But a week of dispiriting theater closings is topped off by a rejuvenating visit to a sensational new musical, "Akimbo."
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:24AM“Once Upon a One More Time,” about fairy-tale princesses, has its world premiere at Shakespeare Theatre Company. While it lacks finesse, lead performer Briga Heelan brings out the show�…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:48PMThe Arlington, Va., company honors the composer who put it on the musical-theater map.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:48PMThe new musical about celebrities in the 1950s taking LSD trips over its conceits.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:18PM"Seven Guitars" is the 1940s entry in Wilson's cycle of 20th-century plays, one for each decade.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:24PM“Once Upon a One More Time” has Broadway hopes and a Dec. 17 opening night at Washington’s Shakespeare Theatre Company.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:42AMDirected Marianne Elliott switches the genders of the musical’s characters in this fine revival.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:54PMMichael R. Jackson’s Pulitzer Prize winner gets a vivacious tryout at Woolly Mammoth Theatre.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:12PMEven in a year of recovery, theater hit some high notes, onstage and on-screen.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:24AMA new musical version of the 1993 film comedy ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ has its official Broadway opening
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:36PMFrom Dolores De Lago to "Dolly!" to "Beaches," the stellar career of Kennedy Center honoree Bette Midler spans decades and genres.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:48AM“He’s the reason so many of us got into this line of work.”
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:32PMThe Broadway giant shaped lives, with words and music on a whole other plane of invention.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:54PMThe new Broadway play by the two-time Pulitzer winner gives actress Uzo Aduba another terrific role.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:42PMHam-handed and unfocused, a show based on the life of Princess Diana relinquishes the crown.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:48PM“Assassins” and “Caroline, or Change” enliven a vibrant season of shows.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:18PMA laissez-faire attitude prevails in London’s theaters, unlike those in New York and Washington.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:03AMJonathan Larson’s 1996 hit musical remains fresh and vivacious in first live production at Signature in months.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:36PMA stage director and political junkie rises in Washington’s theater world.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:42PMAnemic ticket sales initially led producers to cancel “Is This a Room” and “Dana H.”
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:18PMAs show openings pile up, there’s a flurry of deadline, behind-the-scenes work for Neil A. Mazzella’s Hudson Scenic Studio.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:18AMThe first musical in 19 months starts up in the Opera House.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:18PMThe epic saga of Lehman Bros. becomes a sublime 3 1/2-hour dash through the history of American capitalism.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:24PMIndividual perspectives are at the heart of crowd-pleasing works by Keenan Scott II and Ruben Santiago-Hudson.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:18PMThe gut-grabbing drama stars Emily Davis as the NSA contractor convicted of leaking classified documents.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:06PMDeborah Brevoort’s “My Lord, What a Night” restarts a hallowed D.C. institution, while at Woolly Mammoth, “Teenage Dick” reimagines Shakespeare.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:24PMA theater company in Virginia shifts to introspection about equity and diversity issues.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:12PMThe long-delayed musical, minted in Britain, gets its New York opening night.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:36PM“The whole energy of it is different,” a co-director says. “The whole experience is going to be bigger.”
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:06AMAmid calls for inclusivity and equity, these Tony Awards campaigned hardest for the return of theatergoers.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:32AMThe delayed awards celebrate Broadway shows that opened in the 2019-20 season before the coronavirus shutdown.
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