Sunday, October 15, 2023
Playwright E.M. Lewis has created a gentle, witty, and moving example of a two-character play. By JEFFREY WALKER
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 08:43AMSaturday, October 14, 2023
Broadway insider Peter Filichia's new comedy to open a new DC-area theater. By JEFFREY WALKER
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 08:00AMTuesday, March 21, 2023
The winning actors fit into the play's homespun world with warmth and a depth of expression that was palpable.
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 12:18PMSunday, March 21, 2021
George Bernard Shaw’s eighth play and first financial hit is given a Zoom-style production, highlighted by strong performances where the Shavian dialogue shines through Many well-made and …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:24PMThursday, February 4, 2021
Back in 2015, Arlington’s Signature Theatre premiered their homegrown musical revue, “Simply Sondheim.” Signature’s former artistic director, Eric Schaeffer, and veteran musical supe…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:48PMTuesday, January 12, 2021
When history and theatre work together, the results can be a perfect match. Even when the subject matter is a painful and violent episode from our nation’s theatrical and racial history. T…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:39PMSunday, January 3, 2021
As the holiday season winds down, you might be on the lookout for something that isn’t a Hallmark holiday movie, a show to binge watch, or a 2020 retrospective of highlights (lowlights?) f…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:46PMWednesday, December 30, 2020
Sit down to tea and listen to masterful storytellers spin tales of personal pain and triumph, each with a different flavor and experience. Yet each character is portrayed by the same, gifted…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:07PMThursday, December 24, 2020
What would the holidays be without Charles Dickens’ tale of ghostly visitors and a miser’s redemption? Yes, of course I mean “A Christmas Carol,” when Ebenezer Scrooge struts and fre…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:10PMWednesday, December 23, 2020
Aimed at young audiences, but appropriate for children of all ages, The Snow Queen is a magical first for Imagination Stage – the theatre’s first foray into online production. Billed as …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:03PMTuesday, December 22, 2020
Evoking the bygone era of British high society and the heyday of travel by steam train, “The Railway Children,” is a family-friendly event with a decidedly English flair and a truly uniq…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:33PMMonday, December 21, 2020
“Kinky Boots” is a big, beautiful, Broadway hit with heart and soul that celebrates tolerance, acceptance, and love. “Celebrate yourself triumphantly!” These lyrics, taken from th…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:32PMWednesday, March 4, 2020
With all the trappings of a Southern gothic – eccentric characters, grotesque situations, and (off-stage) violence – Suddenly Last Summer blazes the stage with vivid imagery and poetic c…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:48PMThursday, January 16, 2020
A compelling story and witty script, a faultless. pitch-perfect cast under the savvy direction of Adam Immerwahr, and its excellent design make Theater J’s production of Sheltered a must-s…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:12PMMonday, January 13, 2020
How does a community face up to its history? And how does that community both move on while holding onto a pivotal moment that still elicits reactions from tears to indifference to denial? T…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:42AMFriday, December 13, 2019
An easy rapport with the audience, gentle-ribbing included, and feats of mentalism that would surprise even the biggest skeptic – these are just a few of my take-aways from Brian Curry’s…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:24AMTuesday, December 10, 2019
“It was 9:30 on Christmas Eve,” the lone figure entones in the grandest theatrical tradition of beginning an eerie tale. This holiday season, our fair city is visited by one of Britain�…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:12PMMonday, November 18, 2019
A Hollywood classic gets the royal treatment resulting in a heaping helping of theatrical magic courtesy of Olney Theatre Center’s staging of Singin’ in the Rain. As Hollywood ballyhoo m…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:03PMWednesday, October 9, 2019
Jane Austen’s resilient and comedic novel “Pride and Prejudice” has survived high school English classes, stuffy college seminars, the musical stage, several film adaptations, and even…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:54PMThursday, September 26, 2019
Literate, compelling, and uplifting, Trying is a fine two-person play brought to life with simple style and a gentle grace by 1st Stage. Director Alex Levy has an impeccable cast to work wit…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:18PMTuesday, September 17, 2019
If someone were to ask me to describe the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury, I would start with Shattering. I would add Visceral, Iconoclastic, and Stinging. Th…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:18PMSaturday, September 7, 2019
Cabaret, the ground-breaking Kander and Ebb musical about sex and show-biz played against a backdrop of the Nazis’ rise to power in Berlin, gets a compelling production at Olney Theatre Ce…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:12AMMonday, August 19, 2019
Three different people, an eternity of living with the judgment of others in one tiny room, and one “hell” of a play. I could only be talking about one particular piece of vintage world …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:24AMWednesday, July 24, 2019
Once again, Arlington, VA has been invaded once again by bloodthirsty pirates. Earlier this summer, Signature Theatre premiered the rollicking musical Blackbeard in Shirlington Village. Now,…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:03AMSaturday, July 20, 2019
Wit, wisdom, and class are all on display through the southern, Texas charm and steely resolve of the late Ann Richards at Arena Stage. As portrayed by stage and screen veteran Jayne Atkinso…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:03PMFriday, July 12, 2019
Franz Kafka and musical theatre might not automatically go together in the minds of most theatre-goers. But Fringe festivals often showcase such juxtapositions and thus we have the musical t…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:18PMThursday, July 11, 2019
Four for the price of one – what a deal! That’s four characters making a strong impression in the one-person show American Tranquility, which deserves to play to sold-out audiences every…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:12PMWednesday, July 10, 2019
With raw emotion, dashes of humor, and a bold style, Judge Me Not comes out swinging from its first moments. Broken hearts, abused bodies, life and death – all the ups and downs of a group…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:24PMTuesday, July 2, 2019
Singing and dancing pirates who aren’t stuck in a Disney theme park ride? Shiver me timbers and pipe me aboard, mateys! With rollicking fun, swashbuckling action and room enough for some h…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:06PMTuesday, June 11, 2019
With A Misanthrope, Manhattan-based playwright Matt Minnicino has fashioned a “Molière for millenials” with this very witty and sometimes crass twist on the 17th century playwright’s …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:24PMFriday, June 7, 2019
Grease is still “the” word, judging from the packed house and enthusiastic response to the 50’s-style Broadway score most people can easily sing along with. The stage show has been a p…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:03PM 
