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Wednesday, November 15, 2017

A liberal hits the road to play heartlanders in ‘The Real Americans’ by Nelson Pressley

Dan Hoyle’s solo show, now in D.C., has channeled U.S. frictions since 2010.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:54AM
Thursday, November 9, 2017

Splashy ‘Pajama Game’ at Arena Stage aims to seduce with 1950s style by Nelson Pressley

The fit’s amiss, even with a cast featuring Broadway vet Donna McKechnie.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:06PM
Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Churchill’s 1982 ‘Top Girls’ still stings in the Trump era by Nelson Pressley

Fantasy gets real as the 1982 play distills a millennium of discontent.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:54PM
Friday, November 3, 2017

Media-shy comic Kitson has a show in D.C., but no one really knows what it’s about by Nelson Pressley

Days before opening, the cult favorite’s first U.S. project outside New York remained a mystery.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:36PM
Thursday, November 2, 2017

DC Theater Friday: Tina Fey’s Broadway adventure starts at the National by Nelson Pressley

‘Mean Girls’ primps during previews; ‘Annie’ & ‘Crazy for You’ begin holiday stands.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:36PM
Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Meet the new ‘Mean Girls,’ bound for Broadway in Tina Fey’s musical adaptation by Nelson Pressley

“Isn’t high school funny, once you’re out of it?”

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:48AM
Sunday, October 29, 2017

Oddly, ‘Shakespeare in Love’ is America’s top play by Nelson Pressley

It’s now in Baltimore, and the big surprise is . . . just kidding, no surprises.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:18PM
Friday, October 27, 2017

‘Make me dance. I want to dance.’ At 74, the ‘Chorus Line’ star steps into ‘The Pajama Game.’ by Nelson Pressley

Tony Award winner Donna McKechnie is still kicking her way through musicals.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:54PM
Thursday, October 26, 2017
Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Designer Sivigny uses a real house to make a play about home by Nelson Pressley

The Welders forge another fresh experience with “Hello, My Name Is . . .”

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:04PM
Thursday, October 19, 2017

DC Theater Friday: Big plays and ‘In the Heights’ power down by Nelson Pressley

Last chance for ‘Salesman,’ ‘Skeleton Crew,’ ‘Native Gardens,’ ‘Love & Information’

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:54PM
Tuesday, October 17, 2017

‘Antony and Cleopatra’ amps up the glamour at Folger by Nelson Pressley

Shakespeare’s tragedy gets a close-up in this scaled down staging.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:04PM
Monday, October 16, 2017
Friday, October 13, 2017

Hal Linden is right for ‘The Price’ at Arena Stage by Nelson Pressley

The Arthur Miller drama boils with emotion, while Linden plays it cool.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:36PM
Thursday, October 12, 2017

DC Theater Friday: New plays rock on by Nelson Pressley

Last chance for ‘A Little Night Music’ as two ‘Assassins’ take the stage

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:18PM
Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Refugee drama remains calm in ‘Sotto Voce’ by Nelson Pressley

The Nilo Cruz play cleverly weaves border issues across decades and hemispheres.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:33PM
Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Langston Hughes vs. McCarthyism in ‘Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been . . . ’ by Nelson Pressley

History gets musical treatment in Carlyle Brown’s drama and in “Mistress Cycle.”

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:54AM
Friday, October 6, 2017

‘Great Comet’ director follows Tony nomination with D.C. premiere by Nelson Pressley

Silver Spring native Rachel Chavkin makes hometown debut at Round House.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:54AM
Thursday, October 5, 2017

DC Theater Friday: British invasion! by Nelson Pressley

Harold Pinter, Caryl Churchill and George Bernard Shaw headline the week.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:36PM
Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Two Irish comedies shine in the heart of the city by Nelson Pressley

Rich and poor square off in “Widowers’ Houses” and “Stones in His Pockets.”

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:18PM
Sunday, October 1, 2017

‘She Rode Horses’ gallops through the housing collapse by Nelson Pressley

Amelia Roper’s absurdist comedy gets smart laughs in tight quarters.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:33PM
Friday, September 29, 2017

A day in the life: Backstage with Shalwitz and Kahn by Nelson Pressley

Two leaders steam toward their final acts at Woolly and the Shakespeare Theatre.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:06PM
Thursday, September 28, 2017

DC Theater Friday: Vintage Arthur Miller at Ford's by Nelson Pressley

This week’s hits: ‘Night Music,’ ‘Arsonists,’ ‘Jesus Hopped the A Train,’ ‘In the Heights’

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:12PM

‘Enron’ playwright Lucy Prebble gets her D.C. premiere with her play ‘The Effect’ by Nelson Pressley

The writer has created stories from financial calamity to a “chemical romance.”

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:06PM

Willy Loman still dreams big in Miller’s ‘Salesman’ at Ford’s by Nelson Pressley

The epic, familiar staging stars Craig Wallace, raising an angle of race.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:42AM
Thursday, September 21, 2017

DC Theater Friday: A localized ‘Native Gardens’ and an inspired ‘A Train’ by Nelson Pressley

‘In the Heights’ rolls on, and Kelli O’Hara stops by.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:12PM

Kelli O’Hara changes channels after her Tony win for ‘King and I’ by Nelson Pressley

Singer-actress will be in concert at George Mason before heading back to Broadway.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:42AM
Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Heaven sent: ‘Jesus Hopped the “A” Train’ at 1st Stage by Nelson Pressley

Guirgis drama gets divine treatment, but Next Stop’s “Disgraced” gets Purgatory.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:33PM
Thursday, September 14, 2017

DC Theater Friday: Robin De Jesús drives Olney’s ‘Heights’ by Nelson Pressley

The 1958 ‘The Arsonists’ becomes a Trump era parable.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:04PM

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