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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

DC Theater Season 2017-18: A full-service guide by Peter Marks and Nelson Pressley

The troupe-by-troupe list, with early picks from Wash Post critics

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:36AM

A switch in roles, from courtroom drama to theater by Nelson Pressley

Arlington judge William T. Newman returns to an early love: acting.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:18AM
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Sing out, Oedipus! ‘Gospel at Colonus’ looks its Sunday best by Nelson Pressley

The space is small, but WSC Avant Bard show at Gunston Arts Center raises the roof.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:32PM
Monday, February 27, 2017

Arena’s political play campaign gets underway with major gift by Nelson Pressley

$2.5 million kick-starts 25 new “Power Plays.”

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:18PM
Thursday, February 23, 2017

DC Theater Friday: James Lapine does his thing by Nelson Pressley

Week’s premieres include Lapine’s ‘Mrs. Miller’ at Signature and Plame drama at Arena.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:18PM
Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Pedal to the metal in ‘Trojan Women’ and ‘Shrew’ by Nelson Pressley

Brigid Cleary and Irina Tsikurishvili drive two classic performances.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:36PM
Thursday, February 16, 2017

DC Theater Friday: Political drama on the Potomac by Nelson Pressley

‘Watch on the Rhine’ and ‘King Charles III’ bring intrigue to big stages

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:42PM
Monday, February 13, 2017

Michael Kahn plots his Shakespeare Theatre exit for 2019 by Nelson Pressley

“I accomplished more for myself than I ever imagined.”

SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:42PM
Thursday, February 9, 2017

DC Theater Friday: ‘Caroline’ and ‘Sweeney’ lift their voices by Nelson Pressley

Grace Toulotte Nova Y. Payton (Caroline Thibodeaux) and V. Savoy McIlwain (The Dryer) in the jenaine Tesori-Tony Kushner musical “Caroline, or Chnage” at Round House Theatre. The weekly …

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:06PM
Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Go fish: ‘The River’ and ‘Gin Game’ angle for small fry by Nelson Pressley

At Spooky Action and MetroStage, dramas in which relationships go bust.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:48PM

Olney’s big ‘Sweeney Todd’ makes a stab at greatness, and falls just shy by Nelson Pressley

David Benoit leads a full-throated cast in the musical thriller.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:42PM
Monday, February 6, 2017

Broadway-bound ‘Come From Away’ from Ford’s tops Hayes nominations by Nelson Pressley

Signature’s ‘Jelly’ scores big, as does the latest Happenstance vaudeville.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:42PM
Thursday, February 2, 2017

DC Theater Friday: Big laughs and high drama in ‘Virginia Woolf’ and ‘Hooded’ by Nelson Pressley

Also: The Lillian Hellman Festival revs up at Arena Stage.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:36PM
Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Sharp lessons in ‘Hooded, or Being Black for Dummies’ by Nelson Pressley

A funny, edgy Black Lives Matter play from Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm at Mosaic.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:18PM
Monday, January 30, 2017

Bites from Shakespeare’s banquet by Nelson Pressley

The choice dish: Folger’s ‘As You Like It.’

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:06PM
Friday, January 27, 2017

DC Theater Friday: Plays are the thing by Nelson Pressley

With such heavy musicals as “Caroline, or Change” and “Sweeney Todd.” Winter, y’all.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:06PM

Lillian Hellman is once again a presence in Washington by Nelson Pressley

Arena Stage has reopened the case for the radical writer with a festival of her plays.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:06PM
Thursday, January 19, 2017

Still in transition: D.C. theaters, seeking leaders of color by Nelson Pressley

The million-dollar issue gets new initiatives and funding to bring about change.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:54PM

DC Theater Friday: Lisa Loomer’s ‘Roe’ hits Washington by Nelson Pressley

Last call for ‘The Gabriels: Election year in the Life of One Family.’

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:36PM
Monday, January 16, 2017

Mind games and melodrama in Stoppard’s ‘Hard Problem’ by Nelson Pressley

Science’s unresolved mind-body issue, muddied by money and love.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:48PM
Thursday, January 12, 2017

D.C. Theater Friday: Give it up for ‘The Gabriels’ by Nelson Pressley

Terence Blanchard debuts a jazz adaptation of a kids’ novel; Fringe frames The Issues.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:18PM

Jazzman Terence Blanchard brings swing to ‘Bud, Not Buddy’ by Nelson Pressley

A concert adaptation of a children’s book debuts at the Kennedy Center.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:12PM
Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Jealousy and dread in ultra slo-mo in ‘Someone Is Going to Come’ by Nelson Pressley

The U.S. premiere from Norwegian writer Jon Fosse takes minimalism to the max.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:06PM
Friday, January 6, 2017

In ‘Roe,’ playwright Lisa Loomer aims to show both sides of abortion case by Nelson Pressley

As the Supreme Court gets a new nominee, her drama aims for a balanced history.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:04AM
Friday, December 23, 2016

Scrooge summit by Nelson Pressley

Why do we see ‘Christmas Carol’ over and over? Actors discuss

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:04PM
Thursday, December 22, 2016

DC Theater Friday: Schaeffer captains a grand ‘Titanic’ by Nelson Pressley

Year’s end, shows closing: Everything must go!

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:04PM
Friday, December 16, 2016

A ‘Titanic’ challenge: Creating the ‘floating city’ within relatively limited space by Nelson Pressley

Signature Theatre prepares to relaunch the 1997 mega-musical.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:48PM
Thursday, December 15, 2016

DC Theater Friday: Fiasco’s ‘Into the Woods’ warms up KenCen by Nelson Pressley

Amid the avalanche of Christmas riffs, Second City sends up Dickens.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:48PM
Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Hold, please! Tom Story mans the phones in ‘Fully Committed’ by Nelson Pressley

One man, 90 minutes, 40 roles in a hectic restaurant

SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:36PM

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