Even the most sterling production would have difficulty making Alan Ayckbourn’s comedy-thriller work well. By BOB ASHBY
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 03:16PMProfound emotions swell as a Catholic priest must choose between the woman he loves and his vocation in the Church. By BOB ASHBY
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 07:28AMThe score sounds luscious, but look elsewhere for musical complexity. By BOB ASHBY
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 09:02AMTwo men and a woman in a complex relationship triangle confront their hard truths.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 02:22PMJosé Rivera's brilliant world premiere, breathtakingly acted, about artificial intelligence and aging.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 02:05PMThe musical mashup of stories by Dr. Seuss goes all in on color and energy.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 09:38AMThe foundational Greek tragedy gets a shoutout.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 07:36AMIn this entertaining world premiere, a TV exec wants to fictionalize and commercialize a book about bigotry and the author wants the truth to be told.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 08:13AMThe characters in this modern adaption of a 17th-century play make something of their lives in ways that have a real impact on the audience.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 11:09AMThe comedy is sprinkled with amusing lines and entertaining bits, and the actors' characterizations are as exaggerated as advertised.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 08:47AMThe very real interaction of two characters we cannot help caring about.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 08:20PMOne 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 09:48PM
