54PMAnna Deavere Smith’s exquisite script and January LaVoy's compelling acting capture the truth of, and the contradictions among, all the voices.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:30AMThe first portion of Caleen Sinnette Jennings’s play threatens to go full 'Noises Off' at any moment.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:47AMAt the beginning of Pride month, a musical celebration of what has been achieved, often at great cost.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:37PMThe playwrights’ skills and vibrant acting provide memorable portraits of two very different women seeking to be more fully together.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:04AMKimberly Belflower's entertaining new play embeds its feminist message in the very real, sometimes mercurial, emotions of teenagers.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:45AMThe comedy of manners spoofs the British class system. Direction, costumes, and set are worthy of Watch Awards.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:36PMIn this family of comic eccentrics, they love each other as much because of as despite their oddities.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:47PMTim J. Lord's brilliantly written play references a tragic event during Russia's war on Chechnya when theatergoers in Moscow were held hostage.
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