Monday, September 25, 2023
Even the most sterling production would have difficulty making Alan Ayckbourn’s comedy-thriller work well. By BOB ASHBY
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 03:16PMMonday, September 11, 2023
Profound 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 07:28AMThursday, August 17, 2023
The score sounds luscious, but look elsewhere for musical complexity. By BOB ASHBY
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 09:02AMTuesday, July 11, 2023
Two 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 02:05PMMonday, June 19, 2023
The musical mashup of stories by Dr. Seuss goes all in on color and energy.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 09:38AMSaturday, June 3, 2023
Saturday, May 20, 2023
In 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 08:13AMSunday, May 14, 2023
The 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 11:09AMMonday, April 24, 2023
The comedy is sprinkled with amusing lines and entertaining bits, and the actors' characterizations are as exaggerated as advertised.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 08:47AMFriday, April 14, 2023
The very real interaction of two characters we cannot help caring about.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 08:20PMMonday, March 20, 2023
One wrote of being enslaved; the other wrote 'Uncle Tom's Cabin.' Whose story matters more?
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 02:06PMThursday, March 16, 2023
Stephen 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 08:10PMSunday, March 12, 2023
Set in the Indian-American community in California, Madhuri Shekar's play celebrates romance, misunderstandings, and the power of reconciliation.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 08:30PMFriday, March 3, 2023
Only 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 12:52PMSunday, February 26, 2023
The 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 07:53PMWednesday, February 15, 2023
In nonlinear short scenes involving multiple characters, the play probes the vagaries and mysteries of the human brain.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 04:38PMMonday, February 13, 2023
The livewire concoction eggs on the audience to enjoy exceedingly cheesy comedy.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 02:56PMWednesday, February 8, 2023
On a journey of love and loss, they face forces that make authentic lives unbearably costly.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 05:03PMMonday, January 30, 2023
An 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 08:32AMTuesday, January 24, 2023
The concert performance highlighted the musical, more than the theatrical, virtues of Verdi’s comic masterpiece
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 02:55PMSaturday, November 19, 2022
A deliciously detailed production encompassing the deepest emotions of one of the greatest works of American musical theater.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 09:45AMSaturday, November 12, 2022
The play’s off-off-Broadway roots are evident in the deliberately dorky dialogue, physical comedy, and over-the-top characters.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 08:55PMMonday, October 31, 2022
A stunningly effective mixture of all the elements that make opera worth attending.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 05:14AMSunday, October 23, 2022
Brilliant acting highlights August Wilson’s harrowing, imperfect play.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 06:01PMSaturday, October 15, 2022
Whether for first-time viewers or longtime Sondheim fans, the singing here is not to be missed.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 06:19PMTuesday, October 11, 2022
Saturday, September 10, 2022
Klezmer, folk, and rock styles marry in this powerful musical based on playwright Hanna Moscovitch’s great-grandparents.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 07:35PMSaturday, July 30, 2022
Inspiring new musical based on Frederick Douglass’ revolutionary speaking and writing evokes his public and private life.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 06:05AMMonday, July 11, 2022
A 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 07:04PMSunday, July 10, 2022
She’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 
