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Monday, May 1, 2017

Schenkkan’s ‘Wall’ imagines Trump consequences. Disaster! by Nelson Pressley

Dark two-character drama gets onstage under the wire for the first 100 days.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:24PM

Thursday, April 27, 2017

To Moscow! Kennedy Center showcases an expert Russian ‘Three Sisters.’ by Nelson Pressley

The international directors series concludes with stellar acting by Maly Drama Theatre of St. Petersburg.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:02PM

DC Theater Friday: A ‘Three Sisters’ from Russia, with love and anguish by Nelson Pressley

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘In the Heights’ finally gets its D.C. debut at GALA

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:02PM

Monday, April 24, 2017

Kennedy Center announces theater season around ‘Hamilton’ by Nelson Pressley

“Book of Mormon,” “On Your Feet!” and “Color Purple” join “American in Paris” in slate of musicals.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:31PM

Friday, April 21, 2017

‘Smart People’ puts race under a comic microscope by Nelson Pressley

Intellectuals squabbling in the Harvard milieu as Obama wins in ‘08

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:06PM

Thursday, April 20, 2017

DC Theater Friday: ‘Fun Home’ in the house by Nelson Pressley

The Tony-winning musical leads an entertaining week.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:54PM

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Having it all as the first female playwright in ‘Or,’ by Nelson Pressley

In an exquisite comedy for three actors, Holly Twyford stars as Aphra Behn.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:24PM

Monday, April 17, 2017

Dramatic tricks abound in new ‘Magic Play’ by Nelson Pressley

Brett Schneider’s sleight-of-hand act features a wild-card finish.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:12PM

Thursday, April 13, 2017

DC Theater Friday: Black Lives Matter by Nelson Pressley

From ‘Raisin’ to Mosaic’s South Africa rep, DC theater sends a message.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:18PM

The Baltimore theater scene’s new projects: Buildings and songs by Nelson Pressley

Stage companies are investing in bricks and mortar and, in one case, a musical.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:06PM

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

South African truth and reconciliation in ‘A Human Being Died That Night’ by Nelson Pressley

Gripping interviews with the man known as “Prime Evil” at Mosaic Theater.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:54PM

Monday, April 10, 2017

A plump ‘Raisin in the Sun’ at Arena by Nelson Pressley

Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 drama finally makes its debut on the historic D.C. stage.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:02PM

Friday, April 7, 2017

‘Raisin’ dramatist Lorraine Hansberry’s time is now by Nelson Pressley

Playwrights Lawton and Diamond on race, politics and joining Hansberry at Arena Stage.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:54PM

Thursday, April 6, 2017

How ‘Chicago’ became the musical for every American decade, for all time by Nelson Pressley

The die-hard dames, now including Brandy, are an eternal reflection of the country.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:48PM

DC Theater Friday: Shows bloom in twos by Nelson Pressley

Repertory is Washington’s spring thing — and ‘Chicago’’s back in town.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:12PM

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Athol Fugard’s ‘Blood Knot’ is tightly wound at Mosaic by Nelson Pressley

Hinton and Story excel as black-white brothers under apartheid.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:02PM

Monday, April 3, 2017

Nilaja Sun channels a village in her solo show ‘Pike St.’ by Nelson Pressley

She vividly plays all the characters as a storm bears down on New York’s Lower East Side.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:12PM

Thursday, March 30, 2017

The killer-dillers of ‘Chicago’ have been slaying audiences for decades by Nelson Pressley

Partners in crime Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly simply cannot do it alone.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:42PM

DC Theater Friday: A musical new thriller and familiar killer dillers by Nelson Pressley

Signature debuts the musical ‘Midwestern Gothic,’ and ‘Chicago’’s back.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:18PM

DC Theater Season 2017-18: ‘Scottsboro’ at Signature, Trump satire at Mosaic by Peter Marks and Nelson Pressley

New ‘Mean Girls’ musical sets dates at National Theater.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:48AM

Monday, March 27, 2017

George Bernard Shaw’s science fiction ‘Methuselah’ reaches its final frontier by Nelson Pressley

Washington Stage Guild’s four-year, three-part project finishes philosophically.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:06PM

Thursday, March 23, 2017

DC Theater Friday: ‘Three Sisters’ 2.0, plus a ‘Nasty Women’ rep by Nelson Pressley

Last chance for fun with ‘Mrs. Miller’ and ‘Fickle’

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:06PM

Monday, March 20, 2017

'Parade' at Keegan Theatre is almost like 'Ragtime' at Ford's. Almost. by Nelson Pressley

The musical 'Parade' may be 'Ragtime''s brother in arms, but it still doesn't quite work.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:48PM

Thursday, March 16, 2017

‘Ragtime’ sings with purpose at Ford’s Theatre by Nelson Pressley

Doctorow’s evergreen American saga gets an epic treatment.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:36PM

DC Theater Friday: ‘Intelligence’ & ‘Ragtime’ respond to headlines by Nelson Pressley

Kennedy Center continues to showcase international directors

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:36PM

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

DC Theater Season 2017-18: The word from Woolly & Theater J by Peter Marks and Nelson Pressley

‘An American in Paris’ at Kennedy Center for the holidays

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:12PM

Monday, March 13, 2017

Fiesty ‘Marx in Soho’ opens a block from new Irish working-class drama ‘Coolatully’ by Nelson Pressley

A natural double bill from Nu Sass Productions and Solas Nua.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:18PM

Thursday, March 9, 2017

DC Theater Friday: Comedy lifts its voice with ‘Fickle’ & ‘Mrs. Miller’ by Nelson Pressley

Kennedy Center brings international directors to town.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:32PM

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

DC Theater Season 2017-18: Round House and Olney step up. by Peter Marks and Nelson Pressley

Synetic leaps in, too.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:43PM

Monday, March 6, 2017

At Olney Theatre, steady laughs in ‘Fickle,’ a new reboot of classic French farce by Nelson Pressley

The updated 18th-century Marivaux comedy takes the best of both worlds.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:32PM

Friday, March 3, 2017

Women’s Voices Theater Festival will roar again in 2018 by Nelson Pressley

Washington theaters are reuniting to produce dozens of new works by female playwrights.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:42PM

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