This adaptation of August Wilson’s play about a mayoral candidate and a real-estate deal brings forth charismatic performances.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:13PMTheater J production of Stephen Laughton’s “One Jewish Boy,” about two lovers of different backgrounds, is all too timely.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:33PMHighlights include the American Dance Festival, Jacob’s Pillow and an eerie clown ballet from the San Francisco Ballet.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:37AMKenneth Lin’s barbed comedy, having its world premiere at Arena Stage, delves into how Hollywood misrepresents, suppresses and distorts Asian American history.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:18PMThe company’s artistic director is leaving after seven years in D.C. to join the leadership ranks of the Houston Ballet.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:18PMMatthew Pauli shines as the stuffy servant in "School for Lies," David Ives’s take on Molière’s “The Misanthrope.”
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:03PMMorgan Gould’s “Jennifer Who Is Leaving," part of Round House Theatre’s new play festival, features a top-notch cast.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:54AMMary Kathryn Nagle’s solo play, part of Round House Theatre’s new play festival, tells the inspiring story of Muscogee leader Jean Chaudhuri.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:54PMA top-notch cast anchors Mona Mansour’s penetrating 2017 play about a war photographer working in the Middle East.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:02PM“The Crucible” and “Anna Karenina” are among the some newer ballets inspired by novels.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:32AMWashington Stage Guild production of Richard Strand’s 2014 play uses comedy to touch on some of the darkest chapters in America’s past.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:36PMMonday’s opening-night performance of "Gloria: A Life" featured an appearance by the activist herself.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:52PMThe creative team for Sondheim’s infrequently produced show includes experts on Japanese swordplay, Kabuki and taiko drumming.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:50AMAt Olney Theatre Center, Madhuri Shekar’s 2014 play benefits from Lynette Rathnam’s impeccable comic timing.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:31PMDirected by Candis C. Jones at the D.C. theater, the Lynn Nottage play delves into grim systemic problems.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:34PMNick Payne’s play finds drama in the work of scientists, including the pathologist who autopsied Albert Einstein
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:40PMGALA Hispanic Theatre’s world premiere is a Spanish-language adaptation that lacks subtlety
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:56PMChoreographer Keerati Jinakunwiphat’s “Fortuitous Ash,” with score by Du Yun, is featured in the company’s winter season in New York.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:00AMJacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell’s musical imagines the supernatural yet human aftermath of a freak roller-coaster accident.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:20PMThe magic, is as eye-catching as it is suited to Shakespeare’s tale of enchantment and reconciliation.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:03PMProduced in collaboration with the Folger, Shakespeare’s sorcery-centric play is directed and adapted by Aaron Posner and the magician Teller.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:42PMMosaic Theater Company stages all three of Ifa Bayeza’s history-based plays. The most intriguing is the second part, “Benevolence.”
SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:32PMD.C. production of of J.M. Synge’s play is set in a far different Ireland from the 1907 of its premiere: multicultural, modern and urban
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:24PMSynetic Theater production is far more inventive than Rorschach's heavy-handed staging in a vacant firehouse.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:37PMA winning staging of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s 1990 musical runs through Nov. 6 at the Source.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:33PMOlney Theatre Center delivers a poignant production of the 2018 off-Broadway hit "Dance Nation," about a troupe of Ohio middle-schoolers.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:33PM“Holiday,” at Arena Stage through Nov. 6, is pleasant enough but tends to lumber along.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:33PMPlaywright Bob Bartlett has staged his work in a laundromat. His latest show, ‘Lykos Anthropos,’ is performed outside, by flashlight.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:13AMWritten by Ari Roth, formerly of Theater J and Mosaic Theater, the play speaks to a narrow audience.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:03AMNostalgia for a bygone America in the 1953 work by Horton Foote lands uneasily today.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:25PMA terrific cast, led by Lilian Oben, anchors the depiction of grief and tension from Natasha Gordon.
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