Friday, July 20, 2018
Two unconventional beauties take us on a wild ride through sex, politics, and the politics of sex. As the title implies, Chlamydia dell’Arte is a sort-of burlesque, with a sort-of ske…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:12PMThursday, July 19, 2018
Murder for Two is a nice light evening out. If you’re a fan of both murder mysteries and musicals, with a peppering of slapstick, you’ll have a great time. But be forewarned: tho…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:54AMTuesday, July 17, 2018
In these times of change, it’s comforting to be reminded that nothing ever stays the same. Almost exactly two thousand years ago, Publius Ovidius Naso, known to scholars as Ovid, wrote…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:12PMWednesday, June 27, 2018
Olney Theatre celebrates its 80th season this year with this splendid production of On the Town, the Leonard Bernstein/Betty Comden/Adolph Green musical which made its Broadway debut in 1944…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:42PMTuesday, May 15, 2018
Two musicians, two stories: “Palindrome”, Rapid Lemon’s latest piece, is actually two one-acts, linked by themes of music and madness. Both pieces take their titles from the middle…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:33AMFriday, May 4, 2018
Time has long moved past the actual date of George Orwells’ classic novel, 1984, yet the future it envisioned when written in 1948 seems more prescient than ever. Director Robert McNam…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:48AMTuesday, April 24, 2018
Once again, Imagination Stage turns an ages-old classic into something modern and relatable for both kids and adults. In this fine adaptation of the story of Robin Hood by Greg Banks, direct…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:54AMWednesday, April 18, 2018
Why is Yiddish the language of so many comics? Because nearly every word is inherently funny. String a random batch of Yiddish words together, and you pretty much end up with a standup routi…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:48AMMonday, March 26, 2018
Given a Sharpie and a table of paper at Bats!, Submersive Productions’ new show, participating audience members are given directions to write a haiku on the subject of bats, I penned …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:03AMWednesday, March 14, 2018
This year marks the 40th anniversary of Big Apple Circus. Designed originally as a small touring circus with just one ring and a few performers along the lines of traditional American circus…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:09AMFriday, March 2, 2018
You have just three more days to see those fabulous folks of Happenstance Theater in their latest show- and kids, what a show it is! Slapstick Jukebox is a compilation of Happenstance Theate…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:24PMThursday, February 15, 2018
Imagination Stage takes Mark Twain’s classic ‘The Prince and the Pauper’ and with a sprightly script by Anu Yadav, cleverly relocates it to a bedazzling fairytale India, co…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:29AMMonday, February 12, 2018
Deep in the bowels of the earth, unnoticed by most yet just beneath the feet of people visiting Dupont Circle, and less than a mile from the White House, lurks the Dupont Underground. Once a…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:01AMMonday, January 29, 2018
Toby’s Dinner Theatre’s production of Young Frankenstein proves you don’t have to travel to New York or even as far as DC to get your Broadway Baby fix. Young Frankenstein…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:26AMFriday, January 19, 2018
Part of the Women’s Voices Theater Festival, Love Is A Blue Tick Hound gives us not one play but four by local playwright Audrey Cefaly. These mini one-acts are but a half hour long ea…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:33PMWednesday, December 13, 2017
Lewis Carroll’s famous tales of Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass wears a new look in Baltimore Center Stage’s Lookingglass Alice. As reimagined by David Caplin, Wond…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:48PMTuesday, November 28, 2017
Take heart, all those caught up with the holiday shopping frenzy. Thankfully, there is a chance to take a pause and listen to some simple, well-written stories told by Vincent Clark and Lau…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:04PMWednesday, November 22, 2017
Brrr! It’s soon to be wintertime- but seeing Frosty the Snowman, you’ll find yourself toasty warm inside. That’s because this delightful holiday show has a bundle of energy…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:33AMMonday, November 13, 2017
Billie Holiday died in 1959, but memories of her remain in Lanie Robertson’s Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, now at Rep Stage in Columbia, Md. Her voice has influenced American…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:42AMMonday, October 16, 2017
You know how it is with celebrities: you don’t hear from them for awhile, you assume they’re dead. Until they put out a bestseller that refutes/justifies/excuses everything they&…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:18AMWednesday, October 4, 2017
I’m no believer in astrology or the arcane arts. And a production that bills itself as part vaudeville, part carnival ride? The last thing I expected was to be moved to tears. But that…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:24AMMonday, October 2, 2017
Rectangles of Astroturf. A leafless blue tree branch, a standing lamp. Four very, very good actors and a script by playwright Amelia Roper. That’s all Taffety Punk Theatre needs to sho…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:42AMSaturday, August 12, 2017
In my family, my father was the Big Fish: a teller of tall tales and elaborate shaggy dog stories. Most families have someone like him: someone for whom life must be larger, greater, more co…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:04PMLooking for something a little… weird? Have I got a show for you. A Zombie. A Mad Doctor. A Carnival. An Insane Asylum. Live Music. Yes, a garden of delights awaits you, courtesy of Co…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:54PMMonday, July 24, 2017
The King and I, Lincoln Center’s dazzling new incarnation now at the Kennedy Center, is the jewel in the crown of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s work. Written during the golden age of…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:48PMTuesday, July 11, 2017
Though her name is no longer on the lips of an adoring public, during the height of silent film and then early talkies, Clara Bow was The It Girl, the very personification of the carefree fl…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:18PMMonday, July 10, 2017
Ask yourself: how much do you need to know about the inner workings of local government in Flemington, New Jersey? If the answer is “I’d rather know about Flemington, NJ than what’s go…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:42AMSunday, July 9, 2017
Ah, to be thirteen again- the age full of equal parts hubris and insecurity. Such are the epic struggles of two teenage would-be rappers in this funny new piece by Emma Choi, herself a senio…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:33AMMonday, June 26, 2017
My Fair Lady, now at Olney Theatre Center, is yet another classic brought to life by this versatile theatre company. As reimagined by director Alan Souza, the timeline has been moved a few y…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:48AMThursday, April 13, 2017
Mad Man meets Mad Women: that’s the farce that is Boeing Boeing, now being staged at NextStop Theatre. Written by French playwright Marc Camoletti in 1962, this madcap adventure involv…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:24AMMonday, April 10, 2017
You think you’ve got problems? Try being a too-smart-for-his-own-good Jewish kid in Brooklyn in 1937. Neil Simon’s largely autobiographical comedy follows his alter ego Eugene (C…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:36PM 
